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There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about well-being

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
There's a reason you're feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here's what HILDA says about well-beingThings were improving until 2009. HILDA finds there's been little improvement since.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

During the election campaign then-opposition leader Bill Shorten repeatedly claimed that everything was going up.

“Childcare is up 28%, out of pockets to see the doctor up 20%, specialists … up nearly 40%,”...

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