{
  "id": 8943565,
  "title": "Health, wealth and housing: here’s what forecasters think Australia will look like in 2066",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/health-wealth-and-housing-heres-what-forecasters-think-australia-will",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-21T15:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/22/health-wealth-and-housing-heres-what-forecasters-think-australia-will-look-like-in-2066"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia's population is projected to reach 40 million people by 2066. The population is ageing, with fewer babies being born, having been below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman for 50 years, according to The Guardian.\n\nThe country's workforce is expected to be older, with people working harder. The expansion of AI, climate crisis, and geopolitical tensions are also anticipated to be significant factors.\n\nThe intergenerational report suggests that Australia will need to attract people from overseas to help grow the economy and support the ageing population.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}