This report measures our national wellbeing across five key areas. Health trends are not improving

By Jenny Gordon, Honorary Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University

In 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would measure what matters to the wellbeing of Australians as a complement to the traditional economic measures in the national accounts.

The purpose of the report, called Measuring What Matters, is to help us understand whether the lives of Australians are improving or deteriorating. It measures more than economic output, such as gross domestic product (GDP).

Measuring What Matters has five wellbeing themes – healthy, secure, sustainable,…

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