Australia's first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it's harder than counting GDP

  • Written by: Robert Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL
Australia's first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it's harder than counting GDPMickTsikas/AAP

In an implicit admission that the Commonwealth budget may not measure what really matters, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to release what he is calling “Measuring What Matters” – Australia’s first national wellbeing framework.

The statement was to have been released as part of this year’s May budget,...

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