Is our health and education spending actually unsustainable?

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has indicated that he plans to prevent spending growth on health and education in the upcoming May budget. Both he and Education Minister Christopher Pyne have said the current plans for spending growth are unsustainable. But are they telling the truth? Some experts on economics believe the governments claims of unsustainability are wrong.

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