The Morrison government’s decision to give a special deal to Western Australia for the distribution of the income from the goods and service tax is… Read More ›
by Robert Breunig
According to the “slippery slope” framework, tax compliance, and for that matter, tax policy development, is best facilitated by an approach that is founded on… Read More ›
Australia is one of the world’s richest countries but our government taxes and spends far less than most other OECD members. For decades, the richest… Read More ›
In last year’s Budget Forum, I forecast that excessive fiscal stimulus during COVID would lead to an outbreak of inflation and called for tighter fiscal… Read More ›
The 2023 Commonwealth Budget provided a number of different forms of additional transfers of government funds to support those on low incomes as compensation for… Read More ›
On Budget night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers claimed that the Government’s measures would reduce inflation. Budget Paper No. 1 also makes the following claim about the… Read More ›
There is understandable disappointment that the Government did not do more to improve the adequacy of JobSeeker, with many highlighting how this could have been… Read More ›
“Equity” is the principle of fairness and justice in the distribution of resources, opportunities and privileges among individuals or groups, taking into account their different… Read More ›
In addition to the small surplus forecast for the 2022-23 financial year, the coverage of the federal budget was dominated by the large expenditure items… Read More ›
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Income Tax should encourage physical workers to work and not…
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Income Tax should encourage physical workers to work and not…
If one is concerned about inequality (especially intergenera…
Many politicians do think throwing money at a problem solves…