In 2008, the Australian Government increased the excise tax on premixed alcoholic drinks, or alcopops, so that they were taxed at the same rate as… Read More ›

Examining Beverage-Specific Trends in Youth Drinking in Australia Before and After the Implementation of the ‘Alcopops Tax’

The current recession is very large. Subject to the key caveat that forecasts are subject to really wide bands of uncertainty, Deloitte Access Economics estimates… Read More ›

The Outlook for the Australian Budget

Australians have been told they can no longer be “heroes” and go to work if they have a cold. During Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s press… Read More ›

If We Want Workers to Stay Home When Sick, We Need Paid Leave for Casuals

JobKeeper was always quick and dirty. The design was far from perfect, with shortcomings I and others cautioned against. But these were forgiven in the… Read More ›

How to Tweak JobKeeper, If We Must

The global tax landscape is being revamped with the introduction of Country-by-country Reporting (CbCR) as part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s)… Read More ›

Understanding the Implications of Country-By-Country Reporting for Australia

In an emergency, governments improvise. Two new systems of income support have been announced in just over a week to keep us going as much… Read More ›

A Basic Income for Hard Times

There is much concern among investors such as retirees, who rely on bank dividends for income, that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is putting pressure… Read More ›

Does Deferral of Bank Dividends Matter?

At a time when the world is hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and governments rush to launch unprecedented fiscal measures to address the crisis and… Read More ›

Open Budgets in the Time of COVID-19

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