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A Simpler Personal Income Tax and Social Security System for Australia

Australia’s personal income tax and welfare system is overly complex and, I contend, needlessly so. This piece summarises the work submitted to the Economic Reform… Read More ›

How to Fix Australia’s Outdated Family Payments

From paid parental leave to expanded childcare and free kindergarten, Australia has made positive changes over the past two decades to better support families. But… Read More ›

How Ready Is Australia to Improve Productivity?

Interest in lifting Australia’s productivity performance has been ignited of late by evidence of drifting, perhaps falling, living standards. National productivity growth over the past… Read More ›

Entertaining More Substantial Tax Reform Options

It’s refreshing to learn that Treasurer Jim Chalmers is willing to entertain more substantial tax reforms than the ones which Labor took to this year’s… Read More ›

Taxation of Family (Discretionary) Trusts Rules Do Not Get Close to Reaching Low Fairness Bar

Tax reform appears to be on the agenda of the government, amongst other things. Given the numerous attempts made at reforming the tax treatment of… Read More ›