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Budget Forum 2023: Inflation Forecast, Fiscal Policy and Personal Income Tax Rates

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 ›

Budget Forum 2023: Financial Support for Those on Low Incomes

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 ›

Budget Forum 2023: Will the Budget Reduce Inflation?

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 ›

Budget Forum 2023: Stage 3 Tax Cuts and JobSeeker – A Slightly Different View

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 ›

Budget Forum 2023: Equity Is Hard to Achieve When Unfairness Is Baked into the System

“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 ›