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There Will Be No Pension Increase in September for the First Time in 23 Years, but There Is a Simple Fix

The Department of Social Services has confirmed Australia’s pensioners will not receive an automatic indexation increase this September, because inflation has gone backwards. This will… Read More ›

New Debates Over the Cost of Degrees Reignites Unresolved Conflict Over Fairness in Higher Education

Australia’s higher education loan scheme has again made headlines in recent weeks, as the Federal Government announced plans to make ‘job relevant’ degrees cheaper for… Read More ›

We Need Super, but We’re Taxing It the Wrong Way Round

Many economists think that earnings in super funds should be taxed at a relatively low rate, compared to labour earnings and other types of earnings… Read More ›

Time to Kill Off Tax-Driven Off-Market Buybacks

Tax-driven off-market buybacks were first used in 1997 by the Commonwealth Bank. Since then, TOMBs (as we call them) have been used nearly 60 times,… Read More ›

Child Budgeting During COVID-19: The Case of Indian State of Karnataka

Extraordinary times require extraordinary policy responses. This blog explores the efficacy of ‘child budgeting’ in public financial management (PFM) to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read More ›