Fiscal Policy



Before the budget the Australian Government announced a new program, Future Made in Australia. The program’s main objective is to provide substantial government financial assistance… Read More ›

Budget Forum 2024: Future Made in Australia

After weeks of confected outrage from many parts of the media and Coalition, the Albanese government has moved on its proposed Stage 3 tax cuts… Read More ›

We Need a Real Conversation About Tax Reform

In recent years, the global oil market has navigated not only a complex landscape of fluctuating prices and changing production dynamics but also the impacts… Read More ›

To Tax or to Spend? Australia’s Tax Policy Options in Times of Unexpected Oil Price Surges

At what point is there ‘too much of a good thing’ with crisis cash transfers? This is an important question for future economic shocks, whether… Read More ›

Too Much of a Good Thing? Australian Cash Transfer Replacement Rates During the Pandemic

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: Inflation Forecast, Fiscal Policy and Personal Income Tax Rates

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: Will the Budget Reduce Inflation?

Globally, there has been a revival of the social contract in both domestic and international fiscal matters. This is not surprising given the ongoing financial… Read More ›

A Fiscal Exploration of the Social Contract in Times of Crisis – Financially Sound or Unfair to the Taxpayers?

With all the talk of restraint and fiscal responsibility, you may have missed that this was also Australia’s first wellbeing budget. Measuring wellbeing reflects a… Read More ›

[October Budget 2022] Australia’s First Wellbeing Budget Leaves People Behind

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