Government Budgets



When the coronavirus hit in 2020, almost USD 14 trillion was committed globally in initial government responses to the pandemic. This was often done by… Read More ›

A COVID-19 Check for the Budget System

When confronted with an ill patient, a physician prescribes a treatment that deals directly with the underlying cause of the disease and with the symptoms… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2021] Don’t Shoot in the Dark: Business Support in the Australian Budget

It was not in the Treasurer’s speech on Budget night, but the nation’s volunteering activity is integral to the delivery of some of his Budget… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2021] The Volunteer Workforce Is Key to Achieving Budget Priorities

The greatest threats to the sustainability of our economic recovery are spin, complacency and policy inaction. The federal budget will be determinate in this. Sure,… Read More ›

Budget Courage Needed to Sustain Recovery

Equity is one of the metrics by which tax policy is traditionally analysed—this metric contemplates the fairness or justice of tax policy. Tax policy has… Read More ›

Can Tax Policy Create Sustainable Intergenerational Equity?

Women have been highly critical of the male dominated focus of the 2020-21 Budget. Although the Budget Speech acknowledged that women were disproportionately affected by… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] Economic Stimulus through a Gender Lens: Why the Budget Did Not Deliver

The 2019-20 bushfires and the current COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated again the critical role of volunteers to our nation’s resilience and wellbeing. Volunteer firefighters were… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] What Has Volunteering Got to Do With the Budget?

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