Means Testing



This post is the third of a four-part series on the topic. The existence and the extent of “zero net taxpayers” is a reflection of… Read More ›

Zero Net Taxpayers: How Does Australia Compare?

The Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI) held its second Leadership Forum on 12-13 October 2016. The Committee is an independent think tank which exists… Read More ›

Completing the Reform Journey to Adequate, Secure And Sustainable Retirement Incomes for All Australians

Prior to the election Labor announced that if elected the party would put in place a new and quite different set of arrangements for the collection… Read More ›

Justice in the Collection of Fines

In Brazil and Argentina, as in Australia, public welfare goods and payments have become increasingly targeted. They also increasingly have conditions attached. The ‘targeted’ welfare… Read More ›

Implementing a Conditional Welfare State: The Experience of Brazil and Argentina

A more generous pension could be easily offset by reining in super tax concessions and adding the family home to the asset mix. Why are… Read More ›

Tax White Paper: Our Pension is Too Mean, Our Super Tax Concessions Too Generous

It has long been recognised that it is important to look at taxes and transfers together (Podger, Raymond and Jackson, 1980; Treasury, 2008) for three… Read More ›

The Tax-Transfer System, Progressivity and Redistribution: How Progressive is the Australian Transfer System?

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