Paid Parental Leave



The Productivity Commission’s report, A Path to Universal Early Childhood Education and Care, presents detailed information and a range of studies supporting universal early childhood education… Read More ›

Productivity Commission’s Child Care Report: An Alternative Perspective

The widespread closure of schools and day care centers during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the extent to which mothers still provide the bulk of… Read More ›

Gender-Neutral Parental Leave: Enforcing or Disrupting Gender Norms?

The 2021 Intergenerational Report (IGR) looks forward 40 years to project future trends in Australian economic and fiscal sustainability. The IGR is released every five… Read More ›

Accounting for Care: The Intergenerational Report Fails to Value Parenting

In Parts 1 and 2, I used three desirable attributes (equity, efficiency and simplicity) of a coherent tax and transfer system to assess the 2020-21… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] Getting Coherence into the Equity Debate – Part 3

The problem now and going forward is making sure that sick workers stay home. That means not forcing employees to choose between penury and working… Read More ›

When It Comes to Sick Leave, We’re Not Much Better Prepared for Coronavirus Than the US

Does this seem like a trick question? After all isn’t the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) supposed to collect and report on the revenue raised from… Read More ›

What Public Administration Functions Can the ATO Fulfil?

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