Tax Reform



My main mistake as opposition leader in advocating broad-based tax reform in the early 1990s – as a key element of the Coalition’s Fightback campaign… Read More ›

Take It From One Who’s Been Burnt Attempting Tax Reform: Now’s the Time to Try Again

The world is focused now on a public health crisis and the economic disruption caused by the appropriate policy response. The current environment is likely… Read More ›

Fiscal Implications of the Coming Transportation Revolution

Now, more than ever, tax reform can play a role to support a sustainable, resilient future. The tax system is a powerful driver of Australia’s… Read More ›

Australia Needs a Sustainable Green Approach to Tax Reform

The current recession is very large. Subject to the key caveat that forecasts are subject to really wide bands of uncertainty, Deloitte Access Economics estimates… Read More ›

The Outlook for the Australian Budget

Australia needs a national coronavirus taxation summit to set out a road map of reform for the tax system. A summit that can clearly and… Read More ›

Let’s Finally Reform the Tax System

The 1987 federal election campaign was defined by the TV ad featuring “whingeing Wendy”, a suburban housewife questioning John Howard from her kitchen, with devastating… Read More ›

Snap Back to What? We Need a Steady March to Reform – and a Broader Tax Base

New Zealand is a signatory to the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In its first Voluntary National Review, the Government… Read More ›

The Tax Working Group and the Circular Economy: Context and Challenges

Our study sought to engage with the Māori perspectives in the Tax Working Group Future of Tax report and surrounding documentation. We agree with the… Read More ›

Māori Perspectives in the New Zealand Tax Working Group Report: Tikanga or Tokenistic Gestures?

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