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Inflation variability across Australian households: Implications for inequality and indexation policy, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper No. 3/2020 Authors: Marcel van Kints &… Read More ›

Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock, Grattan Institute Working Paper No. 2020-03 By Brendan Coates, Matt Cowgill, Tony Chen, and Will Mackey Australia faces an… Read More ›

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released new statistics on jobs and wages based on Single Touch Payroll data from the Australian Taxation Office.… Read More ›

In an open letter released on Monday, more than 170 economists urged the Australian Government not to relax social distancing measures too soon. They recognised… Read More ›

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is looking for an Adviser to support the work of the Secretariat for the OECD Forum on Tax… Read More ›

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) latest World Economic Outlook report sees the global economy faltering and forecasts negative global growth of minus 3 per cent… Read More ›

Database: Tax Policy Measures in Response to Covid-19 Pandemic The database covers more than 100 countries and provides an overview of the most common tax… Read More ›

Treasury has released its latest modelling predicting that Australia’s unemployment rate could hit 10 per cent in the June quarter from 5.1 per cent in… Read More ›

The Auditor-General of Australia released a performance audit report on regulation of charities by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). Findings include: The ACNC… Read More ›

The Recovery Project is a new initiative founded by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD), Canada 2020 and Global Progress to start the… Read More ›