Despite Recent Reforms, Seychelles Needs a Fairer and More Sustainable Tax System Says OECD

Despite significant tax reforms in recent years, Seychelles’ tax system needs to be fairer and more sustainable, in particular through a rebalancing of its business… Read More ›

Parliamentary Budget Office Report: Alternative Financing of Government Policies

Alternative financing of government policies – Understanding the fiscal costs and risks of loans, equity injections and guarantees Parliamentary Budget Office Report no. 01/2020 This… Read More ›

Vacancy: Australian Parliamentary Budget Officer

The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have commenced a selection process for the appointment of the next Australian… Read More ›

COVID-19: E-Books, Policy Briefs and Reports

E-Books published by the Centre for Economic Policy Research: Economics in the Time of COVID-19, edited by Richard Baldwin and Beatrice Weder di Mauro COVID-19… Read More ›

Australian Government Announces Further Economic Stimulus Measures

On Sunday 22 March, the Australian Government has released the second stage of its economic plan to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus and… Read More ›

Australia Delays Budget until October

The Australian Government has decided to defer the 2020-21 Budget until 6 October 2020 in response to the coronavirus. It was scheduled to be delivered… Read More ›

ACOSS Recommendations to Australian Government Measures in Response to COVID19 Crisis

On 16 March 2020, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has written to the Prime Minister with recommendations on the COVID19 response to support… Read More ›

UK Women’s Budget Group Policy Briefing: Equality Impact Assessments and the Budget 2020

Key points: The UK Treasury has yet again failed to publish a comprehensive Equality Impact Assessment of the 2020 Budget. The only impact assessment relating… Read More ›

Event Postponements at Crawford School

As a precautionary measure and based upon advice from an ANU expert panel, all public and social events at ANU including Crawford School have been… Read More ›

Australia Releases First Estimate of High Wealth Income Tax Gap

Last week, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released its first estimate of the income tax gap for the high wealth population. It was estimated that… Read More ›