Good Shepherd: Welfare to Work Increases Financial Insecurity for Single Mothers

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand has published the report, “Outside systems control my life”: The experience of single mothers on Welfare to Work, exploring the… Read More ›

UK Budget 2018: Focus on Tax Cuts, Jobs and Digital Tax Ahead of Brexit

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, presented his Budget to the UK Parliament on Monday 29 October 2018. HM Treasury – Budget 2018 Based… Read More ›

ANU Seminar: A New Look at the Distribution and Determinants of Income in Australia: Evidence from Linked Tax, Social Security and Census Data

Recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has been leading the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP). This project involves linking of data from the Census to… Read More ›

Latest Australian Government Tax and Transfer Consultations and Submissions

Treasury Targeted amendments to Division 7A The purpose of this paper is to seek stakeholder views on the Government’s proposed implementation of the amendments to… Read More ›

Inspector-General of Taxation Delivers Report into the ATO’s Fraud Control Management

The Inspector-General of Taxation has published the report ‘Review into the ATO’s Fraud Control Management’. The review was commenced at the request of the Senate… Read More ›

Whole-of-Government Approach is Needed to Fight Tax Evasion and Corruption: OECD/World Bank

Countries must step up work to ensure that tax authorities and anti-corruption authorities can effectively co-operate in the fight against tax evasion, bribery, and other… Read More ›

Australian Pensions System Falls from Top 3 in Latest Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index

Australia’s index value fell significantly from 77.1 in 2017 to 72.6 in 2018, due to decreasing adequacy, in the latest Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index… Read More ›

WDR 2019 to Governments: Invest in Human Capital, Enhance Social Protection and Mobilise Revenue

The World Bank has just published the World Development Report (WDR) 2019 ‘The Changing Nature of Work’, studying how the nature of work is changing… Read More ›

OECD Clamps Down on Golden Passports and Visas with List of High-Risk Schemes

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has analysed over 100 residence and citizenship by investment schemes, offered by jurisdictions committed to the OECD/G20 Common… Read More ›

Event: Policy Dialogue on Retirement Incomes

Date: Thursday 1 November, 8.30am – 3.15pm Place: Molonglo Theatre Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra The Retirement Incomes Policy… Read More ›