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 ›

ACOSS and UNSW Sydney Release ‘Poverty in Australia 2018’ Report

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and UNSW Sydney have released the report ‘Poverty in Australia 2018‘, which estimates that more than three million… Read More ›

Latest Tax-related Treasury Consultations and Board of Taxation Survey

Treasury Consultations The Government released draft legislation and accompanying explanatory material for public consultation on the following measures: Enhancing the integrity of concessions in relation… Read More ›

Australian Government to Introduce Legislation Fast-tracking SME Tax Cuts

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg have announced that the Government will introduce legislation in Parliament to fast-track business tax relief for more… Read More ›

IMF Fiscal Monitor Calls for Stronger Government Balance Sheets

The International Monetary Fund has released the Fiscal Monitor for October 2018, ‘Managing Public Wealth’, highlighting the importance of public sector balance sheets, which offer… Read More ›

OECD Release: 2017 Global Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its ‘2017 MAP Statistics’, covering 85 jurisdictions and almost all cases of mutual agreement procedures… Read More ›

UK’s Office of Tax Simplification Report – ‘Guidance for Taxpayers: A Vision for the Future’

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published the report ‘Guidance for taxpayers: a vision for the future’. The OTS is the independent adviser to… Read More ›