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Governments have taken unprecedented fiscal action in response to the COVID-19 crisis, but countries will need to support economic recovery in the face of significantly… Read More ›

Anglicare Australia has called on the Government to raise the rate of welfare payments permanently. The call is made as Anglicare Australia released a special… Read More ›

New analysis of inequality in Australia pre-COVID-19 provides a baseline against which to measure the impacts of the pandemic on income and wealth inequality. It… Read More ›

Australian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 7.0 per cent in the June quarter, the largest quarterly fall on record, according to figures released by the… Read More ›

Australia’s peak employer organisation, the Australian Industry Group, has released its recommendations for the October Federal Budget. The Australian Industry Group’s recommendations include: A range… Read More ›

Speaker: Elise Klein, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Date & Time: 8 September 2020 (Tuesday), 12pm to 1pm Location: Online Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/dr-elise-klein-2020-paul-bourke-lecture Care is… Read More ›

Since 2012, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government has been undertaking a 20-year program to modernise the Territory’s taxation system. The reform is to broaden… Read More ›

More than 80 per cent of community service workers surveyed about the Coronavirus Supplement have said the increased rates of income support were having a… Read More ›

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has recently made an update to the post-COVID-19 medium-term fiscal projection scenarios report. The report now suggests the impact… Read More ›

Families on low incomes have reported feeling depressed or anxious at twice the rates of the general community, according to the findings of a study… Read More ›