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To Have and Have Not – How to Bridge the Gap in Opportunities Over several decades, the OECD has documented the trends, drivers and consequences… Read More ›

The 2025 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey Report has been released today. This report presents select findings from Waves 1 to… Read More ›

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is seeking feedback on its approach to remission of interest and failure to lodge penalties, lodgment and payment deferrals, and… Read More ›

Child-Related Transfers, Means Testing and Welfare Authors: Darapheak Tin and Chung Tran This paper examines efficiency equity trade-offs in child-related transfer programs with means-testing. We… Read More ›

Consultation period: 15 September to 10 October 2025 The Australian Treasury is inviting feedback on the Income Tax Assessment (1997 Act) Amendment (Critical Minerals) Regulations… Read More ›

Rising health expenditures and population ageing prompted many governments to increase social security contribution rates in 2024, reflecting a broader trend towards increasing revenues to… Read More ›

The Treasury is seeking submissions on the following taxation matters: Petroleum Resource Rent Tax project continuations (Consultation period: 8 September to 3 October 2025) Supporting… Read More ›

The Australian Government has reached an agreement to settle Knox v The Commonwealth, an appeal from the original Robodebt class action settlement in Prygodicz v… Read More ›

Progressivity of Individuals Income Tax in Australia: Long-term Trends Author: Paul Tilley The progressivity of a tax can be measured in various ways. This paper… Read More ›

The Australian Taxation Office is now seeking feedback from multinational enterprises and their advisers on a draft Pillar Two legislative instrument, LI 2025/D17 Taxation Administration… Read More ›