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The Australian Senate has referred the provisions of the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for… Read More ›

Multinational Tax Integrity – strengthening Australia’s interest limitation (thin capitalisation) rules Date: 16 March 2023 – 13 April 2023 As part of the 2022-23 Budget,… Read More ›

Early pension withdrawal as stimulus Authors: Steven Hamilton (George Washington University), Geoffrey Liu (Harvard University) & Tristram Sainsbury (Australian National University) During the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More ›

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is calling on the 2023-24 Budget to urgently address the cost of living crisis by raising JobSeeker to… Read More ›

The Australian Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has released a new budget explainer, Indexation & the budget – an introduction. This explainer piece discusses the rationale,… Read More ›

The House Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services has tabled its interim report into ParentsNext, and recommended that the program be abolished. The Committee’s… Read More ›

On 20 March, income support payments including JobSeeker will be increased by 3.7 per cent in line with CPI changes from June to December last… Read More ›

Income support for jobseekers: Trade-offs and current reforms Unemployment benefits (UBs) play a vital role in insuring individuals against income shocks and stabilising aggregate demand… Read More ›

The Australian Government has released the latest 2022-23 Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement. Other than providing estimates of the revenue forgone from tax expenditures, this… Read More ›

The Australian Government will double the tax rate applied to earnings from superannuation balances above $3 million from 15 per cent to 30 per cent.… Read More ›