Treasury Consultation: Measuring What Matters

On Budget night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced that the federal government would begin a new discussion about measuring what matters. This is a step towards… Read More ›

ACOSS Laments the Lack of Budget Action to Increase Income Support

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has welcomed yesterday’s budget, which focus on delivering on some of the government’s important election commitments. Nevertheless, they… Read More ›

Australian Budget October 2022-23: Labor Government Unveils First Budget

On Tuesday 25 October 2022, Treasurer Jim Chalmers tabled the Labor government’s first federal budget since being elected in May’s election. The October Budget 2022-23… Read More ›

OECD Working Paper: The Past and Future of Subnational Fiscal Rules

The past and future of subnational fiscal rules: An analysis of fiscal rules over time Authors: Pietrangelo de Biase and Sean Dougherty Fiscal rules are… Read More ›

New Modelling Reveals Australians’ True Financial Stress

A new report reveals the true financial pressure being faced by households around the country through a new financial wellbeing index. UnitingCare Australia and the… Read More ›

Australian Government to Boost Paid Parental Leave

The Australian Government has announced a plan to add an additional six weeks of Paid Parental Leave (PPL) for families, bumping the total leave payable… Read More ›

PhD Seminar: Hysteresis and Fiscal Policy in Australia

Date & time: Friday 21 October 2022, 11am-12pm (AEDT) Venue: Weston Theatre (ANU Crawford School of Public Policy) and Zoom Speaker: Timothy Watson This seminar… Read More ›

Anti-Poverty Week Urges All MPs to Commit to Halve Child Poverty By 2030

In its 20th year of acting on poverty Anti-Poverty Week has called on all parliamentarians to support action to halve child poverty by 2030. “1… Read More ›

Call for Papers: WEAI Conference in Melbourne

The 17th Western Economic Association International (WEAI) conference will be held next year on April 12-15 at the University of Melbourne, hosted jointly by the… Read More ›

New Report: Tax Incentives and Global Minimum Corporate Tax

The OECD has released a new report considering the implications of the Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules for tax incentives. Tax Incentives and the Global… Read More ›