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Austerity and Elections Authors: Alberto Alesina, Gabriele Ciminelli, Davide Furceri and Giorgio Saponaro Conventional wisdom holds that voters punish governments that implement fiscal austerity. Yet,… Read More ›

The Economic Policy section in the Research Branch of the Australian Parliamentary Library is currently recruiting a Senior Researcher in the areas of tax and… Read More ›

The Forum of Federations is hosting a series of webinars in May and June as part of its 20th Anniversary International Conference to discuss critical… Read More ›

Inheritance taxation can be an important instrument to address inequality, particularly in the current context of persistently high wealth inequality and new pressures on public… Read More ›

Public policy think tank Per Capita has released its 2011 Tax Survey. Now in its 11th iteration, the Per Capita Tax Survey 2021 is, effectively,… Read More ›

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tabled the 2021-22 Federal Budget last night.   Budget overview The underlying cash deficit in 2021-22 is forecast to be $106.6 billion,… Read More ›

Wednesday 12 May 2021 2021 Aid Budget Breakfast Time: 9am – 10am Venue: Online Speaker: Stephen Howes (ANU Crawford School of Public Policy) Organiser: ANU… Read More ›

Women’s economic security has been undermined by the Federal Government’s past decisions, including decisions to focus job generation in male-dominated industries and cut social security… Read More ›

Attitudes towards and experiences of retirement and social security income during the COVID-recession and initial recovery Authors: Nicholas Biddle, Robert Breunig and Dinith Marasinghe In… Read More ›

To cut the cost of living for around a quarter of a million families and to help boost workforce participation, the Australian Government has announced… Read More ›