NSW Federal Financial Relations Review Report Backs National Cabinet, Land Tax Switch, Abolition of Stamp Duties and GST Reform

The catastrophic challenges faced by Australians in the past six months – the summer of bushfires followed by the COVID-19 pandemic – have dramatically increased… Read More ›

Grattan Institute Report: The Recovery Book

The Recovery Book: What Australian Governments Should Do Now by John Daley, Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Stephen Duckett, Julie Sonnemann, Marion Terrill and Tony Wood… Read More ›

Treasury Releases JobKeeper Postcode Data

Treasury has published the data of JobKeeper applications processed for the April fortnights as at 3 June 2020, broken down by postcode. The data is… Read More ›

Tax Transparency in Africa 2020: Significant Progress Made but Further Efforts Needed to Support Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

Tax Transparency in Africa 2020, launched last week by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of information for Tax Purposes, the African Union Commission… Read More ›

IMF Revises World Economic Outlook Forecast

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has updated its 2020 World Economic Outlook forecast. Global growth is now projected at -4.9 per cent in 2020, 1.9… Read More ›

World Bank Policy Research Working Papers

Informality, Consumption Taxes and Redistribution By Pierre Bachas, Lucie Gadenne & Anders Jensen Can consumption taxes reduce inequality in developing countries? This paper combines household… Read More ›

ACOSS Survey Suggests Coronavirus Supplement Making Huge Difference in Recipients’ Lives

More than 9 out of 10 people reported that the removal of the new JobSeeker rate would have a significant or extreme impact on their… Read More ›

ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Paper: Australian’s Views About COVID-19 Policies

Australian’s views about COVID-19 policies: May 2020 By Nicholas Biddle and Matthew Gray (ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods) There is vigorous debate about… Read More ›

Australian Parliament: Calls for Submissions on Tax and Transfer Policies

Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2020 and the Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 2020, closes on 29 June 2020.  … Read More ›

ACOSS: A Permanent Increase to JobSeeker Needed to Keep 1.6 Million Out of Poverty

The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) is encouraged by reports that the Federal Government is considering a permanent increase to the Jobseeker payment and… Read More ›