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The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) welcomes the report of the Senate Inquiry into the Adequacy of Newstart. The Community Affairs References Committee recommends… Read More ›

Amid a global pandemic that is forcing governments around the world to launch new spending measures, the International Budget Partnership’s (IBP) latest Open Budget Survey… Read More ›

Australia’s budget is heading for the red in the wake of COVID-19, but it is in much better shape when it comes to transparency, a… Read More ›

The Australian Government will update the nation in May on the economic impact of the coronavirus and the Government’s actions to date. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg… Read More ›

What drives consumption tax revenues? Disentangling policy and macroeconomic drivers, OECD Taxation Working Papers No. 47 By Hannah Simon & Michelle Harding Abstract: This paper… Read More ›

Indigenous Australians and the COVID-19 crisis: Perspectives on public policy ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) Topical Issue 1/2020, edited by Francis Markham,… Read More ›

Inflation variability across Australian households: Implications for inequality and indexation policy, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute Working Paper No. 3/2020 Authors: Marcel van Kints &… Read More ›

Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock, Grattan Institute Working Paper No. 2020-03 By Brendan Coates, Matt Cowgill, Tony Chen, and Will Mackey Australia faces an… Read More ›

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released new statistics on jobs and wages based on Single Touch Payroll data from the Australian Taxation Office.… Read More ›

In an open letter released on Monday, more than 170 economists urged the Australian Government not to relax social distancing measures too soon. They recognised… Read More ›