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

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

Improving tax compliance without increasing revenue: Evidence from population-wide randomized controlled trials in Papua New Guinea, TTPI Working Paper 7/2020 By Christopher Hoy, Luke McKenzie… Read More ›

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released latest employment figures. It was revealed seasonally adjusted employment in Australia decreased by 227,700 people between April and… Read More ›