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The threshold for paying back student loans will vary depending on which party wins the election.
The AMA has campaigned heavily on the Medicare rebate freeze, pointing out its potential impact on patient access if out-of-pocket costs were to increase.
Politicians stumbled over superannuation this week - but there are bigger obstacles they aren’t willing to tackle.
Labor says that public sector infrastructure investment has fallen 20% under the Abbott-Turnbull government. Is that right?
The cancer screening registry contract won by Telstra Health is only the first of the potential outsourcing of health programs. It creates a precedent that needs to be right.
NATSEM’s analysis of the Government’s super tax could easily mislead.
Short-term, the bracket creep measures help high income earners. But longer-term it evens out.
Two government claims about the apparent boost to the economy of company tax are put to the test.
Both parties are proposing to spend more on education, yet there is no guarantee that either will lift outcomes substantially.
FactCheck unpacks claims that Labor has a $19.5 billion black hole in its economic plan.
The government made many sensible changes to superannuation tax breaks in the budget. But the move to more flexible annual caps on pre-tax contributions is not one of them.
Lots of changes affect investments made in the past, and no-one suggests they are retrospective.
Budget repair was put off till later, and the net impact of decisions in the budget was small, but it will be easier to defend in the coming election campaign than some other recent efforts.
While schools receive an extra $1.2 billion in funding for 2018-20, reforms for higher education are delayed by a further year.
This is a steady-as-she goes budget, mostly just confirming pre-announcements with only the expected unpleasant decisions, such as the continuation of the Medicare rebate freeze.
How Australia spends its money, and how this compares to other OECD countries.
Having made a commitment to reduce spending, the federal government will have its work cut out with this year’s budget, which may require revisiting policy ideas that have caused it pain in the past.
How can we tell whether we have an infrastructure deficit? And if we do, how big is it?
They’re the lines you sometimes hear before or after budgets from governments and commentators of all persuasions. The problem is they go against reality.
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Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Associate researcher, Grattan Institute
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Associate Disability Program, Grattan Institute
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Senior Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, Migration and Labour Markets, Grattan Institute
