It’s time to reform stamp duty, one of the most inefficient and distorting taxes collected by Australia’s state and territory governments.
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Australia Post has long yearned to be freed from its obligation to deliver letters daily. With the COVID-19 pandemic it has been given that chance.
The crisis is a chance to change the Pacific Step-up from something Australia does “to” or “for” the region to something it does “with” it.
The idea there is no government fate worse than debt is misleading at best.
Charter of Budget Honesty aside, we can expect assumptions that stretch credulity so the Australian government can maintain its surplus forecast.
The federal government wants more older people to keep working. Our research suggests this requires dramatically reconfiguring work options.
Simply providing more money will not accelerate the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Almost all states have improved their accountability in recent years, and are far ahead of the Commonwealth government.
As families are airlifted off Nauru for medical treatment, there is at last a glimmer of hope that a long-standing and cruel policy might finally be put to rest.
Australian national Antonio Bagnato is on death row in Thailand as that country resumes executions. The federal government must use all diplomatic means to push its anti-death penalty stance.
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of Canberra
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide
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Professor emerita, University of Sydney
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ANZ Chair in Business Growth. Director, Australian Centre for Business Growth, University of South Australia
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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