Our economy remains far weaker than it was a year ago and far weaker than it would have been had spending not collapsed.
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Two-thirds of those surveyed want it linked to wages.
Most Australians get enough to live on in retirement. Some get more they get while working, but 30% get less, and boosting super won’t help them.
A leading-edge study conducted for the Retirement Incomes Review used Tax Office data to examine what happened to wages after firms paid more super.
The combination of community activism, journalistic investigation, political scrutiny and the legal aid system has ultimately provided a remedy to the victims.
The most important change is a guarantee about the future, one the RBA can be held to.
For Joe Biden to make good on his promise to heal the nation’s divisions, he will need to address the social disconnection that underlies ‘racialised economics’.
Asked to grade the budget A to F, none give it an E or an F, but only two give it an A. Most think it passed or barely passed, and there’s a lot they would like improved.
Australia’s population growth is expected to be stagnant over the next two years, due largely to decreased immigration. This won’t lead to a quick economic recovery.
Despite its big sticker price, the 2020 federal budget just isn’t that stimulating.
Assuming jobs will grow as JobKeeper is wound back is a leap of faith.
The budget needs to spend big, but it shouldn’t stop there.
More than half back a permanent boost to JobSeeker. Only one in five want to bring forward tax cuts.
It’s encouraging that the federal government recognises its role in industry policy. But its choice to support some technologies is disappointing.
New analysis shows there is considerable scope to increase JobSeeker payments before they might hinder people’s motivation to find paid work.
The government has chosen a route not backed by evidence, and which will deliver a bad deal to taxpayers and the environment.
It’s the worst since the Great Depression and it isn’t clear there’s a path out.
Only 13 of the 44 economists surveyed want them to proceed as planned.
The Japanese government will retire its fleet of old, inefficient coal-fired generation by 2030. If Japan’s commitment to coal weakens, our exports can expect a big hit.
Pensions are indexed twice a year. But COVID-19 has put a spanner in the works of what should be a regular increase next month.
Authors
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Visiting Fellow and Director – Micro heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Performance program, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Economist, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
