Labor’s proposal is a grab for money, disguised as something grander.
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Focus on what they’re doing, not on whether they say it’s spending or a tax cut.
The government promised to eliminate the 37% tax rate. Instead, for a certain range of income, it has lifted it to 40%.
Flat tax is simple, Kondo simple. But that doesn’t mean it simplifies lives.
The government is spruiking its commitment to religious freedom and freedom of speech, as well as its successes on tackling inequality. Its record, however, leaves much to be desired.
Six years of Coalition government has had little impact on the tax system. It’s not clear whether a Labor government would be any different.
The debate about tax cuts has morphed into a debate about annual lump sum payments, and for many Australians, Labor is offering more.
Michelle Grattan, Peter Martin and Tim Colebatch on the election-eve budget chock full of sweeteners
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Fresh from the budget lockup, chief political correspondent Michelle Grattan talks with Business and Economics Editor Peter Martin and political and economic journalist Tim Colebatch.
It’s a cash splash worthy of Rudd, and it will push an extra $3.5 billion into the economy within weeks.
We have quantified the effects of twelve power station closures in five states. Local unemployment shoots up and comes down only slowly.
A full throated inquiry into superannuation and whether we need more could be the last best thing the Coalition does.
Australian evidence backs up the governments contention that immigration boosts rather than cuts living standards.
Budgets will increasingly acknowledge that welfare is about us, rather than us versus them.
For economics to play a more helpful, critical role, it must abandon blind faith in the free market and embrace the social, historical, and environmental context in which economics actually happens.
If you can understand this, you might just understand the election. Here’s our quick guide to the language of dividend imputation.
Glyn Davis lays out the evidence (or lack thereof) for the argument that free speech on campuses is at risk.
Fixing Newstart isn’t enough. We need a comprehensive inquiry into our complex and bewildering social security system, especially as it applies to single parents.
The Labor Party’s newly announced energy policy could finally set Australia’s electricity sector on the path to a renewables-driven future. But policies are still needed to cut emissions elsewhere.
We decided to dig into the statistics and compare the experience of financial stress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous households.
Our findings surprised us.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the Coalition’s spending on aged care as preparations for a Royal Commission into the sector get underway. We asked the experts to crunch the numbers.
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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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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Australian Laureate Professor, 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
