The decision, announced in response to questions at a news conference on Tuesday, doesn’t appear to have gone through shadow cabinet. Nor did Shorten mention it when he addressed caucus that morning.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Federal Budget 2018
Displaying 1 - 20 of 53 articles
The estimates have been prepared by the independent PBO, at the request of the Greens. The opposition has repeatedly sought annual figures, but the government resisted the demands.
There are many disappointments in the government’s response to Innovation and Science Australia’s report ‘Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation’.
The income tax cuts in the 2018 federal budget are likely to be modestly regressive, giving high earners a lower share of the overall tax burden. But by 2028 income tax will be higher across the board.
Michael McCormack on Barnaby’s future, latte sippers and other matters
CC BY33.8 MB (download)
In this interview Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack pointedly avoids saying Joyce should run again in his New England seat at the election.
Despite the government spruiking its tax relief for Australians in this year’s budget, many women will not benefit from the tax plan.
Instead, the funds should be spent on services, the Greens say.
“Soft” infrastructure includes the services, policies or practices that keep academic research working and open. Without a funded, coordinated national approach the private sector may take control.
Polls also have good news for the government, with the two-party preferred gap narrowing and the budget well-received.
A decade after the launch of a national campaign against homelessness, the trends are all going the wrong way. A new annual report highlights what’s gone wrong and what must be done.
The Australian government provides a safety net of subsidies for elderly Australians unable to fully fund their own care. But will the extra 14,000 home care places in the budget meet demand?
The black economy is more common than we think – how many of us have paid tradies, gardeners or cleaners cash without the exchange of relevant paperwork?
Labor continues to hold a 51-49% two-party lead in the wake of last week’s budget.
A busy week in politics saw the government’s third budget handed down, a reply from the opposition, a tax cuts battle and more byelections triggered by the citizenship crisis.
Shorten gave his budget reply speech in less-than-favourable circumstances on Thursday night.
Labor’s plan to axe franking credit refunds has reignited debate over the income and wealth of older Australians.
At least for the next few months, what happens overseas will be more important for the Australian economy than domestic factors
The federal government will spend nearly $50 million over four years to commemorate Captain Cook’s first landing. But some have questioned the spend.
The Labor alternative almost doubles the budget’s relief for these taxpayers, incorporating the early part of the government’s plan and then building on it.
NATSEM analysis of Treasury data shows most of the benefits of the 2024-25 cuts are implemented flow to high income earners.
Top contributors
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
-
Professor, NATSEM, University of Canberra
-
Professor, Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
-
Professorial Fellow and Co-Director, HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
-
Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
-
Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
-
Research fellow, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
-
Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
-
Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
-
Lecturer, The University of Queensland
-
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation & Change), Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
-
Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
