An honest debate about tax reform in Australia Economy & Industry A National Press Club debate about tax with Allegra Spender and Richard Dennis that went beyond three-word slogans.
Surpluses are tools in Budgets, not inherently good, says Australia Institute May 10, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Tuesday’s $4 billion Budget surplus was the first one in 15 years, but it will be short-lived and a deficit is expected for the next one.
Labor says Parliament ‘one step closer’ to climate change laws March 28, 2023 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Chris Bowen said the impact of the landmark reforms would be equivalent to taking two-thirds of the nation’s cars off the road by 2030.
Time for Labor to pull the moral trigger on climate change February 16, 2023 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Making a difficult solution seem intractable for ordinary people serves those who wanted a monopoly on power, said Polly Hemming.
Premium Insights and analysis Stiglitz: Small government experiment has failed July 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social After 40 years of the doctrine of neoliberalism and small government dominating administrations, the experiment has failed and most people are worse off, said Stiglitz.
Should Australia’s Public Service be bigger? Some say we’re batting below the average February 17, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal Australians have been told we’ve got a big, bloated public sector, but we sit below the OECD average for public service workers, says Dr Richard Denniss.
Labor wants APS to reach net zero by 2030 but won’t include security agencies December 7, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal The Australian Defence Force, Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and security agencies would be exempt from the proposal.
‘Nothing better’: more funding for childcare better for economy than tax cuts November 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The research revealed that increased public funding for childcare is nearly 20 times more effective at creating jobs than a tax cut of the same size.
