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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.

It’s a bad time to ditch those tax cuts — both politically and in policy terms

By Bernard Keane

Economy & Industry

Should Labor dump the 2024 tax cuts just because the British dumped theirs? No. It’s too soon to decide what will be needed in 2024.

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Columnists

Not a mean and tricky budget, but certainly shamelessly political

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

What a shame if younger public servants thought Tuesday’s budget was anything other than what it is: that of a government facing likely electoral defeat.

Uncertainty surrounds income tax offset, think-tank warns scrapping it leaves most worse off

By Jackson Graham

Federal

Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the government is yet to make a decision on whether it will keep the low- and middle-income tax offset.

‘We have counties in deep trouble’: Oregon lawmakers seek to reverse timber tax cuts that cost communities billions

By Rob Davis and Tony Schick

Editors' Picks

For decades, corporate timber benefited from tax cuts that devastated local budgets. Lawmakers want change and have filed dozens of bills, making this one of Oregon’s most consequential sessions for forest policy.

‘Nothing better’: more funding for childcare better for economy than tax cuts

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.

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Columnists

Implementing budget measures – we got this

By Stephen Bartos

Economy & Industry

For all the talk about this being the most important Australian government budget since World War II, it will be business as usual for much of the public service, says Stephen Bartos.

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The Briefing

The Briefing: everything in Budget 2020, what the punters thought, and how it ranks in the global use of renewables as post-COVID stimulus

By Chris Woods

Communications & Technology

Roughly seven months after COVID-19 plunged the world into a pandemic and eventual recession, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have unveiled a budget that pushes Australia’s debt ceiling to $1.1 trillion, forecasts debt peaking at over $210 billion, and pledges billions in tax cuts and spending for infrastructure, manufacturing, wage subsidies, and other stimulus elements.

Personal tax cuts and business incentives come at a price

By Chris Johnson

Economy & Industry

More than 11 million Australians will get a tax cut backdated to July 1 this year, in a federal budget that aspires to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and keep local businesses not just open but hiring.

Commonwealth smorgasbord: what we know about the 2020-21 federal budget

By Matthew Elmas

News

It’s been a busy weekend for the Morrison government as it prepares to unveil the 2020-21 federal budget tomorrow, with a bevy of pre-budget announcements hitting the pavement already. In what is shaping up to be a policy package that balances spending for specific industries and tax cuts with supply side reforms, we learned last […]

Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now

By Rhonda Sharp, Monica Costa and Siobhan Austen

Economy & Industry

Until the first Abbott-Hockey budget in 2014, a statement of budget measures that disproportionately affect women was published at budget time. But you’re unlikely to read about it in next week’s budget.

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The Briefing

The Briefing: John Hewson, former RBA and PM&C chiefs come out swinging on tax cuts