Budget Fails Important Policy Tests
The media like to report federal budgets in terms of lists of winners and losers, with the unstated assumption that …
The media like to report federal budgets in terms of lists of winners and losers, with the unstated assumption that …
Introduction Why, despite decades of expenditure on Aboriginal affairs, do solutions to ‘Closing the Gap’ in life outcomes for Indigenous …
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee in …
Executive summary The federal, state and territory Energy Ministers have introduced a shadow carbon price for the national electricity market. …
Executive summary The Australian Government wants to transition our electricity system to net zero carbon emissions by relying on wind …
Submission to the Inquiry into the Transport Oriented Development Program The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) appreciates the opportunity …
Introduction As the end of the Australian financial year approaches, thoughts often turn to taxation and how to minimise it …
Executive summary Much of the commentary surrounding the Coalition government’s three-stage Personal Income Tax Plan (PITP) — as originally legislated …
Summary Allowing first home buyers to borrow from their superannuation would transform superannuation from an obstacle to home ownership into …
1. Summary and Introduction Housing is too expensive. This leads to homelessness, rental stress, long commutes, overcrowding, inequality, declining home …
The New South Wales Budget tabled this week completes the series of 2024-25 budgets from the larger states and the …
Vote-buying measures before difficult elections are hardly without precedent, but the Queensland state government’s drip-feed campaign over recent weeks is …
The industrial relations scare campaign has begun, as we count down to the next federal election. The recent leaking of …
This week’s news that inflation had risen for April was no doubt an unwelcome, and somewhat unexpected, shock to many …
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered a budget shaped by the upcoming election and his leadership ambitions. His politically-shaped budget attempts …
The more detail we get on the government’s Future Made in Australia plans, the more holes appear. This week, the …
The federal government’s planned Future Made in Australia Act is just the latest example of its desire to revive failed …
Ken Henry has issued another call this week for government to pick up the long-abandoned tax reform agenda and run …
Two months after announcing their Stage 3 income tax cuts backflip, and a month after it breezed through parliament, Labor …
The carve-up of GST revenue among the states is never likely to be a barbecue stopper (except perhaps in Perth), …
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The Australian economy has performed better than most economists predicted a year ago. However, probe deeper and things look disturbing. …
Will economic growth destroy the planet? The debate over whether economic growth will ultimately lead to the destruction of the …
CIS welcomed Matt Ridley for a thought-provoking discussion on the critical role of Government in shaping climate, health, and energy …
Bracket Creep Explained: The hidden tax cutting into your earnings. Bracket creep chips away at living standards, especially those of …
On Tuesday, 26 September CIS hosted a special evening featuring Professor John Cochrane for a lecture and conversation with economist …
This special event featured Marian Tupy and Fraser Nelson in a thought-provoking conversation, led by CIS executive director Tom Switzer. …
Complex tax changes always have unintended consequences, but in this case it is difficult to know what is intended and what is unintended.
The budget’s announcement of one million houses over the next five years will do very little to improve housing affordability.
Guest host Simon Cowan reenters the budget bunker to discuss the second federal budget in 2022 with Australian Financial Review Economics editor in Parliament House, Canberra John Kehoe.