Executive Summary Government overreach: The federal government’s planned $78 billion of off-budget measures over the next four years reflects an …
That government expenditure in Australia has grown apace in recent years is well-known. The growth became gargantuan during the coronavirus pandemic. However, to a less dramatic extent, it was happening before the pandemic — and has continued since it ended.
Senior management should be concerned they are putting their companies at risk of reputational harm if they associate with movements that are, or become, viewed negatively by the general public.
The deficit budgeted for 2024-25, amounting to over $28 billion ($28,000 million), translates to a willingness to borrow and spend over $1,500 per Australian voter to secure an election victory.
Why, despite decades of expenditure on Aboriginal affairs, do solutions to ‘Closing the Gap’ in life outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people remain elusive?
This report provides an update of the public debt situation and outlook based on the latest available official estimates as published in the various governments’ 2023/24 budget mid-year reviews.
A large amount of taxpayers’ money, state and federal, is expended on large scale infrastructure that is intended to play a crucial part in Australia’s growth and prosperity — although some of it is arguably wasteful or perhaps even pork-barrelling.
In the Covid era, many policies were defended on the basis that they would help those vulnerable to Covid, mainly the elderly. This report attempts to put a price tag on Covid-era policies, from the perspective of Australia’s youth.
There is a wide-ranging agenda of issues to which this paper aims to make a start by examining past, current and projected levels of federal government expenditure and revenue and highlight where the major shifts are occurring.
The increase in debt raises economic policy issues of major concern. It is reducing fiscal flexibility and the capacity of governments to respond effectively to future crises. It may also act as a drag on economic growth in the longer term.
The news this week that the Prime Minister has committed to abolishing the activity test for subsidised childcare is yet …
Queensland Labor’s embrace of progressive policies popular with the urban elite meant it had abandoned the regions.
I would like a dollar for every time I’ve read how much the Australian economy needs tax reform. Sure, it …
The government’s low-key campaign to influence RBA decisions on interest rates flared into open conflict this week. The Treasurer vented …
News this week that the iron ore price has fallen to the lowest level in several years has economic commentators worried.
It will be interesting to see whether the RBA’s paralysis will be successful in taming inflation. It doesn’t have a …
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 …
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 …
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