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taxation
National Affairs
Is Australia’s tax and welfare system too progressive?
Peter Whiteford
1 June 2018
Critics say that high earners are paying too much tax. What does the evidence say?
National Affairs
A high-stakes budget with a perplexing message
Tim Colebatch
9 May 2018
Why has the government chosen to fight the next election on weak ground?
National Affairs
Built on good fortune, relying on luck
Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood
9 May 2018
To deliver tax cuts and budget surpluses the treasurer will need to stay lucky
National Affairs
Good advice, and puzzling blind spots, in the IMF’s latest report on Australia
Tim Colebatch
23 February 2018
The International Monetary Fund gets some things right and some things wrong — but you wouldn’t necessarily know which from the coverage it’s had
National Affairs
Why the ABC was right — eventually
Peter Brent
19 February 2018
The mystery is why Emma Alberici’s article was published in the first place
National Affairs
There’s no silver bullet when it comes to housing affordability
Brendan Coates
12 January 2018
Treasury’s advice on negative gearing shows why tax reforms alone won’t solve the housing affordability crisis
National Affairs
In search of a national housing strategy
Peter Mares
6 December 2017
Canada is showing the way, but the funds need to start flowing — and that means biting the bullet on tax
National Affairs
Housing taxes: getting from here to there
Peter Mares
4 December 2017
A shift to a property tax will make the housing market fairer and more efficient, and researchers have come up with a practical way to do it
International
The age of the mega-leak
Rodney Tiffen
7 November 2017
The Panama Papers looked like the culmination of a new era for leakers — and then the Paradise Papers came along. But can we expect action to follow?
National Affairs
Trouble in paradise
Jane Goodall
7 November 2017
Television
|
Four Corners
played an important role in exploring the Paradise Papers. But did it choose the right targets?
Books & Arts
Private gains and social losses
Jason Sharman
6 November 2017
From the archive
| The biggest tax havens aren’t on faraway islands, writes
Jason Sharman
National Affairs
No white Christmas for those with the budget blues
Tim Colebatch
20 December 2016
The government still won’t acknowledge why the deficit isn’t going away, but it’s not too late to take some simple steps
National Affairs
On negative gearing and negative forecasts
Tim Colebatch
25 June 2016
The impact of the Reagan administration’s decision to abolish negative gearing shows how misconceived Australia’s debate has been, writes
Tim Colebatch
National Affairs
The housing affordability trap
Saul Eslake
12 May 2016
Falling home ownership rates are bad for households
and
bad for the economy, writes
Saul Eslake.
Governments are starting to respond, but much more can be done
Essays & Reportage
Financing government in uncertain times
Sam Hurley
22 April 2016
Talking tax is tough. But offering false choices about revenue, spending and globalisation won’t lead to better outcomes, writes
Sam Hurley
Correspondents
Cameron’s tax trauma
David Hayes
11 April 2016
The Panama Papers have thwacked Britain’s prime minister. But he’s not out yet, says
David Hayes
in London
National Affairs
State income tax: the idea that could one day fly
Tim Colebatch
31 March 2016
Abolished in 1942, revived but never implemented in the 1970s, this might have been the tax reform whose time had come, writes
Tim Colebatch
. But Malcolm Turnbull’s…
National Affairs
A low-cost way to derail the housing debate
John Daley and Danielle Wood
3 March 2016
A new report on negative gearing rests on deeply flawed assumptions, write
John Daley
and
Danielle Wood
. But that hasn’t stopped the government from using…
National Affairs
Truth and negativity in the negative gearing debate
Tim Colebatch
25 February 2016
It’s not too late for Malcolm Turnbull to regain some of the ground he’s lost on tax, says
Tim Colebatch.
Labor’s plan shows why he can’t afford…
National Affairs
More reasons to think big about tax reform
Tim Colebatch
5 February 2016
A small tax package can only deliver small benefits, writes
Tim Colebatch
National Affairs
Taxing financial services not so simple
Rick Krever
13 January 2016
The large returns envisaged by advocates of taxing financial services conflict with the key goal of the GST, argues
Rick Krever
National Affairs
Tidy housekeeping, but we really need to repair the joint
Tim Colebatch
16 December 2015
Yesterday’s budget update reveals the size of the problem, writes
Tim Colebatch
. And it isn’t just about spending
National Affairs
Tax: what are the options?
Tim Colebatch
13 November 2015
The government faces a paradox, writes
Tim Colebatch
. It needs to stop the tax debate from running out of control but that means making unpopular decisions
National Affairs
Turnbull and tax reform: How, what, when?
Tim Colebatch
29 September 2015
Everyone is talking about the
what
of tax reform, writes
Tim Colebatch
. The government needs to start dealing with the
how
and
when
as well
National Affairs
The name game
Peter Brent
16 July 2015
With the next election on the horizon, the pressure is on to give Labor’s carbon policy a name that sticks, writes
Peter Brent
National Affairs
How to bridge the infrastructure gap
Tim Colebatch
8 April 2015
With a dramatically rising population and falling infrastructure spending, the pressure for action is growing, writes
Tim Colebatch
National Affairs
Simpler, fairer and easier to comply with: the tax option with bravery added
Tim Colebatch
31 March 2015
Can the Coalition – and Labor and the Greens – rise to the challenge of tax reform?
Tim Colebatch
assesses the government’s discussion paper
National Affairs
The GST trap
Peter Brent
30 October 2014
Opposing changes to the GST is unlikely to benefit Labor’s election prospects, argues
Peter Brent
National Affairs
Is Australia’s welfare system unsustainable?
Peter Whiteford
10 February 2014
Figures from the past two decades challenge the view that the welfare budget is out of control, writes
Peter Whiteford
, and help us understand the likely impact of future…
National Affairs
Who gets what? Who pays for it? The welfare state debate revisited
Peter Whiteford
4 June 2013
Contrary to what many commentators claim, Australia has the lowest level of middle-class welfare in the developed world, writes
Peter Whiteford
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