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  • Tracking Victoria’s COVID response
  • When do I get my tax cut? It’s complicated
  • Is Labor’s childcare policy welfare for the well-off?
  • Explainer: the argument over personal income tax cuts
  • How many babies have you given birth to?

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13 October 202013 October 2020

Tracking Victoria’s COVID response

Here’s a useful chart for people trying to keep trace of the ’stubborn tail’ of COVID-19 cases.

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Health 
13 October 202013 October 2020

When do I get my tax cut? It’s complicated

You’d think it would be a simple question to answer, but unfortunately it’s not. Here’s why.

read more When do I get my tax cut? It’s complicated

Budget Policy 
12 October 2020

Is Labor’s childcare policy welfare for the well-off?

Why cheaper childcare is an economic reform and who benefits

read more Is Labor’s childcare policy welfare for the well-off?

Budget Policy, Economic Growth 
5 October 2020

Explainer: the argument over personal income tax cuts

Tomorrow’s Budget is likely to feature personal income tax cuts – this piece explains the policy choices, who benefits, and the key things to look out for

read more Explainer: the argument over personal income tax cuts

Budget Policy 
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Institutional Reform 

5 October 20205 October 2020

How many babies have you given birth to?

The world only ever asks about women’s children. Australia should be the first country to ask about men’s.

read more How many babies have you given birth to?

9 September 202015 September 2020

Our economic institutions are forecasting policy failure. Governments will have to spend up big to avoid it.

Australia is in for a long and damaging economic slump, unless governments inject substantially more fiscal stimulus.

read more Our economic institutions are forecasting policy failure. Governments will have to spend up big to avoid it.

Household Finances 
3 September 20202 September 2020

The track record of OECD Economic Surveys

Between 1972 and 2018, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) issued 31 Economic Surveys of Australia – about one every 18 months. Each survey suggested policy reforms that the OECD believed would increase economic growth and living standards. How often were their recommendations implemented?

read more The track record of OECD Economic Surveys

Australian Perspectives 
2 September 2020

Tax-deductible childcare — the worst of all worlds

Making childcare tax-deductible would be a backward step. Most families, and especially low-income families, would be worse off than under the subsidy. And work disincentives would be even worse than they are now.

read more Tax-deductible childcare — the worst of all worlds

Budget Policy, Institutional Reform 
11 August 202010 August 2020

8 in 10 hardest-hit federal electorates are now in Victoria

Updated ABS payroll data shows that job losses due to COVID-19 were clearly concentrating in Victoria, even before Stage 3 and 4 restrictions took effect across the state.

read more 8 in 10 hardest-hit federal electorates are now in Victoria

Economic Growth, Household Finances 
7 August 20207 August 2020

Early release of super doesn’t justify higher compulsory contributions

New Grattan Institute modelling shows that most Australians will have a comfortable retirement – even if they’ve spent some of their super early.

read more Early release of super doesn’t justify higher compulsory contributions

Household Finances 

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