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

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Economic Growth

12 October 2020

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

Why cheaper childcare is an economic reform and who benefits

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Budget Policy, Economic Growth 
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 
28 May 202029 May 2020

Job losses caused by COVID-19, electorate by electorate

Coastal electorates that rely heavily on tourism have been hit hardest, and workers in rural and regional electorates have been hit harder than workers in the major capitals.

read more Job losses caused by COVID-19, electorate by electorate

Economic Growth, Household Finances 
Man using Grattan COVID-19 econ tracker on his desktop computer

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Budget Policy, Economic Growth 

24 April 202023 April 2020

Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian economy

Grattan has developed a new tool for monitoring the impacts of the coronavirus on the Australian economy

read more Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian economy

3 April 2020

Consumer confidence is at its lowest level on record

Consumer confidence is a timely measure of what Australian households think about their own finances and the state of the economy overall. In the week ending 29 March, the ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence index plunged to the lowest level in the nearly-50-year history of that series.

read more Consumer confidence is at its lowest level on record

Economic Growth, Household Finances 
14 June 201914 June 2019

A better way of knowing if we’re in a recession

Policy makers need timely information to decide whether economic stimulus might be required. A new indicator based on the unemployment rate can help.

read more A better way of knowing if we’re in a recession

Australian Perspectives, Economic Growth 
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