We explain tax progressivity and its measurement.
read more The Coalition’s tax plan will make the system less progressive. What does that mean?
School funding – where the money went
From 2008 to 2017, private schools got nearly all the increase in effective school funding.
What the Coalition’s tax plan means for high-income earners and the tax system
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been dodging questions on how much high-income earners will benefit from his tax plan and what it means for the progressivity of Australia’s tax system. Here are the answers.
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Batman Climate change returns
Climate change media mentions substantially declined from 2011. But in 2019 climate change is back on the agenda.
The misleading housing statistic that just won’t die
It’s the misleading housing statistic that just won’t die. But it isn’t a claim being made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. Instead it keeps appearing in the reports of some of Australia’s most prominent housing researchers.
read more The misleading housing statistic that just won’t die
Using the right survey to measure retiree spending
A case study on why you shouldn’t use the Melbourne Institute’s HILDA survey to analyse household spending in Australia. It’s missing half of all household expenditure!
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How to improve dental care for kids
Australia has an extensive dental care subsidy scheme for children, but not many families use it. What can be done about this?
Global emissions from Australian carbon exports dwarf any declines in Australia’s domestic emissions
Recent increases in emissions from Australia’s fossil fuel exports dwarf any domestic reductions. Global emissions released overseas from coal and gas exported from Australia have more doubled since 2000, and are now more than double Australia’s domestic emissions.
More regional Australians are moving to the city to study. Few return when they’ve finished.
More regional Australians are going to university when they finish school, and they are increasingly moving to the city to study. Fewer than a third of regional students commencing university in 2005 made the move to a city. By 2010, that number had risen to half, and by 2015 it was 57 per cent. Regional students with high ATARs move to the city at higher rates. High-achieving regional students tend to move to the city to study.
The scandalous health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Average health outcomes are very good in Australia, but the average hides some shocking differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
read more The scandalous health inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians