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  • The vaccine rollout – going well according to which plan?
  • Why the JobSeeker ‘rise’ could actually cost 40,000 Australians their jobs
  • The JobSeeker rise is not enough
  • New data a reminder that high childcare costs continue to bite in Australia
  • Tracking Victoria’s COVID response

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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 
3 July 20203 July 2020

Victorians must all share the lockdown load

Victorians in 10 postcodes across Melbourne’s north and west have been ordered back into lockdown. But regaining control of COVID-19 remains the responsibility of all Victorians.

read more Victorians must all share the lockdown load

Health 
18 June 202018 June 2020

The latest jobs data shows urban electorates are now being hit hardest by COVID-19

Previously hard-hit rural electorates in Queensland and NSW with large tourism industries have regained some jobs, while inner-city electorates are now among the hardest hit.

read more The latest jobs data shows urban electorates are now being hit hardest by COVID-19

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 

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Household Finances 

14 May 202028 May 2020

The modest rise in unemployment hides a much grimmer picture

2.7 million people either lost their jobs or lost hours of work in April. The unemployment rate doesn’t capture the scale of COVID’s effect on jobs.

read more The modest rise in unemployment hides a much grimmer picture

6 May 20206 May 2020

Tracking economic uncertainty in the age of COVID-19

A defining feature of the COVID-19 crisis is the uncertainty it’s created. The uncertainty could be very costly for the Australian economy, and will weigh on the economic recovery in Australia until we’re certain we’ve got the virus under control.

read more Tracking economic uncertainty in the age of COVID-19

Household Finances 
4 May 20204 May 2020

How children get and transmit COVID-19 is still a mystery

There’s still a lot we don’t know about how the virus affects children. We are safer if we make decisions while fully aware of that uncertainty, rather than with an unfounded surety. Only then can we properly measure the trade-offs, and make the tough decisions that need to be made about our schools.

read more How children get and transmit COVID-19 is still a mystery

Health 

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