The government is still attempting to lower the corporate tax rate to compete globally. Ben Rushton/AAP

How the government can pay for its proposed company tax cuts

A cut in the Australian company tax rate to 25 or even 20% is important because it will attract foreign investment, boosting wages and the economy in Australia
Analysis shows single parents who are welfare recipients have a financial incentive to seek work. www.shutterstock.com

For single parents, it pays to work

Despite media reports that single parents might find relying on welfare payments more appealing than working, analysis shows they are better off working and more than half in Australia are.
By targeting pensioners with savings with its latest budget measures, the government is incentivising them to spend, and spend big. Travel Cruise Fit/AAP

Why pensioners are cruising their way around budget changes

The government’s inconsistent approach to pensioners who save is distorting behaviour, but there is a solution.

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