Media regulator ACMA is wise to opt for a reserve price in the upcoming digital dividends auction. Images sourced from shutterstock.com

Why setting the floor price for digital dividends auction is the right approach

Last week’s directive from Communications Minister Stephen Conroy to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to postpone setting the reserve prices for the upcoming digital dividends auction…
The troubled BrisConnections again brings the role of PPPs into the spotlight.

Spotlight back on PPPs as BrisConnections falters

News that BrisConnections, which operate Brisbane’s Airport Link M7, has suspended trade on the ASX as it continues to talk with its debtors is likely to again lead to a debate about the role of Public-Private-Partnerships…
The Business Tax Working Group failed to reach a consensus on how to fund a lower corporate tax rate. Image from www.shutterstock.com

A lost opportunity for business tax reform

The release by the Business Tax Working Group of the Draft Final Report represents a lost opportunity for business tax reform. The Group dumped its original broader base, lower rate, revenue neutral approach…
Scripted beforehand: Tax Forum discussion about a lower corporate tax rate followed predictable lines. AAP

Reduce the corporate tax rate? Not so fast

As former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry observed, much of the national conversation that took place at the first session on business taxation at the National Tax Forum could have been scripted beforehand…

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