This budget contains not only foreshadowed tax cuts, but a range of new spending measures in health, education, infrastructure and aged care.
- Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
The economy is expected to grow and there are other positive signs ahead but the mid-year economic update has revealed the government will need to keep inflation in check.
Australia’s household saving ratio has collapsed from a high of 20% at the start of the decade to just 1.1%.
Central America is a long way from Australia but a drought in the region is having an impact on the availability and price of some products.
There are formidable obstacles to changing a culture of outsourcing billions of dollars worth of decisions to the private sector. Here’s how to start getting back the public service we deserve.
The legislation doesn’t allow the Parliamentary Budget Office to obtain information from parties until the day before the poll.
What is a well-being budget? It’s a process that seeks to set consistent long-term priorities, instead of changing priorities according to political expediency.
The Parliamentary Library would certainly benefit from more funding, but the Parliamentary Budget Office urgently needs a wider brief and greater independence
The pre-election fiscal and economic update released in the shadow of Wednesday’s leaders debate is helping keep the budget and the election honest.
If elected, Anthony Albanese will deliver a fresh 2022 budget within months. His budget reply speech suggests much of it will be little different.
A new study finds climate change will make it hard to guarantee the supply of food.
Australia has a short-term distribution problem, not a lack of food problem, and most foods have substitutes.
If wellbeing had been made an explicit goal as it it is in New Zealand, Australia’s budget would have been been different.
The treasurer has pulled out all stops to continue to forecast budget surpluses, but they are low, and don’t take account of several likely costs.
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