Former ACT chief minister now senator Katy Gallagher admits she has found the jump into the bigger political pool challenging.
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Tax reform will be a hard sell, even for a prime minister of Malcolm Turnbull’s standing and imagination.
Splitting the Goods and Services Tax in two, and taxing goods at a higher rate, would help to reflect the extra environmental damage done by products that are bought and later thrown in the rubbish.
Call me naïve, but I can’t see why Malcolm Turnbull would rush to an election early next year after flagging he will go full term.
Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos made some obvious but fundamental points when talking on Sunday about Malcolm Turnbull and tax reform.
The reasons this prominent economist doesn’t support removing exemptions on GST are not what you’d think.
The Productivity Commission has just released a timely new working paper that sheds light on how Australia’s tax and transfer system functions to distribute income across the population both at a point…
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told Q&A that the government would have to spend close to 60% of any GST revenue raised on compensation. Is that a fact?
Treasurer Joe Hockey has delivered yet another address saying income tax cuts must be given. That gets him an easy headline but tells us very little about the government’s plans. Hockey has also given…
The Australian Government’s plan to make offshore companies collect and pass on GST has thrown up more questions than answers.
GST will be applied to all online goods, starting from 2017, following a meeting of state and federal treasurers.
The tax treatment of Bitcoin has been holding back the industry in Australia, but gradually the rules are changing.
If GST was added to meat, the government could raise billions of dollars in revenue while also encouraging shoppers to eat more veggies - a lipsmacking prospect for public health and the environment.
The Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Andrew Leigh, has said the the Government’s latest tax discussion paper says the GST is as inefficient as income tax, adding he thinks it’s less equitable. Is that right?
A package of tax reform, including a GST with a broader base, would help grow the Australian economy.
Who supports increasing the GST and who is against it? What does ‘regressive tax’ mean? And who will be worse off? Our experts give the answers.
Even when everyone agrees on the need for reform, there’s no guarantee we’ll ever see it happen.
On Sunday, June 28, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill breakfasted at an Adelaide cafe. Baird had flown to SA for the meeting. Their discussion was about Tony…
University of Canberra Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis Mark Evans and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
The Abbott government desperately tries, but nearly always fails, to run to a tight script.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Taxation ＆ Business Law, UNSW
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor Australian Institute for Business and Economics, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Emeritus Professor of Taxation, UNSW
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne