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The shift towards universal policies may seem fair, but it’s creating a system that gives to the wealthy at the expense of the poor.
Five million homes have two or more spare bedrooms. What’s needed are rules to clarify the pension and tax implications of taking in boarders, and matching services that offer protections.
Eligibility for pension credit is not a useful guide to whether a household is fuel poor.
Thousands will be left in fuel poverty by the move – and pension rises won’t kick in until after the worst of the cold weather.
Ending tuition might not result in more doctors serving the communities that need them most without further steps.
Australian age pensioners who earn more than $227 a week from paid work lose two-thirds of it in tax and pension cuts. If we adopted NZ’s approach, we could have an extra 500,000 willing workers.
Means-testing support for fuel-poor households will leave millions in hardship.
Often misunderstood, deeming rates are back broadly where they should be.
It’s a good idea to deem income, but of late we’ve doing it badly.
Everyone is better off under the superannuation guarantee levy, but low and high income earners see a greater benefit than those in the middle.
The government faces pressure to means test benefits to stop richer elderly people claiming at the expense of their poorer peers.
Fairfax press has reported the federal government’s green paper on reforming the federation has suggested four possible scenarios for school funding: Give states and territories complete funding responsibility…
Recent media reports suggest that the Productivity Commission into Child Care and Early Childhood Learning will recommend that the simplified single-payment child-care rebate is means-tested. This is not…
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