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An ANU economic model finds even among the highest earning households, the policy change produces more winners than losers.
High earners aren’t particularly highly taxed by historical standards, and the earlier stage didn’t do much for low earners.
The tax cuts only look big when compared to no cuts, an alternative that isn’t realistic.
Yo-yoing lockdowns are costly and to be avoided if at all possible. Here is what we can do to dramatically improve testing and tracing.
Relaxing restrictions too soon would only cost more jobs in the long run.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has declared a state of disaster and an 8pm-5am curfew for Melbourne for the next six weeks. Meanwhile, the rest of the state moves to stage 3 restrictions.
No single measure in isolation prevents disease transmission. It is a matter of reducing the likelihood and enhancing the capacity of the system to deal with events that occur.
Without policies to address the core needs of small business, Victoria’s second wave of restrictions will be a killer blow.
As the second wave takes hold of Melbourne, the Victorian government will lock down the metropolitan area.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW