Frances Flanagan University of Sydney. 30 March 2021 After heated criticism from several quarters, the federal government last month announced a meagre rise in...
Editorial Bruce Duncan 5 March 2021 Business leaders, economists, and social agencies were stunned and appalled by the recent refusal of the Morrison government...
Jenny Begent. 5 March 2021. Now that we have happened upon fortunate times, let us recognise that we are our brother’s keepers, and set...
1 December 2020. The government has targeted its JobMaker Hiring Credit too narrowly. The scheme to go before the Senate this week will give...
Hal Pawson UNSW, Bill Randolph UNSW, Chris Leishman, Duncan Maclennan University of Glasgow. A new report from the New South Wales Productivity Commission (NSWPC)...
A report released in early September summarises the extent and effects of income and wealth inequality before Covid-19, and provides a lens through which...
Michael Keating. This article discusses the extra stimulus which should be incorporated in the October Budget, and what form that stimulus should take. In...
Reaganomics and Thatcherism were characterised by huge transfers of income and wealth from the poor to the rich, writes Roger Beale. Even such august...
Covid-19 presents us with an opportunity: increased equality in society, resilient to the challenges ahead, or a society ruled by power imbalances, struggling to...
Photo Depression revisited. futureatlas.com/blog. flickr cc. 4 June 2020. Australia’s present budget deficit is unprecedented, but it represents an appropriate response to the recession. The...