Greg Jericho
Greg Jericho is a Walkley Award winning columnist, known for his regular columns for Guardian Australia and social media presence as Grogs Gamut. He is the Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and a policy director at the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work.
MYEFO reveals continued failure of petroleum resource rent tax, gas giants still big winners
The release of the mid-year fiscal and economic outlook (MYEFO) has revealed the cost of the changes to the superannuation tax concessions made by the government and the continued failure of the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax (PRRT) to deliver fair benefits to Australians
The rich get tax advice; the poor get lectures: super tax saga lays bare a skewed system
A new report on the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the changes to superannuation tax on balances over $3m highlights yet again how the tax system is weighted in favour of the rich and that the government never gets thanks for doing what conservative forces demand.
Unemployment holds at 4.3%, but weak labour market tells a different story
Unemployment in November remained steady at 4.3% according to the latest figures out today from the Bureau of Statistics.
Liberals twist RBA remarks to sell a false narrative on public spending
This week the Liberal Party shamefully misquoted the head of the Reserve Bank in a weak attempt to justify their criticism of government spending.
