Economy
The housing market just got more cooked
The Federal Government’s new first-home buyer policy has been criticised as another housing hand-out that fuels competition rather than construction.
Three graphs that show why the RBA was wrong not to cut rates
The RBA got it wrong when it decided to leave rates on hold at its September meeting. Here are the three important graphs that show why.
Reserve Bank decision to hold interest rate at 3.6% labelled “very cruel”
“The Reserve Bank has once again chosen to be content with rising unemployment", says economist
In Australia we tax work relentlessly and transparently, while we let wealth quietly compound
Two decades ago, the total household wealth of all Australian was equal to 5.7 times household income. Today it’s 8.8. That jump isn’t because workers got lazy.
There's few easier ways to demonstrate the inequality of Australia’s tax system than 'wealth advice' columns in Australia's major papers
Last week the Australian Financial Review’s wealth column advised wealthy Australians of a way to put more money into superannuation, but which in truth was just another example of how the system is being abused.
There's a flaw with GST - and it's costing state budgets billions of dollars every year
States and territories will miss out on between $25 and $26 billion in the next financial year and $107 and $122 billion over the forward estimate, according to new data.
Measuring What Matters. If you don’t measure, does it really matter?
A leading economist says the federal government has made a mess of its noble ambition to measure Australians’ wellbeing.
A win-win voucher plan: revive the ailing arts sector, and help young people have fun despite cost-of-living
A submission to an inquiry into the decline of the arts sector recommends $200 vouchers for young people to support artists, writers, musicians and other creative Australians. The sector needs it.
