Acquiring a firearm licence in Australia requires having a 'genuine reason' to own a gun. In most jurisdictions, this requirement can be satisfied by being a paid-up member of a sports shooting club. This paper finds that the thin practical requirements for obtaining a firearm licence are allowing an erosion of Australia’s gun control regime.

A report on Australian state and federal government assistance to producers and major users of fossil fuels in 2025–26. It finds growth in fossil fuel subsidies is driven by the federal government’s Fuel Tax Credit Scheme. The growth of this scheme is expected to outstrip spending on a range of social services.

War in the Middle East will likely increase global energy prices and presents significant implications for Australians and the Australian economy. This paper finds that Australian Government choices will determine how hard the price spike hits Australian households, how huge gas export company profits are and how much tax revenue Australia will collect.

This paper proposes a targeted income tax cut for low-income workers by increasing the Low Income Tax Offset (LITO). The LITO is an automatic tax refund that low-income earners receive when they lodge their tax return. The paper reveals key beneficiaries would be young people and those in regional areas, with National Party electorates benefiting...

A detailed examination of data from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Australia’s National Accounts reveals that wage growth is not responsible for the recent uptick in inflation. It concludes that the RBA’s latest interest rate hike fails to address the bigger driver of inflation – surging company profits – but it blames the...