This working paper provides an overview of the ATO's 'ALife - Individuals' dataset and outlines some of the possibilities for public policy research and evaluation that will improve understanding of taxpayer behaviour and support policy development.

This paper makes the case for a more deliberate and expansive consideration of political economy issues in the context of Australian tax policy. The paper proposes a number of areas of analysis to further develop an understanding of Australia’s tax policy landscape.

This paper examines the impact of the depreciation of the Australian dollar on the expenditure of households with foreign-born members in Australia.

The synthetic income measure developed in this project provides a robust measure of income levels and dynamics for a very large sample of Australian adults, and if analysed carefully, can help support our understanding of access to economic resources in Australia and how it varies through time.

After the tumult of the Whitlam Government, the Fraser Government (1975-1983) saw consolidation with less reform. The 1975 Asprey report remained largely unactioned, despite the fundamental problems that burdened the Australian tax system. The 1983 election of the Hawke Government, however, set in train a series of economic reforms, and tax would play a big...