This report argues that there are eight highly persistent myths about the nature of housing markets in Australia, and seeks to tackle them.

The federal government, with the support of the opposition, has sought to strengthen Australia’s anti-dumping and countervailing system against cheap foreign imports. If this leads to a sustained increase in anti-dumping actions, it will mark the end of a downward trend in Australia’s use of anti-dumping measures since the mid-1980s.

Australia’s approach to retirement incomes policy has three pillars: the means-tested age pension; compulsory superannuation; and voluntary saving, including saving via superannuation over and above that mandated by the superannuation guarantee. This paper examines the economic case for compulsory superannuation contributions and questions whether compulsory super is the most effective way of promoting household and...

This paper considers the arguments for and against greater use of a sovereign wealth fund in Australia. It argues that the existing Future Fund is unnecessary and that greater use of a sovereign wealth fund would harm Australia’s future prosperity. Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have become more prominent both in Australia and abroad since the...

This paper explores the questions behind and arguments for and against of Australian population growth. The long-run relationship between population growth and living standards has been a source of controversy among Australian economists, no less than for the general public. There is little argument that population growth and immigration have contributed to ‘extensive’ economic growth...