Argues that a Universal Basic Income would be unaffordable with the current taxation system and would involve enormous additional taxation.

The two essays in paper take divergent approaches to the reform of the welfare state, while both focusing on the perennial hot button issue of so-called ‘middle class welfare.’

In this commentary piece, a number of CIS authors give their view on the federal budget for 2017-18.

This paper looks at whether the share of income going to older Australians in the form of the pension is increasing, and examines the state of Australia’s generational bargain; asking is it fair and is it sustainable? Overview There has been a marked growth in pension cost and cohort. The percentage of people of retirement...

This report argues that reforming the pension could deliver income gains of more than $5,900 a year to almost 98% of pensioners. These reforms would also reduce the cost of the pension by $14.5 billion a year. Executive summary