Home ownership rates have been declining in Australia for most of the 21st century and for the last 25 years, average house prices have increased at twice the rate of income. This paper asserts the problem with the current housing policy settings is that they incentivise demand but do little to increase supply.

This paper focuses on the central claim that Australia is over-reliant on income tax compared other developed (OECD) nations. In doing so, it examines the OECD’s own data about how much tax its 38 member countries collect and finds that Australia falls well below OECD averages, both in terms of total tax burden and in...

This paper compares the electorate distribution of the modified Stage 3 income tax cuts with the electoral distribution of the original Stage 3.

The authors of this paper argue that the Stage 3 tax cuts are a high-cost, inequitable policy. They assert that re-examining the policy presents the Albanese Government with the opportunity to deliver bigger and fairer tax cuts to most Australians, while providing scope for greater spending on infrastructure, programs or benefits.

This research confirms that corporate profits in Australia, despite recent moderation, remain well above historic norms, and must fall further in order to allow a rebuilding of real wages in Australia that have been badly damaged by recent inflation.