This paper looks at how much of the benefit of bringing forward the tax cut goes to women and how much goes to men, based on two options for how the federal government might bring forward the tax cuts.

Modelling in this paper demonstrates that bringing forward Stages 2 and 3 of the federal government’s income tax cuts would mainly benefit high income earners and have a very poor stimulatory effect on the economy.

This briefing paper shows that had the Gillard Government’s carbon price remained in place, Australia’s emissions would be 25 million tonnes lower in 2020 and 72 million tonnes lower over the last five years.

Economic modelling in this report indicates that removing the coronavirus supplement in September will push over 600,000 people into poverty, including 120,000 children and half a million people who rent or have a mortgage. This will have a profound impact on the lives of many children for the rest of their lives and significantly impact...

This paper argues that the provision of free childcare provides the rarest of economic policy opportunities – it’s both an effective form of fiscal stimulus in the short term, and has the capacity to boost the long-term participation rate and, in turn, the long-run rate of economic growth.