Person
Daniel D’Hotman
Discussion paper
Budget blueprint 2021: the roaring twenties
This paper outlines four policy areas that could provide tremendous potential for Australia to improve its economic development.
Discussion paper
Bye-bye tax returns: a standard deduction for lower, simpler, and fairer taxes
This discussion paper proposes a straightforward and achievable tax reform—a standard deduction—that would lift billions of dollars worth of dead weight off taxpayers' shoulders every year.
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JobMatcher: real unemployment insurance
Many Australians receive very little protection from income risk due to unemployment. A significant portion of people live paycheck-to-paycheck. This discussion paper outlines a new proposal to better support Australians experiencing unemployment.
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Phasing down gracefully: halving electricity emissions this decade
In order to mitigate against global climate change, this paper argues that net-zero is inevitable, by 2050 or even earlier. To get there, the Australian economy will need to undergo a tremendous structural transformation.
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Powering the next boom: priorities for energy reform in the coming decade
This consultation paper is the first under Blueprint Institute’s new energy policy initiative. It sets out the decarbonisation challenge Australia faces in the decades ahead, and how we might confront it.