Road user charging is essential if policymakers are to even the ledger between the taxation of electric vehicles (EVs) and regular vehicles. However, this report finds that current proposals in Australia continue the regressive nature of road user charging. It proposes an alternative model — a Progressive Universal Road User Charge.

This report examines the current state of Australia’s rare disease policy landscape, identifying policy gaps, and provides eight recommendations aimed at ensuring all Australians living with a rare disease experience health equity. While each disease may be ‘rare’, collectively, rare diseases affect up to 8% of the Australian population.

This report considers the productivity challenge within Australia’s retail sector which has seen greater productivity increases over the past two decades than in other sectors, but not a proportionate improvement in living standards for its workforce. It offers a cautionary tale for policymakers, highlighting how productivity benefits don’t automatically flow through. The report provides two...

Aggressive geoeconomic interference by Beijing will soon devastate Australia’s smelting and metal refining regions unless the Federal Government acts decisively according to this report. The report finds that China is now spending more on industrial subsidisation than on defence. A loss of refining capacity means an undermining of sovereign capacity.

This paper calls for a major shake up of capital gains tax (CGT) via a 'circuit breaker' proposal to the stalled housing debate in Australia. The proposed reform intends to level the playing field for first home buyers and renters, while also incentivising new supply, and attracting and rewarding investors.