Australia’s tax and transfer system needs structural reform. In February 2025, Per Capita and partners hosted the Community tax summit 2025. This report provides a summary of the addresses and panels including links to all recorded addresses. Keynote addresses include Dr Ken Henry, Prof Miranda Stewart and Dr Katherine Trebeck.

Long-term public issues face the intergenerational problem: current policy decisions place a disproportionate burden on future generations while primarily benefiting those in the present. This paper describes future design, an innovative method to incorporate the interests of future generations in policymaking. It concludes future design can effectively contribute to representing these interests, but requires adaptation...

The paper groups financial wellbeing responses into two broad categories: 'comfortable' and 'struggling', focusing on the role of housing. It finds that younger Australians have been hit particularly hard, with multiple sources of financial difficulty. The paper proposes that without targeted policy intervention, financial security becomes increasingly dependent on home ownership status and inherited generational...

This report examines the impact of the decade 2012 to 2022, during which real wages barely grew, exploring how this has affected young Australians. $600b in wages were lost to profit over the decade but wage growth has since recovered and dwelling prices have moderated, reducing pressure on housing affordability.

This report analyses the priorities and perspectives of young Australians aged 14 to 25. Cost of living, education and mental health were identified as key concerns, but the report also finds young people are leading the way in tackling social issues. It makes recommendations in relation to engaging young people in policy and targeted action...