The NSW Labor Party, led by Chris Minns, is projected to form majority government after the 2023 NSW state election. This report outlines the Minns Government’s infrastructure policy and project commitments, including an overview of public infrastructure investment and market dynamics.

In 2022, the Queensland Government improved its coal royalty scheme to ensure additional government revenue is generated in times of high coal prices This briefing note estimates the changes to royalty revenue that New South Wales would have generated had the state adopted reforms similar...

The backdrop to the forthcoming federal and state budgets for 2022/23 is that Australia’s public debt has increased sharply during the pandemic since 2019 — and is projected to increase further. This report provides an update of measures of Australia’s public debt based on mid-year...

This final review report finds that while the federation had served the nation well, creeping centralisation and an increasing administrative burden in the financial relations between the Commonwealth and the states has prevented the nation from being as economically efficient as we can be.

The motivation for this tax transition was to improve the predictability, efficiency and equity of the ACT’s taxation system. Eight years into the twenty year transition it appears that the reforms are achieving all three objectives.

This brief summarises new modelling on the revenue impacts of the model floated by the NSW Treasurer, and explains the key trade-offs involved to inform public policy debate.

This NSW Review of federal financial relations draft report sets out a blueprint for refreshing Australia’s 119-year-old federation.

This report surveys the likely effects of the pandemic crisis on state budgets and then looks at the outlook for state fiscal aggregates as they were before the pandemic hit. It also traces the pre-crisis trends and trends and possible impacts of the crisis in...

The Morrison Government will provide $32.5 million to states and territories to immediately bolster frontline services to protect those most at risk of domestic violence as a result of living changes enforced due to the coronavirus pandemic. Initiative: Domestic violence services increased

The NSW Government has commenced a review of federal financial relations. This discussion paper outlines options for reform.

This pre-budget submission, from the state's peak social service body, contains over 50 recommendations to government aimed to deliver fairness, prosperity and opportunity for Victorians.

This submission calls for increased funding and actions from the Victorian government to improve access to housing and address homelessness in the state.

Prosper Australia commissioned Dr Cameron Murray to examine the early benefits of ACT’s 20 year process replacing conveyancing stamp duty with land tax. This report outlines the findings.

The recent Victorian state budget received rave reviews from the social sector on the day it was brought down last month. But how good was it? asks David Hayward in his post-budget analysis for the Victorian Council of Social Service.