Publications

The Brisbane Times reports (1.3.16) on former Labor Premier Peter Beattie calling on the state government to reconsider its opposition to leasing state-owned assets, citing this

Gavin Wood writes in The Conversation (26.2.16) that the federal government’s criticism of Labor’s negative gearing proposals misrepresents the complexities of Australia’s housing market. ‘There is

The State Government has released a discussion paper on future directions for advanced manufacturing over the next ten years.  Responses to the paper should be submitted

Kaitlin Thals writes in the New Daily (16.2.16) that ‘negative gearing has become a political hot potato for the PM after plans to reform the GST were

Rob Burgess, economics commentator for the New Daily, writes (16.2.16) that ‘The negative gearing and capital gains tax debates are being framed as one group fo

As Malcolm Turnbull’s negotiates with the states and territories on tax reform, Jon Stanford offers a paper on various options, with their strengths and weaknesses.  

In ‘Australian Agriculture: the real story’, Ben Rees discusses the historic development and application of agricultural policy. ‘Five decades of economies of scale agricultural policy by

Both the recent Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, and the ALP National Conference, discussed tax reform.  Jon Stanford comments (August 2015) on the COAG discussions,

Below is an extract from an email sent out by the Australia Institute after the Queensland budget: ‘Queensland spent $9.5 billion in taxpayer dollars on subsidies for

‘Economics doesn’t tell us that we need to cut taxes for the rich or cause climate change if we really want to help the poor. And

Roger Scott writes: ‘Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt would have been delighted that Steven Wardill of the Courier Mail described the budget as ‘So bland, even Labor

In his commentary on the 2015 budget, Dr Jon Standford writes: ‘The starting point of the Budget was the commitment not to increase royalties, tax rates,