Publications

Richard Dennis and Matt Grudnoff of the AustraliaInstitute argue that National Party constituents will be amongst the hardest hit if the federal governernment adtops the co-payment

In The Conversation (14 August 2014) Professor Paul Smith argues that recent reports (Hilmer and Shergold) have been informed by by commissions of economists who have

Mark McGovern writes in The Conversation (13 August 14): ‘Measures of both competitiveness and productivity can increase when an industry is in decline. Today, agriculture is

In Inside Story (8.8.14) Peter Whiteford analyses the impact of the 2014 Federal budget.  He discusses its underlying values, the public’s response, and the debate on

Article about US economist Joseph Stiglitz’s challenge for Labor policymakers to become more assertive about equality and more articulate about morality.  ‘In the Keating era, taking

Richard Denniss writes in Policy Online (16.7.14):  ‘Mining lobbyists talk up the revenue they provide to governments, but there’s little discussion of government expenditure on the

There is an urgent need to comprehensively overhaul processes for assessing and developing public infrastructure projects, argues the Productivity Public Infrastructure Report 2014. Public infrastructure: inquiry

Sydney Morning Herald ‘BusinessDay’ (12.7.14): ‘Leading economists have rejected the federal government’s claims of a ”budget emergency”, saying it is only a medium-term “problem” rather than

The Australia Institute report by David Richards and Richard Denniss, 8 July 2014.  Policy Onine writes:  ‘The nature and extent of inequality in Australia is the

Analysis by economist John Quiggin of the 2012 ‘Costello’ Commission of Audit Report.  John Quiggin on 2012 Costello Commission of Audit »

Amy Remeikis, in Brisbane Times (3 July 2014), reports that Queensland has pleaded with a federal parliamentary inquiry to not reduce Commonwealth disaster funding, a move

Australia is a low tax country by the standards of developed countries and has typically ranked in the bottom third of all OECD countries for government