Inequality



On the Friday before the Budget the Senate Economics References Committee published its final report on Women’s Economic Security in Retirement, entitled “A Man is… Read More ›

Budget Forum 2016: Does the Budget Address Women’s Economic Security In Retirement ?

The Australian welfare state is strongly “targeted” – though relatively small in size, it is relatively redistributive in effect. Or so we have usually thought.… Read More ›

“Middle-Class Welfare”: What is the Evidence?

Taxes have a wide range of rates, thresholds and burdens for different kinds of taxpayers. In general, we describe a tax as progressive or regressive… Read More ›

Brief: Progressive and Regressive Taxes

Should we tax the capital income people receive from their investments or property? This may seem a strange question – don’t we already? But the… Read More ›

When the Rich Get Richer They Pay Little Tax on the Gains

I was recently asked by the media for my view on the proposal by the Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan to increase the income… Read More ›

Income Tax at 100 years: The Income Tax Threshold and the Minimum Wage

It has long been recognised that it is important to look at taxes and transfers together (Podger, Raymond and Jackson, 1980; Treasury, 2008) for three… Read More ›

The Tax-Transfer System, Progressivity and Redistribution: How Progressive is the Australian Transfer System?

In simple terms, a progressive tax is a tax where the amount of tax paid as a proportion of income increases as income increases. A… Read More ›

Brief: Progressive and Regressive Taxes

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