Canberra

Economics

David Richardson

Senior Research Fellow

Media Enquiries

Glenn Connley Senior Media Advisor

glenn.connley@australiainstitute.org.au

Latest Research

Banking & Finance, Housing, Wages & Entitlements

Wages are not to blame for rising inflation

Analysis of the National Accounts and Reserve Bank data and forecasts confirms rising wages are not causing renewed inflation increases.

February 25, 2026 by David Richardson, Greg Jericho and Matt Saunders

Education & Training, Corporate Governance

Cooking the books at the Australian National University – An analysis of the ANU accounts

October 2, 2025 by David Richardson and Richard Denniss

Inequality, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Three ways Australia can tax wealth better

August 18, 2025 by David Richardson and Matt Grudnoff

Macroeconomics

GST Reform

How to stop the states being short-changed

July 8, 2025 by Richard Denniss, Matt Grudnoff and David Richardson

Tax, Spending & the Budget

Company Tax and the Productivity Agenda

Submission to the Productivity Commission

June 18, 2025 by David Richardson

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Latest News

Off the Charts

Australia does not need an increase in spending on the military

April 3, 2025 by David Richardson

Off the Charts

Big private health insurers make huge profits… but they want you to pay more

March 5, 2025 by David Richardson

Off the Charts

Housing affordability is on a very dangerous path

February 12, 2025 by David Richardson and Greg Jericho

Off the Charts

Sorry media, neither Victoria’s budget nor its economy is in bad shape

December 2, 2024 by David Richardson and Greg Jericho

Article

Pacific Labourers overtaxed and exploited in Australia

November 15, 2024 by Gemma Killen, Tom Hawking and David Richardson

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Politics in the Pub

Who’s doing the heavy lifting?

David Richardson, Matt Grudnoff & Ben Oquist

Wed, May 21, 2014

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