Media Releases
March 2008
February 2008
Creating more jobs from the stimulus package
As many as 20,000 full-time jobs could be created for just $1 billion according to a submission by The Australia Institute to the Senate inquiry into the Government’s proposed stimulus package. For $42 billion the government is only expecting to sustain 90,000 jobs over two years, which is $233,000 per job per year. At just
January 2008
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
$20 million Medicare Levy Surcharge tax scam
High income earners are using low-cost private health insurance products to avoid the Medicare Levy Surcharge according to a report released today by the Australia Institute. The Institute’s analysis uses unpublished ABS data to estimate that the practice is costing Australian taxpayers $230 million a year in lost revenue. The findings are made in Using
June 2007
May 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
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