Media Releases
October 2008
Put customers before profit
Australian banks should pass on the full cut in the interest rate to their customers. The Reserve Bank is trying to stimulate the economy, not the profits of Australia’s big banks.
September 2008
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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
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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 The Institute’s analysis uses unpublished ABS data to estimate that the practice is costing Australian taxpayers $230 million a year in lost revenue.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
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