When Treasurer Jim Chalmers brings the nation’s economic leaders together next month, don’t be surprised if big business pushes – yet again – to cut the company tax rate.

The Australian Government doesn’t allocate spending to health or education as a proportion of GDP. Why should defence be any different?

The Macquarie Point stadium proposal is controversial. It’s also painfully expensive.

Amy Remeikis and Matt Grudnoff preview the first parliamentary sitting week.

A 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals would help Big Pharma make bigger profits, but it’d be a disaster for Americans’ health.

This morning, the media is reporting that the federal government has been advised that the budget cannot be fixed without raising taxes and cutting spending, and that its housing target is unachievable.

The Reserve Bank’s shock decision not to cut rates will hurt mortgage holders and the economy.

By limiting generous tax concessions for the wealthy and collecting revenue from Australia’s natural resources, the Government could fund health and education systems that work properly.

New Australia Institute research shows that if the GST had kept up with economic growth, as it was intended to do, states and territories would have received an additional $231 billion in revenue in the time since it was introduced. That includes $22 billion in lost revenue in 2023-24 alone. The decline of GST revenue has

The Reserve Bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold at 3.85% means more unnecessary suffering for Australian borrowers.

Taxes are the price we pay for civilisation, but they are also a tool we can use to change the shape of our economy, not just its size.

Positive gearing is so FY21-22.

Australia Institute research shows simple reforms to the GST would deliver a much-needed budget boost to Tasmania.

The debate over superannuation tax concessions shows that the wealthiest Australians get to play by different rules.

The Wrap with Dr Emma Shortis As Taylor Swift said, if you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. Last week the Trump administration sent Australia’s national security establishment into a spin when it announced that it was reviewing the Aukus submarine pact to ensure that it fits Trump’s “America First” agenda. But even before

Labor’s planned reforms to superannuation tax concessions may be being reported as “controversial” but the fact is they are popular.

If you feel like you are going a little insane at the moment, you’re not alone.

The role of Monash University in greenwashing the activities of Woodside and other fossil fuel companies has been revealed by journalist Royce Kurmelovs in climate-focused publication Drilled and Crikey. Kurmelovs’ report reinforces Australia Institute research highlighting the crisis of integrity in the governance of Australia’s universities. Upcoming Australia Institute research will further outline Monash and other universities’

Australia’s overly generous approach to taxing wealth is allowing the richest Australians to keep more for themselves.

Australia’s scandal-plagued university sector has today suffered another significant blow, with many slipping further down the QS World University Rankings. The rankings of 70% of Australian universities have fallen, following revelations about a lack of accountability and scrutiny, poor financial management, exorbitant Vice-Chancellor salaries and lavish spending on consultants and corporate travel. The Australia Institute has suggested an

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that, following the recent federal election, there are now more women than ever in Australia’s nine parliaments, but the coalition’s so-called “women problem” remains. 

Predictably, the Liberal Party is opposing reforms that would reduce tax concessions on money made from superannuation balances above $3 million. But its stance is out of touch with the public mood.

Cutting the company tax rate would do nothing to boost productivity and cost ordinary Australians, in terms of reduced spending on other services, according to a submission to the Productivity Commission by The Australia Institute.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to reduce the generosity of superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy is popular among voters, especially those the Liberal party says it wants to win back, according to a new poll conducted for The Australia Institute. 

The GST was supposed to solve the states and territories’ financial problems.

On a whistlestop tour of Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu in May, Foreign Minister Penny Wong wanted to focus on climate change, security, and aid funding.

France has become the first country in the world to tax ultra-fast fashion brands like Temu and Shein.

The Albanese Government has made improving productivity central to its second term agenda, but how can it make a difference without throwing workers under the bus?