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Falling house prices should ease cost-of-living pressures and help first homebuyers, yet Australia's political debate still treats rising housing...
Falling house prices should ease cost-of-living pressures and help first homebuyers, yet Australia's political debate still treats rising housing...
Falling house prices should ease cost-of-living pressures and help first home-buyers, yet Australia’s political debate still treats rising housing...
House prices in Sydney and Melbourne are down by 3.1% and 3.5% respectively, from their most recent peaks, according to the latest data from Cotality....
The income tax reforms in the 2026 budget do deliver greater equity, despite the protests from those who think they will lose out. Immediately after...
The changes to various aspects of Australia’s taxation system announced in last week’s budget were controversial. For that and other reasons, they...
The government’s Budget reforms on negative gearing and capital gains tax will not solve the housing crisis overnight, but they represent the most...
If pre-budget rumours and press speculation are to be taken with less than the usual grain of salt, the budget which the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will...
A sharp fall in confidence and rising fuel prices point to a potential downturn, but traditional policy responses risk making the situation worse....
Higher fuel prices mean that households who have little choice about how much fuel they use have less to spend on other goods and services, which...
Higher fuel prices mean that households who have little choice about how much fuel they use have less to spend on other goods and services, which...
Higher fuel prices mean that households who have little choice about how much fuel they use have less to spend on other goods and services, which...
Higher fuel prices mean that households who have little choice about how much fuel they use have less to spend on other goods and services, which...
Little in the budget update will reassure rating agencies the Allan government is prepared to do what needs to be done to alleviate Victoria’s...
The unfortunate reality is that neither party has any kind of mandate to do what needs to be done to put the state’s finances on more sustainable...
Revisiting the GST share of revenue among the states could make a big contribution towards repairing the federal budget.
Ratings agencies assume the federal government stands behind the states’ debts, so if Victoria is downgraded because of its ballooning debt that has...
Now that Labor has achieved a swing towards it – for the first time in Australia’s history – it should, ideally, act like a first-term government.
Unless it can substantially improve its productivity performance, Victoria will continue to be the butt of sneering from richer states.