Overview: The government has claimed there are no alternatives to its budget vision and called on the senate crossbenchers to stop blocking its budget measures or find alternatives that stack up. This paper aims to do just that. In order to help the government out and shift debate back to good budgetary policy, The Australia Institute has made eight policy suggestions that will; - reduce the budget deficit by billions - make savings progressively with those with the most ability to pay paying the most - make savings efficiently, minimising market distortions and in some cases correcting distortions already in the marke
Australia is set for more than a decade of deficits between 2008 and 2019, but the reality may be ev...
Australia is a comparatively low taxing and low spending country, with the most tightly targeted inc...
A budget in surplus is a mantra that may burden the state government, states Josh Gordon of The Nati...
This paper proposes steps to move the Federal budget back to surplus in the short term.SummaryThe ne...
This paper is the first in a series of policy proposals intended reduce Australia’s budget deficit i...
The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem THE ABBOTT government’s problems bega...
Every election campaign seems full of promises to spend more money, raise more taxes and make govern...
Australian governments since the late 1970s have attempted to eliminate the fiscal deficit through r...
Joe Hockey has unveiled the Abbott government\u27s first Budget, one designed to reduce government d...
We are constantly told that investment in infrastructure is impossible without finding a way to acce...
This report argues that a reform package could add about $37 billion a year to Australian governmen...
Budgeting smarter not harder proposes a balanced, sustainable, and effective fiscal consolidati...
Like any Australian family or business, the Government is focused on keeping expenses down to balanc...
This review of budgeting in Australia concentrates on the national government only. The article firs...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...
Australia is set for more than a decade of deficits between 2008 and 2019, but the reality may be ev...
Australia is a comparatively low taxing and low spending country, with the most tightly targeted inc...
A budget in surplus is a mantra that may burden the state government, states Josh Gordon of The Nati...
This paper proposes steps to move the Federal budget back to surplus in the short term.SummaryThe ne...
This paper is the first in a series of policy proposals intended reduce Australia’s budget deficit i...
The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem THE ABBOTT government’s problems bega...
Every election campaign seems full of promises to spend more money, raise more taxes and make govern...
Australian governments since the late 1970s have attempted to eliminate the fiscal deficit through r...
Joe Hockey has unveiled the Abbott government\u27s first Budget, one designed to reduce government d...
We are constantly told that investment in infrastructure is impossible without finding a way to acce...
This report argues that a reform package could add about $37 billion a year to Australian governmen...
Budgeting smarter not harder proposes a balanced, sustainable, and effective fiscal consolidati...
Like any Australian family or business, the Government is focused on keeping expenses down to balanc...
This review of budgeting in Australia concentrates on the national government only. The article firs...
Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues ST...
Australia is set for more than a decade of deficits between 2008 and 2019, but the reality may be ev...
Australia is a comparatively low taxing and low spending country, with the most tightly targeted inc...
A budget in surplus is a mantra that may burden the state government, states Josh Gordon of The Nati...
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