Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has handed down his sixth budget, facing an almost impossible task: how to reconcile an enormous revenue shortfall with big spending promises, all while keeping the voters happy in an election year? Everyone has an opinion, but we have gone straight to the academic experts for insight into what the 2013 budget means for the economy, health, the environment, science and politics
Each year, the BCA makes a submission to the federal budget process to support the government of the...
The government still won’t acknowledge why the deficit isn’t going away, but it’s not too late to ta...
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that major fiscal policy announcements, in the form of...
Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered a budget with a A$19.4 billion deficit this financial year, falli...
The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem THE ABBOTT government’s problems bega...
As you may have noticed, the 2013 federal budget is out and, despite his best efforts, Euromoney's '...
Labor has made a $5 billion pitch to true-believers with a $1.5 billion surplus, writes a collective...
The 2012-13 Budget is historic for two reasons. First: It details a fiscal contraction of aro...
Expert analysis from Saul Eslake, John Quiggin, Julian Disney, Ian Hickie, Jill Blackmore, David B...
Much of this year’s Budget was already ‘old news’ by the time the Treasurer stood to address Parliam...
This series of papers summarises key features of the new Federal Budget. Overview The 2014–15 Budg...
Introduction The treasurer said before budget day that it would not be a typical budget and he was ...
Given the significance of annual budgetary decisions in both fiscal terms and policy reach, the annu...
Australia is a comparatively low taxing and low spending country, with the most tightly targeted inc...
JOHN QUIGGIN’s thumbnail assessment of Wayne Swan’s first budget UNLIKE previous incomi...
Each year, the BCA makes a submission to the federal budget process to support the government of the...
The government still won’t acknowledge why the deficit isn’t going away, but it’s not too late to ta...
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that major fiscal policy announcements, in the form of...
Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered a budget with a A$19.4 billion deficit this financial year, falli...
The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem THE ABBOTT government’s problems bega...
As you may have noticed, the 2013 federal budget is out and, despite his best efforts, Euromoney's '...
Labor has made a $5 billion pitch to true-believers with a $1.5 billion surplus, writes a collective...
The 2012-13 Budget is historic for two reasons. First: It details a fiscal contraction of aro...
Expert analysis from Saul Eslake, John Quiggin, Julian Disney, Ian Hickie, Jill Blackmore, David B...
Much of this year’s Budget was already ‘old news’ by the time the Treasurer stood to address Parliam...
This series of papers summarises key features of the new Federal Budget. Overview The 2014–15 Budg...
Introduction The treasurer said before budget day that it would not be a typical budget and he was ...
Given the significance of annual budgetary decisions in both fiscal terms and policy reach, the annu...
Australia is a comparatively low taxing and low spending country, with the most tightly targeted inc...
JOHN QUIGGIN’s thumbnail assessment of Wayne Swan’s first budget UNLIKE previous incomi...
Each year, the BCA makes a submission to the federal budget process to support the government of the...
The government still won’t acknowledge why the deficit isn’t going away, but it’s not too late to ta...
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that major fiscal policy announcements, in the form of...