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Category: Fiscal Policy

2021-22 Commonwealth Budget Preview
Budget / Fiscal Policy / Monetary Policy

Macroeconomics 2021-22 Commonwealth Budget Preview, 10 May 2021

This briefing summarises Macroeconomics’ preliminary views about the 2021-22 Commonwealth Budget to be handed down on Tuesday evening by Treasurer Frydenberg. Macroeconomic cautions that Federal Budget Night may turn into a …

Budget / Fiscal Policy

Will the budget be a requiem for economic responsibility? Stephen Anthony in The Australian Financial Review, 9 May 2021

In this article in The Australian Financial Review, Stephen Anthony puts forward four key reforms that should be top of the list for the 2021-22 budget.

Fiscal Policy / Structural Reform

A practical plan for restoring prosperity in 2021, Stephen Anthony in The Australian Financial Review, 5 January 2021

In this article in The Australian Financial Review, Stephen Anthony argues that our new year resolution must be to ditch aimless policy think and seize the reform opportunities that will …

Fiscal Policy / Taxation

Replacing Corporate Income Tax with a Cash Flow Tax, Australian Economic Review, December 2020

In a paper in the academic journal The Australian Economic Review, Ross Garnaut, Craig Emerson, Reuben Finighan and Stephen Anthony design a parsimonious cash flow tax for Australia and estimate …

Affordable Housing / Fiscal Policy

Assisting Housing Affordability, Discussion Paper, Industry Super Australia, November 2017

In this Industry Super Australia Discussion Paper, Stephen Anthony and Gary Lu endeavour to identify the underlying causes of housing affordability issues, and to consider some useful policy responses in …

Budget / Fiscal Policy

A roadmap for fiscal sustainability, Stephen Anthony for Minerals Council of Australia, 2013

The sustainability of fiscal settings and the efficiency of individual budget measures help to support consumer and investor confidence, to ensure governments do their job cost-effectively and, ultimately, to assist …

Budget / Fiscal Policy

Budget 2008: the case for deep spending cuts, Stephen Anthony in Australian Policy Online, 1 May 2008

In this article in Australian Policy Online, Stephen Anthony makes the case for bold economic reform – involving deep spending cuts – by the Rudd government.

Budget / Fiscal Policy

Expenditure Review Committee 2008: A Framework for Decision Making, Background Briefing, Stephen Anthony, 13 March 2008

This briefing suggests a framework to assist the new Government’s deliberations on the most appropriate settings for budget policy, given the current precarious stance of macroeconomic policy in Australia. For …

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