InSight Edition | May 2009 | Chipping in: Taxation for our Times

InSight’s writers delve into Australia’s tax system and call for an opening of the minds and a little widening of the pockets. They uncover uncomfortable truths and reconnect the tax debate with our fundamental assumptions about what Australia’s future should look like. The tax review led by Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has received its final submissions, but the tussle over who should bear the costs and reap the benefits of tax reform has barely begun. … more

 
 

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Fred Chaney was born in Perth in 1941. He practised law in New Guinea and Western Australia until he entered the Senate in 1974. Fred was involved in the Aboriginal Legal Service in a voluntary capacity in the early 1970′s. He was in the Senate until 1990 and was leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1983 – 1990. Among his Ministerial appointments were Aboriginal Affairs, Social Security and Minister Assisting the Minister for … more

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The Hon Julian Burnside AO Julian Burnside QC is a barrister based in Melbourne. He acted against BHP in the Ok Tedi case, for Alan Bond in fraud trials, against Gina Rinehart on behalf of Rose Porteous, and for the Maritime Union of Australia in the 1998 waterfront dispute against Patrick Stevedores. He was Senior Counsel assisting the Australian Broadcasting Authority in the ‘Cash for Comment’ inquiry and for Liberty Victoria in the Tampa litigation. … more