CPD Fellow, Ben Spies-Butcher considers how tax breaks are transforming Australia’s welfare. Are these new forms of social security promoting self-reliance or more welfare for the rich?
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Articles tagged: tax
A view from the ‘tanks’
Katreena Doherty rounds up the latest thinking on tax from progressive think tanks in the US and UK. more
The ethical basis of a good tax system
The need for tax-funded services and payments is rising, writes Eva Cox, but public support for increased taxation can only be sustained if we shift the focus of the social security system. more
Tax: A Broader Mission
Are we asking our tax and transfer systems to do too much? Ian McAuley believes we have been trying to use transfer payments to compensate for our economy’s inability to provide enough well-paying jobs – a strategy that can only last so long. more
Superannuation savings a small drop in the ocean: Ben Spies-Butcher
Labor’s proposed changes to superannuation are a small step in the right direction, explains CPD fellow Ben Spies-Butcher. more
Reforming Australia’s hidden welfare state: Tax expenditures as welfare for the rich
One of Australia’s least fair and least effective forms of public investment is still growing like topsy. In this paper for the Centre for Policy Development Dr Ben Spies-Butcher and Adam Stebbing uncover Australia’s hidden welfare state. more
Tax cuts preventing infrastructure growth
CPD fellow Fred Argy, author of ‘Australia’s Fiscal Striaghtjacket‘, discussed the downside of tax cuts on ABC Radio, November 15. more
Freeing public policy from the fiscal straightjacket
In this discussion paper for the Centre for Policy Development, Fred Argy demolishes the myths underpinning the bipartisan consensus falsely described as ‘fiscal conservatism’. more
Australia’s Fiscal Straightjacket
In his new discussion paper for the Centre for Policy Development, Fred Argy demolishes eight myths underpinning what currently passes for “fiscal conservatism” in Australia. The view that neither taxes nor public debt levels should ever increase is lazy and timid policy, not good governance, writes Argy. more