Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Unemployment and related payments for working-age people were given a welcome boost in last year’s budget. But they remain well below pensions, and far from adequate.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the ‘spiky’ parts of Australia’s inflation problem
Michelle Grattan speaks with the New Treasurer Jim Chalmers as he intends to deliver a "pretty blunt, pretty frank" assessment of Australia's challenges to parliament soon after it returns
At times we are told Labor’s capital gains tax policy will hit mainly high earners. At other times, low earners. The truth, uncovered by our microsimulation model, tells us something about ourselves.
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s reason for rejecting the Chinese bid offers a radically different definition of ‘national interest’ but doesn’t say much about how foreign interests are defined.