'Protected species': Former bank executive Rob Ferguson gives big four a serve
Rob Ferguson’s CV reeks corporate establishment. He clocked 15 years at the top of one of Australia’s largest and most successful investment banks,...
The big con: how neoliberals convinced us there wasn't enough to go around
Richard DennisAustralia just experienced one of the biggest mining booms in world history. But even at the peak of that boom, there...
What just happened to our tax? Here's an explanation you'll understand
So far, Labor is $95 ahead of the Coalition, for many Australians.
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
With all the announcements...
I’ve listened hard for the sound of wealth trickling down but all I hear is the sound of the excluded still waiting
Amid the fanfare heralding a surplus that is better described as being more...
Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation? And what's 'retiree tax'?
There are words you’ll need to understand. But imputation is complex, like the tax system.
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Peter Martin, Crawford...
When the prime minister started the year, a big line of his economic attack was the damage the ALP’s extra $200bn worth of tax would do the economy. On 14 January he told ABC...
Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better
Don’t have a negatively geared investment property? You’re in good company.
Despite all the talk about negatively geared nurses and property baron police officers, 90...
A reverse death tax that helps the rich
The dividend imputation system is a rort Australia can’t afford, write Emma Dawson and Tim Lyons.
Australia’s dividend imputation system was introduced by Paul Keating in 1987. Its...