Friday, October 3, 2025
POLITICS

The big con: how neoliberals (Liberal & National Party) convinced us there wasn’t enough to go around

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...
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POLITICS

What just happened to our tax? Here’s an explanation you’ll understand

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. Shutterstock Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University With all the announcements...
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BUSINESS

The 2019 Budget entrenches neoliberal inequality

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...
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FUA AWARDS

Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation? And what’s ‘retiree tax’?

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. Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Peter Martin, Crawford...
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POLITICS

The government only wants you to focus on half the story – Labor’s taxes

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...
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POLITICS

Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better

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...
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POLITICS

Taxpayers should not be subsidising lifestyle of wealthy retirees

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...
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POLITICS

The prime minister is wrong to pretend that it’s the economy’s loss if high-income earners have less money to spend

At a time when the number of people studying economics is at a record low, the number of politicians citing economics 101 seems to be at a record high. Take our current prime minister,...
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