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What the bank bosses had to say at the royal commission, in language you can understand

What the bank bosses had to say at the royal commission, in language you can understand In the commission’s interim report released in September, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne said the regulators had sufficient powers to police their...
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POLITICS

Here’s a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty

Here's a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty Radical honesty works, but it is difficult. Shutterstock Louise Metcalf, Macquarie University Appearing before the banking royal commission, the newly appointed head of the Commonwealth Bank, Matt...
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Stamp duty fever: the bad economics behind swapping stamp duty for land tax

To paraphrase former prime minister Paul Keating, walk into any pet shop in the country and you’ll find the resident galah saying we should swap stamp duty for a land value tax. Stamp duty fever:...
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POLITICS

Banking Royal Commission’s damning report: ‘Things are so bad that new laws might not help’

Banking Royal Commission's damning report: 'Things are so bad that new laws might not help' Peter Martin, The Conversation Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has identified “greed” as the key reason banks and other financial institutions repeatedly...
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FactCheck: GetUp! on the impact of US corporate tax cuts on wages

Economic modelling produced by Victoria University’s Centre of Policy Studies (and of which I was an author) finds that despite stimulating growth in pre-tax real wages, a company tax cut would cause a fall...
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POLITICS

Tax cuts 2018

95% of Stage 3 Tax Cuts go to high income earners New Australia Institute analysis of stage three of the government’s income tax plan show high-income earners will get 95% of the benefit, while three-quarters...
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Revealed: This is how much ordinary Australians really earn

A casual glance at the news in recent months may have left you thinking the average Australian earns almost $85,000 a year. If that sounded insanely high to you, then your instincts were bang on....
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POLITICS

View from The Hill: A tax cut that will ‘pay your rego’

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The Turnbull government has produced a budget that it hopes it can sell as appealing for voters while appearing fiscally responsible. Its income tax cuts target lower and middle earners in...
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