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Tag Archives: commonwealth
Could the Commonwealth Treasury please send me my $5,000, rather than sending it to George St?
Queensland Treasury has produced an absolutely cracking set of post-Budget presentation slides, which it has kindly shared with the Economic Society of Australia (QLD), of which I’m the Secretary. The slide deck contains some excellent facts and charts on vertical … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Tax
Tagged commonwealth, esaqld, grants, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, treasury, vfi
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Lessons from John Howard’s GST reform suggest current tax reform process will most likely fail
At a panel discussion on tax reform in Brisbane last night, there were some important insights for the current taxation debate made by former PM John Howard’s economic adviser Peter Crone, Australian newspaper contributing editor Professor Judith Sloan, and Griffith’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged australia, commonwealth, excise, gst, states, tax, taxreform
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Qld Govt faces big budgetary challenges from unreliable revenues and soaring health costs
In yesterday’s post I noted that the Queensland Government has become increasingly reliant on volatile royalties revenue, and that its major revenue sources of Commonwealth grants and taxation revenue have been growing significantly slower than expenses in recent years. I … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Health, Tax
Tagged commonwealth, igr, qld, qldtreasury, queensland, royalties, stampduty, tax, treasury
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Budget blowout highlights risk of permanent deficits without major spending cuts
With today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook expected to reveal a blowout in this year’s budget deficit from around $30 billion to $35-40 billion, the Commonwealth Government is right to be reviewing childcare benefits and the proposed paid parental leave … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged australia, budget, childcare, commonwealth, deficit, highereducation, medicare, ppl
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Budget repair challenge means Govt should reject calls to assist Holden and Qantas
I spoke with Pat Hession on ABC North Queensland radio yesterday afternoon on the removal of the Commonwealth Government’s debt ceiling, effectively its “credit card limit” as Pat described it. I made the following points: I’m disappointed the debt ceiling … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Industry policy, Tax
Tagged abc, australia, commonwealth, debtceiling, holden, qantas
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