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Tag Archives: tax
Housing industry round table with Treasurer Frydenberg at Parliament House on Monday 18/2/19
I felt honoured to attend a housing industry round table with federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Assistant Treasurer Zed Seselja at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 18 February 2019. Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened the round table but had … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged alp, australia, canberra, capitalgains, cgt, housing, masterbuilders, negativegearing, propertycouncil, stampduty, tax, taxation, treasury, udia
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The Andrew Leigh-Sinclair Davidson company tax debate
In March, there was extensive media coverage (e.g. in the Guardian Australia) of shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh’s company tax research which found companies paying lower effective company tax rates (i.e. actual tax paid/profits) did not create more jobs than … Continue reading
2018 Budget: Party like it’s 1999!
Guest post by Dr Andreas Chai, Economic Policy and Analysis Program, Griffith University 1999 was a great year to be alive in Australia. Apart from Prince hitting the airwaves again, Powderfinger were still playing and topped the hottest 100, the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged budget, commodityprices, epap, futurefund, griffith, matrix, norway, powderfinger, singapore, sovereignwealthfund, surplus, swf, tax, uae
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Value Capture: Making Sense of Policy Options – guest post by Brad Rogers
I am delighted to publish this guest post from Brad Rogers, Director of DeltaPearl Partners, on value capture, the topic of a conference his firm will run in Canberra in July. Views expressed are Brad’s and should not necessarily be … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged arcadis, canberra, congestioncharging, deltapearl, gst, hongkong, hyatt, infrastructure, mtr, pfi, ppp, tax, valuecapture
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Great work BDO, which had the best Budget summary (and a highly entertaining breakfast)
Leading accounting firm BDO consistently produces the best federal Budget summary, and this year’s did not let them down. The sub-title of the 2017 Federal Budget summary is: A quick sprint to the finish line for housing affordability, but still … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Uncategorized
Tagged auspol, banklevy, banks, bcec, bdo, budget, federalbudget, housingaffordability, negativegearing, suncorp, super, tax
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The economics of President Trump – upcoming ESA Qld event
As Secretary of the Economic Society of Australia (QLD) I am pleased to announce our upcoming event on “The economics of President Trump”, on the evening of Wednesday 22 February at the Ship Inn, in its upstairs function room, at … Continue reading
Should Queensland legalise recreational marijuana use?
My friend and fellow economist Dr Stephen Thornton of Bluegreen Economics has released a report advocating for the legalisation of marijuana for recreational use in Queensland. While the Queensland Parliament has recently passed a law allowing medicinal marijuana use, we … Continue reading
Posted in Social policy, Uncategorized
Tagged canada, cannabis, colorado, marijuana, massachusetts, pot, queensland, regulation, tax
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