Tag Archives: tax

Cash-strapped Qld Gov’t to charge interstate migrants

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Gene Tunny

Once upon a time, the Queensland Government tried to attract people from interstate by cutting taxes and charges. For instance, Sir Joh famously abolished death duties in the seventies. But times have changed. Now we have a cash-strapped state government … Continue reading →

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Cannabis Industry to Light Up – guest post by Stephen Thornton

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Gene Tunny

The win by the US Democratic Party of two federal senate seats representing the state of Georgia creates a situation whereby the Republican Party will lose their majority in the Upper House. Given the Democrats control the House of Representatives, … Continue reading →

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EV taxes, property taxes, and the need to reset federal financial relations in Australia

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Gene Tunny

It’s good news that, according to the Brisbane Times, Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey has ruled out a special Electric Vehicle tax (at least for now). You may recall I reported on the Australia Institute’s campaign to stop state-levied EV … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicle Tax – Qld shouldn’t follow Victoria and SA in imposing one

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The Australia Institute ran an excellent webinar (Stop the Electric Vehicles Tax) this morning opposing the Electric Vehicle Tax announced by Victoria and SA. An EV tax may end up being imposed by other state governments, including NSW’s and Queensland’s, … Continue reading →

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Frydenberg’s won’t-die-wondering Budget

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a strong speech tonight in handing down what I’d label as his won’t-die-wondering budget, or possibly as the Nixon-goes-to-China budget, a federal budget with an expected current financial year deficit of $214 billion and projected total … Continue reading →

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The Fight on the Right – latest International Liberty post features my interview with Dr Dan Mitchell

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Well known US economist and pundit Dr Dan Mitchell has featured my Economics Explained interview with him in the latest instalment of his Fight on the Right series of posts on his International Liberty blog: Fight on the Right part … Continue reading →

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Panama papers & multinational tax avoidance Economics Explained episode with QUT’s Prof. Raimondos

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Gene Tunny

In the latest episode of my Economics Explained podcast, I chat with QUT Head of School of Economics and Finance Professor Pascalis Raimondos about international taxation issues, particularly multinational and personal tax avoidance and evasion. As Pascalis notes in the … Continue reading →

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Housing industry round table with Treasurer Frydenberg at Parliament House on Monday 18/2/19

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Gene Tunny

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 →

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The Andrew Leigh-Sinclair Davidson company tax debate

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Gene Tunny

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 →

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2018 Budget: Party like it’s 1999!

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Gene Tunny

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 →

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