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Alexander Sanchez

January

 Future Made in Australia production tax credits hark back to the bad old days of the 1960s and 1970’s.

Why green aluminium pushes us towards Argentine Peronism

Both sides of politics want us to believe that redirecting prosperity to a preferred sector somehow represents a growth strategy.

December 2024

Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Faced with any form of tax reform proposal, the inevitable answer becomes: it is a “cost” to the budget.

MYEFO should count the benefits of tax cuts, not just the cost

The PBO’s presentation of cuts to taxes as a cost to the budget dogs the tax reform debate with an over-emphasis on redistribution and revenue, rather than growth and prosperity.

November 2024

Customers at the Commonwealth Bank ATM in Hay, NSW, on Sunday.

A levy to help rural banking is also a tax on innovation

The quest to leave no one behind in the regions cannot come at the expense of working households in the outer suburbs and elsewhere.

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