This Month
Super tax more likely, Greens stand firm on $2m demand
Election gains by Labor and the Greens make it more likely big superannuation balances will be hit with more tax – and the measure may kick in at $2 million.
Daniel in doubt as teals warn Labor’s surge should not make it cocky
Independents, who could make further gains, warn the government could face a backlash if it lets this victory go to its head.
The family trust blunder that could send you bankrupt
The tax office is scrutinising family trust distributions dating back decades. Some trustees have been shocked to receive bills worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
April
Why your super is the government’s next cash cow
The tax-by-stealth raid needs to be exposed for what it is: a morally dubious cash grab to paper over the government’s own fiscal mismanagement.
Menu shows Albanese’s Pancakes on the Rocks claim doesn’t stack up
The restaurant where the prime minister worked in his student days has imposed public holiday surcharge since at least 1979 – making his claims otherwise seem like waffle.
Labor’s tax on unrealised gains could wreck your retirement
This new tax warrants rigorous scrutiny and a more comprehensive reassessment before it inflicts lasting damage on our nation’s financial well-being.
Debate should’ve been Taylor’s home turf. Chalmers came away smiling
At an event hosted by business, the shadow treasurer defended the Coalition’s tax plans and the incumbent recited Labor’s talking points. CEOs were unimpressed.
When business loses, Australia loses bigger
What the business community hopes to see more than anything is a debate based on policies that support growth, are evidence-based and provide real solutions.
The forgotten tax keeping women out of work
Removing fringe benefits tax on employer-subsidised childcare is a no-brainer if we truly care about lifting workforce participation.
Tax bracket indexation an ‘aspiration’, not policy: Dutton
The opposition leader said his plans to tie personal income tax rates to inflation will not require an election mandate.
‘Lurching towards collapse’: experts slam Labor and Liberals on tax
Economists and tax experts have panned Labor and the Coalition over election promises, accusing them of breaking with orthodoxy and shirking significant reform.
Politicians are offering cash but aren’t fixing our problems
The world is on fire and Australians need smart policies way more than we need smart politics.
Policy ping-pong won’t deliver housing affordability
A future government will inherit a dog’s breakfast of housing and tax policies and be left to clean up the mess.
Dutton is pursuing a housing subsidy so bad, even Trump killed it
The policy is highly regressive, and will simply boost house prices and blow a huge hole in the personal income tax base that will never be recovered.
Our tax system is a dog’s breakfast. Here’s a 3x3 blueprint to fix it
Three “maxims” to guide the changes. Three “no-regrets” steps either side of politics could institute right away. And three “big-picture” medium-term measures.
Libs commit to tax reform, but ‘budget repair comes first’
Peter Dutton says waving through the budget tax cuts would have been the easy thing to do, but they were unaffordable.
March
Dutton losing the political race for lower taxes
Rather than replicate the Howard government’s innovative tax reform thinking, Dutton has instead lazily copied from the less creditable playbook of his political hero.
Three budget problems bigger than the puny tax cuts
The pre-election row over the tax cuts is a political distraction from the substantive problems Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget fails to address.
How a $10 billion tobacco tax became a smuggler’s jackpot
Our tobacco policies haven’t made it more expensive to smoke. They’ve actually made it cheaper to smoke.
The tax cut that will only buy you a coffee
The Labor government appears to have chosen a cut confined to the lowest rate so that it could stick to its “tax cut for everyone” slogan.