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Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says the tax system is deliberately designed to hurt young people and future generations.

‘Wilful act of bastardry’: Henry condemns tax system for crushing young Australians

Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says a succession of governments have used the tax system to deliberately hurt young people, propping up the old and vested interests like mining.

  • Shane Wright

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  • Bianca Hall and Margaret Gordon
Clearcut forest in Clouds Creek in 2022, within the area proposed to be part of the Great Koala National Park.

The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in

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  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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  • Sean Kelly
Ken Henry made no statement about his retirement from the ASX board on Wednesday.

Ken Henry closes his corporate chapter with ASX retirement

While it is not clear whether the former Treasury Secretary will return to listed company life, the ASX directorship was his remaining significant corporate role.

  • Sarah Danckert
Former NAB chair Ken Henry said capitalism means businesses are motivated only by maximising profits.

‘Outrage and mania’: Former NAB chair Ken Henry slams business leaders, politicians

Ken Henry has revealed a litany of failures at the bank while delivering a scathing assessment of Australia’s stakeholder capitalism.

  • Charlotte Grieve
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Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry’s 2009 tax review outlined a plan for tax cuts which eerily resembles the Turnbull/Morrison plan now in place.

Ken Henry backs tax cuts but warns budget ‘needs to be brought under control’

Most economists support the idea of lowering income taxes but concern is rising about a looming budget reckoning.

  • Jessica Irvine
Peter Costello buys groceries on the first day of the GST ion July 1, 2000. The GST marks the last far-reaching reform of the nation’s tax system.

It’s time to have another conversation about tax reform - or the goose is cooked

Taxes are the price of a civilised society and our tax system is struggling to properly raise the revenue. But there is a way forward.

  • Shane Wright
Death duties, hiking the GST and more taxes on housing are on the wish lists of the nation’s top economists.

What needs to be done to fix the tax system?

Death duties, hiking the GST and more taxes on housing are on the wish lists of the nation’s top economists.

  • Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Ken Henry has warned the nation’s tax system is no longer “fit for purpose”.

Ken Henry hits out at tax system ‘not fit for purpose’

The former Treasury secretary who chaired a major federal review of the nation’s taxation system has criticised inaction from political leaders on tax reform.

  • Jennifer Duke

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