Commonwealth defence of Victoria snub doesn’t add up
Infrastructure

Commonwealth defence of Victoria snub doesn’t add up

The argument that projects should be backed by a rigorous independent analysis before a government commits to billions of dollars is reasonable. But it does not explain why Victoria has been short-changed compared to other jurisdictions.

  • byJosh Gordon

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Federal taxes to pay for West Australian GST fix as Victoria takes blow
Federal budget

Federal taxes to pay for West Australian GST fix as Victoria takes blow

A deal put together by Scott Morrison to end West Australian complaints about the GST will now cost federal taxpayers while angering Victorian voters.

  • byShane Wright andJosh Gordon
States get bonus GST billions but taxpayers prop up WA again
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Federal budget

States get bonus GST billions but taxpayers prop up WA again

Scott Morrison’s deal with WA means taxpayers will have to take on an extra $10 billion in debt to cover a political fix he created as treasurer.

  • byShane Wright
Schools and hospital funding at risk in GST funding squeeze,Pallas claims
Victoria

Schools and hospital funding at risk in GST funding squeeze,Pallas claims

Josh Frydenberg has rejected a plea from NSW and Victoria to pay more GST to the two largest states to compensate for outsized spending on the pandemic.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Hike taxes or the GST to fix the crisis-stricken aged care system:Seniors
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Aged care

Hike taxes or the GST to fix the crisis-stricken aged care system:Seniors

The Productivity Commission should be tasked with deciding how to find the extra $7 billion to $15 billion a year needed to fix the aged care system,advocates say.

  • byDana Daniel
Why lefties need to learn to love the GST
Opinion
Australian economy

Why lefties need to learn to love the GST

If you think about it,the GST is far closer to a tax on profits,like the company tax.

  • bySteven Hamilton
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States and Commonwealth bicker on push to cut GST on rapid tests
Coronavirus pandemic

States and Commonwealth bicker on push to cut GST on rapid tests

Rapid antigen tests would become more affordable if the GST was taken off their asking price,but the states disagree with the federal government about how to make this happen.

  • byPaul Sakkal
‘The hardest thing you can do’:Why there’s little progress on tax reform
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Tax reform

‘The hardest thing you can do’:Why there’s little progress on tax reform

Experts are warning past failures at the voting booths with tax promises and a lack of courage will keep necessary reforms off the table at the 2022 election.

  • byJennifer Duke andShane Wright
It’s time to have another conversation about tax reform - or the goose is cooked
Analysis
Tax reform

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.

  • byShane Wright
What needs to be done to fix the tax system?
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Tax reform

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.

  • byShane Wright andJennifer Duke
A budget reckoning:How the tax system is failing Australians
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Tax reform

A budget reckoning:How the tax system is failing Australians

Top economists,former Treasury officials and ex-politicians are warning that Australia is fast approaching a fiscal nightmare.

  • byJennifer Duke andShane Wright