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Joe Hockey

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Tax me if you can

Tax me if you can

The recent tax white paper issued by the federal government has opened up a debate over the tax system in this country. Many people are looking for ways to both address the deficit and boost economic growth. This balancing act is an extremely difficult task, so we shouldn’t necessarily

Desperate, deceitful and deliberately dull: Budget 2015

Desperate, deceitful and deliberately dull: Budget 2015

Last month, Tony Abbott proudly declared that this year’s budget would be “dull”. It’s clear now why he wanted us to look away. The government has performed one of the swiftest policy reversals in recent memory. A question of politics For years, the Coalition could speak of nothing

A tough balancing act

A tough balancing act

What’s a poor man like Joe Hockey to do, when the forces of demography are arrayed against him? Australia has an ageing population – welfare spending is bound to rise. The only ways forward are to cut or to tax. Joe wipes away the sweat on his brow with his

Nuanced debate must supplant budget bluster

Nuanced debate must supplant budget bluster

It is unambiguously clear that Australia faces serious economic challenges. The iron ore price has fallen from above $100USD a tonne to below $50USD, resulting in serious impacts to the miners, the industries that act as scaffolding around them, and the revenue that the government draws from all of them

How does welfare relate to productivity?

How does welfare relate to productivity?

Reflecting on this year’s ESSA Economic Debate means remembering Treasurer Joe Hockey’s famous speech in which he declared that the “Age of Entitlement is over.” That night, the affirmative side triumphed on the back of arguments that“good” welfare would push more unemployed back into work, lift productivity

The age of entitlement is over: A story of work ethic and generosity

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has declared that “the age of entitlement is over”, and most of us don’t like the sound of it. And why should we, when some of us will receive youth allowance rather than Newstart for a few more years, some of us will no longer

Federal Budget 2014: higher education

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Federal Budget 2014: higher education

The Federal Budget contained three main areas of proposed legislative change that will directly affect students: tertiary funding adjustments, HELP debt alterations and student welfare/equity policies.