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Federal Budget 2014: Experts respond

Federal Budget 2014: Experts respond

The Federal Budget Review event was hosted by the Economic Society of Australia (ESA), a founding partner of ESSA. We pick out the speakers’ opinions on five key topics: federation, structural recovery, infrastructure, welfare and unemployment and good old politics. Words by Steph Gale, Anisha Kidd and Christine Li. Header

Taxation of Superannuation

By Professor John Freebairn Superannuation is a form of remuneration and labour cost, and it is a form of saving current income for future consumption in retirement. In terms of equity and efficiency, it is desirable that the taxation of superannuation be similar, if not identical, across different forms of

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Review of the Economics Society of Australia’s Budget Night

Budget analyses in the media consist of a scramble to tell readers whether or not the government has kept or broken promises and above all else, to tell us who has won and lost out of the budget, as well as who would have won and lost had the opposition