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Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison finds himself in a week of pain

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

It’s been an unfortunate few days for Scott Morrison. First he blew up a key part of his media strategy, and then one of his options for addressing housing affordability turned very sour.

Morrison notoriously plays media favourites, and high on his preferred list has been 2GB’s Ray Hadley, with whom he’s had a regular Monday...

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Politics podcast: Gareth Evans on Australian self-reliance

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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In a speech to the National Press Club on Thursday, former Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans lambasted US President Donald Trump and called on Australia to become more self-reliant. Evans described Trump as “manifestly the most ill-informed, under-prepared, ethically challenged and psychologically ill-equipped president in...

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Expert panel: ATO data shows inequality is in everything from super to the property market

  • Written by: Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released data for 2014-15 that paints a picture of how much Australians earn and what they claim in tax concessions. We asked our tax experts to tell us what the data says to them.


John Daley and Danielle Wood, The Grattan Institute

The latest data from the ATO is consistent with what we’ve seen in the...

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Here's how superannuation is already financing homes

  • Written by: James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
imageAt least ten cents in every dollar of superannuation assets is indirectly financing house purchases via commercial bank debt.AAP/Lukas Coch

The federal government is split on whether first home buyers in Australia should be allowed to use part of their superannuation for home deposits. But what the more strident critics miss is that...

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