report
28 June 2020
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now
To help Australia recover from the COVID-19 recession, the Federal Government should inject $70 billion to $90 billion in extra economic stimulus, including revamping and extending JobKeeper.
Gover…
news
07 September 2020
The PM is right: all governments need to spend more to get us out of the COVID crisis
Published in The Conversation, 7 September 2020
The prime minister wants the states to open their wallets. Although he has warned them not to “make whoopee”, his message is blunt: “The Common…
news
14 May 2020
Beware the fiscal cliff: why Australia urgently needs an economic transition plan
Published in The Conversation, 14 May 2020
At almost 10% of gross domestic product, and a much larger per cent of government spending, Australia’s fiscal response to the COVID-19 crisis has been…