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FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages? No it hasn’t

September 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Fabrizio Carmignani, Griffith University The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment [...]

White House Caught Lying About African American Jobs Claim

August 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Trump White House was caught lying this week about African American jobs rate claim. In a rare instance White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare correction [...]

Turnbull’s tax plan will hurt working people, won’t create jobs – ACTU

June 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

New ACTU empirical analysis covering 10 years and 34 OECD countries shows that when you cut corporate taxes no jobs are created and wages decrease. ACTU Secretary Sally [...]

The Coalition’s income tax cuts will help the rich more, but in a decade everyone pays more anyway

June 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

Ben Phillips, Australian National University and Matthew Gray, Australian National University Does the Coalition’s tax plan favour high earners over those with lower [...]

FWC: Minimum Wage increased by $24.30, half of what Australian workers needed

June 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

2 million Australians to receive a pay rise after the Fair Work Commission increased the national minimum wage by 3.5%, to $719.20 a week. This equals an extra $24.30 per [...]

Young people, not employers, should choose super fund: Productivity Commission

May 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

bdb b. Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Young people entering the workforce should choose their own superannuation fund, rather than the present system of their [...]

Negative gearing reforms could save A$1.7 billion without hurting poorer investors

March 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Helen Hodgson, Curtin University; Alan Duncan, Curtin University; John Minas, Griffith University, and Rachel Ong, Curtin University Reforming negative gearing could save the [...]

ABA: Royal commission ‘unwarranted’ banks already changing

November 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Australian Bankers’ Association has said in a statement “Our banks do not fear scrutiny or accountability.” They have also said $75m Royal Commission is [...]

‘Jobs & growth’ an illusion under the coalition, 18.9% unemployed or under-employed

October 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

18.9% of Australians are unemployed or under-employed. For 24 straight months, more than 2 million Australians have been looking for work or looking for more [...]

Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground

May 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Peter Whiteford, Australian National University Some of the budget changes on welfare appear to be about sending the message that receiving welfare is undesirable. Whether [...]