All posts by Michael Keating
Many jobs summit ideas for wages don’t make sense – upskilling does
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here. Treasury’s issues paper for the jobs summit says fair pay and job security “strengthen communities, promote attractive…
you need more tax, working out how much more is urgent
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The new government has inherited an extraordinarily difficult budget situation. The budget deficit amounts to 3.5% of gross domestic product this financial year and it will be almost as high next financial year at 3.4%, after which the…
The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can’t have both
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In the midst of Labor’s campaign about the cost of living, the Coalition has zeroed in on one of those costs – taxes – and guaranteed to stop them rising. Its Lower Tax Guarantee promises: No new taxes…