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Politics, media, psychology thwart tax reform: Grattan

Tax reform is hard but the incoming head of the Productivity Commission still believes it's possible - and necessary.

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We'd all benefit from salt reduction

"We're still eating too much salt and we don't have the policies to change that"

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Slashing salt can save lives – and it won’t hurt your hip pocket or tastebuds

Each year, more than 2,500 Australians die from diseases linked to eating too much salt.

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Australia is leaving thousands of international graduates in visa limbo, and it’s about to get worse

Many international students come to Australia with the hope of staying permanently.

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The Greens were right to agree to pass Australia's Housing Future Fund bill – the case for further delay was weak

The Housing Australia Future Fund, or HAFF, will finally pass the Senate this week, most likely on Thursday.

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Pharmacists should be able to work with GPs to prescribe medicines for long-term conditions

A national review of primary care workforce regulations is investigating ways to increase Australians’ access to quality health care.

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National Cabinet’s new housing plan could fix our rental crisis and save renters billions

Wednesday’s National Cabinet meeting set itself a huge task: to fix Australia’s rental crisis. Thankfully, given rents are rising at their fastest rate in decades, the plan it produced just might do the trick.

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'No time to waste' to get off gas: Grattan Institute

A key public policy think tank wants tax incentives for landlords and low-cost loans for home owners to encourage them to move from gas to electric appliances.

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All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here's how governments can help us get off gas

If every Australian household that uses gas went all-electric today, we would “save” more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next ten years. That’s because there are more than 5 million households on the gas network, and the avoided emissions per home ranges from 5-25 tonnes…

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‘No time to waste’: getting Australian homes off gas crucial for meeting net zero targets, report says

Grattan Institute analysis recommends governments help households transition to electric, and ban new gas connections for homes and businesses

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Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance

The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to be the least a worker in Australia can be paid.

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Up to one in six recent migrants are paid less than the minimum wage. Here’s why

From working 20 to 30 hours of unpaid overtime each week in one of Australia’s fanciest restaurants to picking fruit while being exposed to dangerous chemicals for less than $10 an hour, the underpayment of migrant workers is rife.

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One in six migrant workers are 'exploited', but many Australians are also paid below the national minimum wage

One in six migrants are paid less than the national minimum wage and the exploitation is also undercutting local workers, according to a new report by the Grattan Institute.

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Labor accused of playing ‘footsies’ with Australia’s major challenges if it pursues risk-averse budget

‘Bold is what we need’ from budget to lift people out of poverty and address cost of living, Grattan Institute’s Danielle Wood says

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New Medicare reforms won't fix everything but they start to tackle the system's biggest problems

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it’s been in decades. Premiers have come to successive national cabinet meetings saying primary care is failing – and demanding reform and investment.

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If you live in a bulk-billing ‘desert’ it's hard to see a doctor for free. Here's how to fix this

GP fees are hitting more Australians than they did a few years ago. There’s a lot of talk about a crisis in bulk billing, with many people reporting they’re unable to see a doctor without paying an out-of-pocket fee.

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Many teachers find planning with colleagues a waste of time. Here's how to improve it

Creating protected time for teachers to collaborate with colleagues provides – in theory – an opportunity for teachers to improve teaching, and reduces the time they have to spend in the evenings and on weekends preparing for class.

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Super tax concessions don't cost $45 billion a year and won't cost more than the pension

You may have read this week that Australia’s super tax breaks are excessively generous (“well beyond any plausible purpose”) and that their costs unsustainable.

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Australia is not a high-tax country. So why can’t we have a conversation about the T word?

We need to get real about how we pay for the services we want if we are to fund a growing budget challenge

The New Daily

Major tax reform on ‘menu of options’ ahead of budget

Raising the GST, trimming defence spending and reforming tax breaks on super are some of the options the Grattan Institute has suggest to repair the budget.

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Major tax reform on 'menu of options' ahead of budget

Raising the GST, trimming defence spending and reforming tax breaks on super are some of the options the Grattan Institute has suggest to repair the budget.

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Treasurer Chalmers has a $70 billion a year budget hole: we've found 13 ways to fill it

No one likes spending cuts and tax hikes, but on our estimate the government will soon need more of them if they are going to make a dent in looming A$70 billion a year budget deficits.

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Value of Australian lithium exports tipped to match thermal coal in five years

Revenue from mining key metal used in EV batteries to triple by 2027-28 while thermal coal exports set to fall by more than 70%

The Guardian - AU

Super tax breaks costing $45bn a year are ‘inheritance schemes’ for Australia’s rich, new report says

The Grattan Institute report recommends 10 changes to superannuation taxation that could save the budget billions a year

The New Daily

‘Unfair and unsustainable’: How Australia could save up to $13.5 billion curbing super tax breaks

The federal budget could save up to $13.5 billion a year by curbing superannuation tax breaks that disproportionately benefit the richest Australians,

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