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Tag Archives: budget deficits
Michael Keating[i]. From Deficit to a Balanced Budget
The issue of budget repair has not been addressed adequately in the current election campaign. See below an earlier article by Michael Keating on various revenue and expenditure items that need to be considered. John Menadue A Report by the … Continue reading
Michael Keating. The 2016-17 Budget. Part 1 of 2.
The Turnbull Government’s Budget for 2016-17 reflects an essentially ‘steady as she goes’ fiscal strategy. Not that that is a fault – indeed it can be a virtue, especially when matched against the give-aways in other previous pre-election budgets. Furthermore, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Industrial relations, Politics
Tagged 2016-17 budget, budget deficits, budget fairness, budget repair, budget revenue and expenditure, CEDA Balanced Budget Commission, deficit repair levy, Michael Keating, smaller government, superannuation reform, transition to employment
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Budget deficits – how did they happen and what can be done. John Menadue
The government is announcing today an update of this year’s budget. This is the government’s first major economic statement since the election. It will focus particularly on the budget deficit. It will attempt to blame the previous government as much … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged budget deficits, government-debt, Grattan-Institute-report, low-tax-rates, tax-expenditures
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Myth-busting. John Menadue
One after another, the opinion polls tell us that the Liberal and National parties are much better economic managers than the ALP. This is despite Australia having one of the best performing economies in the world by almost any measure; … Continue reading