John Humphreys

Australia’s never-ending recession

14 December 2024 6:14 pm

Albanese should be nervous

A serious tax agenda for Queensland

20 September 2024 11:07 pm

Queensland voters go to the polls in just over a month, and despite a lot of political announcements there has…

Australia’s current recession in perspective

7 September 2024 12:27 pm

Australia is in a per-capita recession. This should be big news, but most of the mainstream media remains dedicated to…

Childcare needs more choice, not more bureaucracy

4 July 2024 9:02 am

A recent report by the Centre for Policy Development (CPD) outlines a proposal to effectively remake the childcare sector in…

NSW’s smoke and mirror budget

21 June 2024 3:36 am

The NSW budget continued the nationwide theme of unimaginative big-spending budgets with large deficits. The economic story is not unique,…

Queensland’s shock and awe Budget

15 June 2024 1:28 pm

The Queensland Budget released this Tuesday marks the beginning of the 2024 state election campaign. The nine-year-old QLD Labor government…

A budget about (nearly) nothing

18 May 2024 11:53 am

The Australian Federal Budget gave us a couple of big headlines, but most of them were fake news. The Treasurer…

Victorian budget blues

11 May 2024 2:57 am

The best thing that can be said about the 2024 Victorian Budget is that it’s not as bad as recent…

Tax changes our behaviour

26 October 2022 10:00 am

Most people resent paying tax. Though it’s a sentiment just about everyone can relate to, the economic argument against tax…

The most important reform in 20 years

19 September 2022 12:30 pm

Stage three income tax cuts represent Australia’s most important piece of microeconomic reform in 20 years. From 2024, the marginal…

How smarter tax cuts will boost the budget

24 October 2019 1:00 pm

Treasury’s flawed tax model has led to the government’s structural reforms being estimated to cost much more than they actually…