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  1. 12 February 2024 - Humanities

    Over the last 21 years, the highest earners received the most tax relief

    Despite average tax rates trending downwards, high-income earners are getting the most benefits, shows the University of Melbourne's HILDA survey.

  2. 11 February 2021 - Inside Business

    Is it time to stamp out stamp duty?

    Stamp duty is highly inefficient, say University of Melbourne experts, but there are options to replace it with an alternative tax, although controversial.

  3. 9 May 2019 - Inside Business

    What you need to know about the major parties’ policies on personal income tax

    Australia's election may be fought over income tax cuts; a University of Melbourne expert looks at difference between the Coalition and Labor's taxation plan.

  4. 16 October 2018 - Inside Business

    Good policy vs poor politics at Outlook 2018

    University of Melbourne's Economic and Social Outlook Conference 2018 highlighted widespread concerns that politics isn't working when it comes to needed policy

  5. 18 February 2018 - Humanities

    Is it time to tax ‘old money’?

    University of Melbourne philosopher Daniel Halliday argues it is time to tax old money to arrest the widening social inequality in Australia.

  6. Podcast1 June 2017 - Eavesdrop on Experts

    Encore: Unexpected outcome in bagging area

    Environmental psychologist Wouter Portinga visited the University of Melbourne to discuss how the plastic bag tax in the UK radically changed consumer habits.

  7. 9 May 2017 - Public Affairs

    Budget hits political reset

    The Federal government's 2017-18 budget is as much about politics as economics, says University of Melbourne policy analyst Nick Reece

  8. 24 February 2017 - Legal Affairs

    Time to put tracking numbers on directors

    The unscrupulous are using phoenix companies to rip off creditors that is costing the economy billions. Experts now say it's time to number track directors

  9. 19 December 2016 - Inside Business

    No pot of gold at end of Budget rainbow

    Professor Ross Garnaut warns that Australia's over-optimistic budget update is obscuring the need to take action to boost the economy.

  10. Podcast30 November 2016 - The Policy Shop

    Have you been nudged today?

    Nudge Theory draws on human behaviour to create subtle policy 'nudges' that encourage people to make good or healthier choices. The Policy Shop investigates.