After 5 years of an absurdly overheated residential property market, especially in Sydney and Melbourne, it's hardly surprising that housing affordability rates are at record...

I've always been profoundly suspicious of flat tax advocates. However, a post this morning by Graham Young on the OLO Forum has me intrigued. In...

Just-published ABS figures on income inequality are a good opportunity to blog on this topic, which I've intended to cover ever since co-blogger Chris Sheil...

Forbes magazine carries an interesting graphical representation of the most recent OECD data on comparative total tax takes of the 48 member States (including Australia)...

I blogged a couple of days ago in defence of the reasonableness of MPs' superannuation arrangements. I deliberately omitted any reference to the other most...

Taking a break from his playground spat with Tim Dunlop (see here and here), in which both Tims and their respective supporters are competing to...

I see rightie Australian newspaper columnist Janet Albrechtsen reckons politicians are tricky and greedy for continuing to award themselves what she sees as over-generous (and...