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Fiscal Policy

The RBA's housing blind spot is about to cost Australia

Australia's inflation gauge is built to see new home construction costs — but blind to established property values, and a coming tax change will exploit that gap.
09 Jul 2026 5 min read
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Fiscal Policy

Productivity Commission opens data dashboard on Australia's stalling output growth

Australia's productivity dashboard is live — and the five-year trend it reveals is the number Canberra's current policy agenda is least equipped to answer.
08 Jul 2026 4 min read
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Fiscal Policy

Tax Reform's Hidden Price: What Policymakers Aren't Saying About the Trade-offs

What tax reforms promise to fix housing won't, and who actually pays the price remains unclear.
03 Jul 2026 5 min read
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Fiscal Policy

Growth Stalls as Inflation-Fighting Costs Compound

Is business investment enough to prevent an economy weakened by rate hikes from stalling?
03 Jul 2026 5 min read
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