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HomeTag: Debt

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Interest On Australia’s Massive Debt To Cost $64 Billion Per Year By 2030

Interest On Australia’s Massive Debt To Cost $64 Billion Per Year By 2030

Cian Hussey 18 February 2021 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Interest payments on Commonwealth debt could become the third-largest spending item in just 10 years, behind only health and income support for seniors, according to new research from free market...

PUBLICATIONS
This Massive Debt Is With Us Till 2080

This Massive Debt Is With Us Till 2080

John Roskam 9 October 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

“Insouciance” is a word Australians don’t use very often. Maybe we should. It perfectly describes the popular reaction to this week’s federal budget and the news the...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
PUBLICATIONS
REVEALED: Get Set For Debt Until 2080

REVEALED: Get Set For Debt Until 2080

Cian Hussey 8 October 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Australia is unlikely to be debt-free until 2080 as a result of the lockdowns implemented in response to COVID-19. The much anticipated 2020-21 Budget does not even attempt to highlight a path out...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
Debt To Hit $2.05 Trillion, 60 Years To Pay Off

Debt To Hit $2.05 Trillion, 60 Years To Pay Off

Cian Hussey 7 October 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Modelling by the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, based on data from the Commonwealth Government Budget and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, estimates that: Gross...

PUBLICATIONS
The Economic Statement: Business As Usual Won’t Defuse Our New Debt Bomb

The Economic Statement: Business As Usual Won’t Defuse Our New Debt Bomb

Kurt Wallace 13 May 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday delivered a sobering economic statement to Parliament. In stark contrast to the premature “back in the black” celebration just 12 months ago, the Treasurer...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
$1 Trillion Worth Of Debt Within Three Years

$1 Trillion Worth Of Debt Within Three Years

John Roskam 1 April 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

“Australia could have $1 Trillion worth of debt within 3 years. The only way to repay this monumental amount of debt is for Australia to become more productive,” said John Roskam, Executive...

IPA TODAY
Highlights of Professor Sinclair Davidson on The Young IPA Podcast

Highlights of Professor Sinclair Davidson on The Young IPA Podcast

James Bolt and Peter Gregory 28 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Professor Sinclair Davidson, IPA Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University, joined us on The Young IPA Podcast this week. Here’s some of what he had to...

Media Releases
Turnbull Government Makes Wrong Choices On Taxes And Spending

Turnbull Government Makes Wrong Choices On Taxes And Spending

Daniel Wild 9 May 2017 Finance and economics, Media releases,

“This Budget lacks the ambition needed to fix the deep structural problems with our national economy and finances. Taxes will continue to rise, and government will remain too big”...

Why Should Everyone Else Pay For Your Expensive University Degree?

John Slater 3 May 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Australian students have the immense privilege of being able to attend a world-class university regardless of their bank balance, or family background. And that will continue under the...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Opinion
IMF Report Shows Old-Time Fiscal Religion Is Needed To Counter The New Mediocre

IMF Report Shows Old-Time Fiscal Religion Is Needed To Counter The New Mediocre

Sinclair Davidson 20 February 2017 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

The latest annual IMF Australia Consultation might have passed unnoticed but for this highly damning statement: “the new mediocre”. Perhaps they were being polite –...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
IPA TODAY
Federal debt to explode to $600bn within three years

Federal debt to explode to $600bn within three years

Morgan Begg 15 February 2017 Ipa today,

From The Australian today: Australia’s gross public debt is on track to rise from $474bn as of last month to more than $600bn within the next three years — even including the government’s reform...

Opinion
More Of The Same Is Not Good Enough

More Of The Same Is Not Good Enough

Sinclair Davidson 21 December 2016 Finance and economics, Opinion,

Despite four prime ministers and four treasurers since 2013, Australia’s budget situation has not improved. Only Chris Bowen has no case to answer as his time as treasurer was too short for...

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New research released today by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has found that the bottom fifth of income earners saw over half a million jobs disappear because of lockdowns...

Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic
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The state government’s attempt to impose a constitutional ban on fracking is an unprecedented attack on democracy. No policy restriction like this exists in the Victorian constitution. Never...

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