27 November 2017
Understanding Inequality In Australia
The best available evidence demonstrates that income inequality is low and declining in Australia. Suggestions to the contrary rely on highly unreliable and potentially misleading measures, such as the income share earned by the top 1% of income earners. Further, Australia has the third most equal distribution of net wealth in the developed world, the second lowest proportion of adults
27 November 2017
Inequality Low And Decreasing
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today released a new landmark report, Understanding Inequality in Australia, authored by IPA research fellows Daniel Wild and Andrew Bushnell, which analysis the extent of income inequality in Australia. “Claims that income inequality is high and increasing in Australia are wrong. Income inequality is lower today than 15 years ago and is
21 November 2016
Submission To The Senate Economics Legislation Committee Inquiry Into The Australian Government Superannuation Imposition Bill
The purpose of the retirement income system should be to enable Australians to maintain in retirement the living standards they achieve during their working lives. While our system largely achieves that goal for low and high-income earners, middle-income Australia is poorly served. High effective tax rates on superannuation are a critical factor contributing to a retirement savings deficit for middle-income
