It’s the economy (and housing), stupid: Views of Australians on the economy and the housing market in January 2024
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M, Phillips, B
Year published: 2024
This paper summarises recent public opinion data on views on the economy, as well as experience and views on the housing market. It is based on data from the January 2024 ANUpoll as well as historic ANUpoll data to show that compared to almost any time during the pandemic or immediately beforehand…
Modelling Australian Superannuation with SuperMod: A Dynamic Distributional Model of Retirement Incomes in Australia
Author/editor: Webster, R & Phillips, B
Year published: 2024
In this paper we investigate the impact on retirement balances and retirement adequacy from various policy changes, such as the effects of changes to the Superannuation Guarantee and superannuation taxation policies. To investigate the impact of changes to superannuation policies we create a…
PolicyMod: Microsimulation Model for the Australian Tax and Transfer System December 2023
Author/editor: Phillips, B, Webster, R & Joseph C
Year published: 2024
PolicyMod is a microsimulation model of the Australian Tax and Transfer system developed by the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University. PolicyMod can model most components of the Australian personal income taxation and transfer system including existing and…
Submission to Australian Public Service Commission: APS Reform agenda, Stage 2 integrity reforms
Author/editor: Podger, A
Year published: 2024
This submission responds firstly to each of the proposed initiatives discussed in the APS Commission’s Issues Paper. It also addresses one of the Government’s Stage 1 integrity reforms which has not yet been fully implemented and one of the integrity-related recommendations of the Robodebt Royal…
Survey evidence on Australia’s democratic resilience
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Gray, M
Year published: 2024
There is a growing concern that democracies and democratic norms are under severe strain and threat. This paper uses Australian survey data to explore the concepts of 'democratic recession' and 'democratic resilience', framing the discussion around the quality and applicability of survey data in…
A Fairer Tax and Welfare System for Australia
Author/editor: Phillips, B, Webster, R & Joseph C
Year published: 2023
This research paper was commissioned by the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia Inc. to help address the inadequacy of the Australian welfare system for some groups, in particular working age recipients. The paper proposes three simple policy proposals designed to improve the…
Analysis of the impact increasing the rate and extending eligibility of Parenting Payment Single on financial living standards
Author/editor: Gray, M & Phillips, B
Year published: 2023
According to the 2021 Census there were just over half-a-million single parent families with a dependent child under 15 years of age and just over 1.5 million people living in single parent families (Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2022). The vast majority of single parents are women. Single…