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Discussion Paper: Residential Time of Use Electricity Pricing in NSWAustralian energy companies and regulators claimthat introducing Time of Use pricing will benefitconsumers and move their consumption to timeswhen the network is less congested.On closer examination, further adoption will impose increased costs on households and appears more likely to increase the profits of electricity companies than to assist consumers. -
Income Tax Cuts: Largest Single Budget Measure Not to Face a Senate Inquiry The income tax cut legislation to be introduced to Parliament this week is the largest single budgetary measure not to face a Senate Inquiry. The Australia Institute is today releasing a proposed Terms of Reference for a potential Senate Inquiry and new analysis on the fiscal risks associated with the Stage 3 tax cuts. “The income tax legislation is the largest single budget measure not to face a Senate Inquiry,” said Ben Oquist, Executive Direct...
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No compelling case for an income tax cut to reduce the impact of bracket creep: new analysis New Australia Institute analysis of the long term impacts of bracket creep shows that taxpayers are being over compensated for bracket creep at all income levels. The government has used bracket creep as a key reason why it needs to implement its income tax cuts package as outlined in the 2019 Budget.Key Findings: The report analysed the impact of bracket creep from 00-01 to 24-25 to create a bracket creep baseline that is a hypoth...
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Breaking brown Gas and coal plant breakdowns in VictoriaVictoria’s brown coal fired power stations suffer from frequent breakdowns and Loy Yang A is the responsible for largest number of breakdowns on the National Energy Market, since monitoring began in December 2017, and Loy Yang A’s Unit 2 is the most unreliable unit on the grid.
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Southern Discomfort: Water losses in the southern Murray Darling BasinDecisions by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to flood the Barmah-Millewa forest and drain Menindee Lakes have reduced water for NSW Murray general security holders, who have zero allocation for 2018-19. We estimate an allocation of between 16% and 61% could have been possible had MDBA complied with its official Objectives and Outcomes.
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Degrees North Vocational and university education in Australia and Nordic countriesVocational and university education in Australia and Nordic countries - Report for roundtable discussion at the Embassy of Finland Canberra
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Budget Warning for State Gov: Voters Reject Service Cuts, Privatisation New research from The Australia Institute has found that two out of three voters want the State Government to make up the $517 million GST shortfall announced in the Federal Budget by increasing taxes on wealthier South Australians and property investors. The least popular way for the government to balance the books in its upcoming Budget would be to either cut or privatise services such as public transport, health and education or to increase ta...
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$33 billion delivered to those earning more than $180k from unlegislated income tax cuts: new researchThe final stage of the Morrison Government’s unlegislated income tax plan, stage 3(a) will, over the five years after it is introduced in 2024-25, deliver a $33 billion benefit to those earning more than $180,000, according to a new distributional analysis from The Australia Institute’s senior economist Matt Grudnoff. The Morrison Government is yet to legislate the additional tax cuts announced in the 2019-20 Federal Budget, which builds on the t...
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HeatWatch QLD: Extreme heat in the Sunshine StateThe projected rise in extremely hot days as a result of global warming presents a serious risk to the health and wellbeing of the Queensland community.There has already been a clear increase in numbers of these extreme heat days over recent decades, as demonstrated in our profiles on:The Gold Coast;Brisbane;The Sunshine Coast;Roma;Gladstone;Rockhampton;Mackay;The Whitsundays; andTownsville.Exposure to extreme heat can lead to serious illness and...
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New Analysis: Over 50% of Stage 3a Tax Cuts Benefit to go to Highest Income Earners New income distributional analysis from The Australia Institute senior economist Matt Grudnoff shows the Morrison Government’s proposed Stage 3(a) income tax cuts announced in the 2019-20 Federal Budget, to come into effect 2024-25, will overwhelmingly benefit high-income earners with over 50% of the benefit going to the top 20% of taxpayers, while the bottom half only get 12% of the benefit, and the bottom 20% receive a mere 0.2%.The Morrison Go...