PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

My lead item for this month’s newsletter comes from Australia. It is an article written by two leading academics - Peter Siminski, Professor of Economics at the University of Technology Sydney and Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Co-Director at the HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne. They have “bravely” ventured to suggest that the Australian family home should be taxed. Their article is titled “The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home”.

The authors state: “The Australian government has “an appetite to be bold and ambitious” in its economic reform agenda. And tax reform is on the menu at its much-publicised reform round table, to be held next week.

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