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TARGET30 was a program launched in 2013 designed to reduce government spending from its then current level of 35% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) down to 30% within a 10 year timeframe. It focused on ensuring that the crucial services Australians need are delivered efficiently and effectively while curbing the uncontrolled growth of inefficient spending.

The case against tax increases in Australia: The growing burden
Michael PotterJune 7, 2016Research Report 15

View Interactive Snapshot The tax burden imposed by the Commonwealth Government alone, and by all...

Taming the Monster: Reforming Personal Income Tax
Robert CarlingApril 5, 2016Research Report 12

Without any change in personal income tax rates or thresholds, the tax burden will increase...

Exposing the Stealth Tax: the Bracket Creep rip-off
Robert Carling, Michael PotterDecember 13, 2015Research Report 8

View Interactive Snapshot Bracket creep occurs when taxpayers pay a higher tax rate as their...

Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Personal Choice and Community Impacts 2015
August 11, 2015

The CIS submission into the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry proposed two tightly targeted areas...

The Age Old Problem of Old Age: Fixing the Pension
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorMay 3, 2015

In this TARGET 30 Research Report CIS modelling shows that reforming the pension could deliver...

Fairer Paid Parental Leave
Matthew TaylorJuly 7, 2014T30.11

Australia spends just under $1.4 billion (2012–13) on statutory Paid Parental Leave (PPL) to provide...

Red tape and Australia’s economic malaise
Michael PotterFebruary 7, 2018OP164

Australia is in a period of economic malaise. GDP per person has been growing slowly...

From Reform to Retreat: 30 Years of Australian Fiscal Policy
Robert CarlingDecember 10, 2017OP161

Australia entered an era of economic reform in the mid-1980s as policymakers resolved to liberalise...

UBI – Universal Basic Income is an Unbelievably Bad Idea
Simon CowanNovember 5, 2017RR32

The idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), paid by the government to its citizens...

The Major Bank Levy: We’re all going to be hit
Michael PotterJune 19, 2017RR29

The major bank levy was proposed in the 2017–18 Budget. The levy has numerous flaws...

Welfare reform beyond decades of dependence, ‘dole bludgers’ and ‘double dipping’
Simon CowanMay 31, 2017OP156

Recent attempts to reform welfare have focused on the wrong elements of the system. In...

The case against tax increases in Australia: The growing burden
Michael PotterJune 7, 2016Research Report 15

View Interactive Snapshot The tax burden imposed by the Commonwealth Government alone, and by all...

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Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Personal Choice and Community Impacts 2015
August 11, 2015

The CIS submission into the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry proposed two tightly targeted areas...

Submission to the National Commission of Audit
Alexander Philipatos, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Jeremy Sammut, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Trisha JhaApril 1, 2014T30.08

The federal government’s Commission of Audit (CoA) was established in 2013 to review the performance...

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