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Author Archives: Warwick Smith
Privatising Medicare payments is a distraction from real reform – The Drum
This article was originally published at The Drum. By Warwick Smith Posted 10 Feb 2016, 10:23am PHOTO: Are we facing a death by a thousand cuts approach to Medicare reform? (Giulio Saggin, file photo: ABC News) Would the privatisation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Op-ed, Uncategorized
Tagged health policy, Medicare, privatisation, The Drum
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Cabinet papers 1990: lessons from the recession we didn’t have to have – The Conversation
Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne Australia’s last formal recession ended in the September quarter of 1991. Once it sunk in that this was a serious economic downturn, treasurer Paul Keating famously referred to it as “the recession Australia had to … Continue reading
Death and taxes on 2SER’s breakfast show
I was back on 2SER’s breakfast show this morning with Mitch Byatt. We talked about inheritance taxes: whether they’re good or not; why they were abolished in the ’70s and what other options there are for tax reform. It was slightly … Continue reading
Cynical workforce participation policy forces solo parents into ranks of unemployed – The Age
By Warwick Smith First published at The Age The Turnbull government is peddling workforce participation nonsense. Some things have changed under the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull. Many things haven’t. When it comes to employment, the government continues to “push on … Continue reading
Malcolm Turnbull and the distraction of economic growth – Independent Australia
If we stop obsessing about economic growth and focus directly on our social aims then economic growth will take care of itself, writes economist Warwick Smith. First published at Independent Australia WHY ARE WE so consumed by the pursuit of economic … Continue reading
China’s ETS will boost Turnbull’s chances of shifting Coalition policy – The Drum
OPINION By Warwick Smith Originally published by the ABC at The Drum. Posted Mon at 4:19pm PHOTO: A woman rides her bicycle past a coal power station in Beijing. (David Gray, file photo: Reuters) It would be a mistake to … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, climate change
Tagged carbon pricing, climate, ETS, Malcolm Turnbull, The Drum
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Joe Hockey’s unscripted moments of truth reveal what the Government really thinks – The Age
By Warwick Smith Originally published by The Age on September 3, 2015 – 12:17PM. Talk of throwing Hockey to the wolves is worrying. After all, it’s his slip-of-the-truth lines that give us a glimpse of the Government’s real agenda: only the rich … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Inequality, Op-ed, Political philosophy
Tagged Ayn Rand, budget, class, inequality, Joe Hockey, The Age
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Abbott’s love of coal is holding us back on emissions targets – The Drum
Originally published at The Drum (ABC). By Warwick Smith Posted 11 Aug 2015, 4:23pm A larger emissions reduction target would have come at very little additional cost to GDP, but it would have involved the loss of jobs in the … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Sustainability
Tagged Australia, climate, climate change, coal, emission reduction, government budget, Tony Abbott
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TAXual healing – Interview on 2SER 107.3 FM Sydney
By Warwick Smith This morning I was talking tax on 2ser‘s breakfast program with Mitch Byatt. We focussed on state finances and today’s tax meeting between state premiers and the Prime Minister. An increase in the GST is on the … Continue reading
Posted in Australian politics, Land tax, radio interview, tax economics
Tagged 2ser, GST, land tax, taxation policy
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Four tax policies Australian house prices rest on – The Conversation
Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne First published at The Conversation The issues of tax and house prices are colliding in new ways ahead of the release of the government’s options paper on tax reform later this year. Treasurer Joe Hockey … Continue reading
Reconstructing Economics 