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***e61 Institute available for comment on federal budget***

e61 Institute 2 mins read

Hi,

 

The following e61 Institute economists are available for comment on the federal Budget this week.

 

- NDIS – Dr Pelin Akyol

- Tax – Dr Matt Nolan

- EVs, Tobacco, Immigration, Business dynamism, Childcare – Lachlan Vass

- Housing – Dr Nick Garvin

- AI, R&D tax incentive, Data centres, Future Made in Australia – Ewan Rankin (unavailable Wednesday)

- Jobseeker – Dr Gianni La Cava

- Overall Budget commentary – Michael Brennan (unavailable Tuesday night)

 

For interviews, contact Charlie Moore 0452 606 171

 

E61 RESEARCH

 

NDIS

- Work, welfare and wellbeing around entry into the NDIS: https://e61.in/work-welfare-and-wellbeing-around-entry-into-the-ndis/

- Understanding the role of price caps in NDIS markets: https://e61.in/understanding-the-role-of-price-caps-in-ndis-markets/

- Understanding underutilisation in the NDIS: https://e61.in/understanding-underutilisation-in-the-ndis/

 

Tax

- Same Amount, Different Tax: Capital Income Tax Calculator: https://e61.in/same-amount-different-tax-capital-income-tax-calculator/

- Back to the future – why indexing CGT (and all tax) is a good idea: https://e61.in/back-to-the-future-why-indexing-cgt-and-all-tax-is-a-good-idea/

- Everyone is different: The problem with a flat capital gains tax discount: https://e61.in/everyone-is-different-the-problem-with-a-flat-capital-gains-tax-discount/

- Housing leverage and the capital gains tax discount: https://e61.in/housing-leverage-and-the-capital-gains-tax-discount/

 

EVs

- Is it time to unplug the EV tax discount?

 

Immigration

- Moving to the country: Analysing regional migrant outcomes: https://e61.in/moving-to-the-country-analysing-regional-migrant-outcomes/

- Misallocated migrants: Immigration and firm productivity in Australia: https://e61.in/misallocated-migrants-immigration-and-firm-productivity-in-australia/

 

Business dynamism

- The young and the restless: The contribution of young firms to the economy: https://e61.in/the-young-and-the-restless-the-contribution-of-young-firms-to-the-economy/

 

AI

- AI, Productivity, and Australia's Choice of Regulatory Framework: https://e61.in/ai-productivity-and-australias-choice-of-regulatory-framework/

- Missing the forest for the AI job cuts

 

Overall fiscal commentary

- How we're reading Tuesday’s Budget: 

https://e61.in/how-were-reading-tomorrow-nights-budget/

- Australia's fiscal sustainability fading fast: https://e61.in/australias-fiscal-sustainability-fading-fast/

- Rising Pressures, Fading Discipline: A Review of Australia's Fiscal Sustainability: https://e61.in/rising-pressures-fading-discipline-a-review-of-australias-fiscal-sustainability/


Contact details:

Charlie Moore: 0452 606 171

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