Economy

Select research on economics and trade policy.

 
 

Crossing the Fiscal Cliff: National, State and Local Impacts of the JobKeeper Extension & Reduction

This report quantified that localised effects of the adjustment to JobKeeper, Australia’s wage subsidy program enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its localised data allowed for syndicated national media coverage, tailored to specific communities.

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Bill Shorten launching ‘Choosing Opportunity’, 2016, Sydney. Pic: Mike Bowers for The Guardian Australia.

Choosing Opportunity: A Policy Blueprint for a Fairer Australia

This report offered a broad array of policy reform recommendations aimed at strengthening Australia’s middle class.

It was launched by Federal Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Hon. Bill Shorten MP, who described the report as a “both a snapshot of modern Australia and a map for its future”.

Co-authored with Professor Richard Holden.

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The Social Benefits of Economic Ties: The Scope for an Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (Co-produced with leading UK Think Tank DEMOS)

This report explored how an Australia-UK FTA could be leveraged to advance constructive free trade agreements globally.

"This report is a timely contribution exploring what a future free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom might look like and what is needed to combat the rise in protectionism and scepticism about free trade.” - Shadow Trade Minister of Australia, Jason Clare. 

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