Inconvenient facts exist in a universe parallel to the one in which Australian politics is actually conducted. But there are signs that the time for deluded consensus is running out.
While it is not clear whether the former Treasury Secretary will return to listed company life,the ASX directorship was his remaining significant corporate role.
Ken Henry has revealed a litany of failures at the bank while delivering a scathing assessment of Australia’s stakeholder capitalism.
Most economists support the idea of lowering income taxes but concern is rising about a looming budget reckoning.
Taxes are the price of a civilised society and our tax system is struggling to properly raise the revenue. But there is a way forward.
Death duties,hiking the GST and more taxes on housing are on the wish lists of the nation’s top economists.
The former Treasury secretary who chaired a major federal review of the nation’s taxation system has criticised inaction from political leaders on tax reform.
State and territory premiers are under pressure to follow the NSW government's plan to give home buyers a choice between paying a one-off stamp duty or an annual fee,risking a hit to the budget bottom line while interest rates are low to scrap the widely disliked tax.
State governments are under pressure to follow the NSW government's plan to give home buyers a choice between paying a one-off stamp duty or an annual fee.
The former Treasury secretary,who famously resigned as chairman of NAB amid the banking royal commission,says the experience taught him to value transparency in public and corporate life.
Ken Henry was uncomfortable during his tenure as Treasury secretary about the way vulnerable individuals experience the aged care system,and he remains so.