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Reform

Australia's slow-motion fiscal trainwreck
Australia’s looming fiscal crisis won’t be solved by clever tax reform—it requires institutional constraints on spending that no politician wants to discuss.
A lesson in reform from across the ditch
Australia should follow New Zealand’s lead and replace inefficient fuel excise taxes with road user charges that better align costs with actual road use.
Too broken to fix
Chalmers’ productivity roundtable appears to be dead on arrival.
Deregulation is an urban myth
The Kiwis have spent and regulated their economy to death.
Housing policy, Albo's record, Election flop, Why pollies don't reform
This is the first of what I intend to become a regular Oz Econ Pulse, a free roundup of the economic, political, and social trends that impact Australia. Normally I’d send it out on a Friday or Saturday but with the Easter break this is a short week, so here you go!