Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects' long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.
The inclusion of the family home in means testing for the age pension would be one of a number of ways to pare back a recent expansion of middle and upper class welfare, according to two recent reports.
The Real Estate Institute of Australia says its recently released report into negative gearing shows renters would pay much more if there were to be any changes to the policy, despite claims to the contrary by a leading research institute.
A recent Grattan Institute report on the east coast gas market has further fuelled debate in Western Australia over the merits or otherwise of the gas reservation policy.
