Federal Election 2025 insights
Election campaigns have long proved to be an active battleground for the contest of policy ideas, and the run-up to the 2025 Federal Election is certainly no different. But what is different this time round is the overlay of global economic uncertainties, the rapidly changing prospectus of US tariffs, shifting trade relationships, and continued geopolitical tensions. This global context has inevitably had a material influence on Australian domestic policy discourse.
BCEC will be providing in-depth analysis and expert commentary on key policy debates and election commitments of the main political parties, based on hard evidence and insights. We will be adding regular research briefs to support better-informed policy discussions in the run-up to, and the shakeout from, the upcoming 2025 Federal election.
The cost of living has been front and centre in the Federal election campaign. Rising prices, the financial pressures created by persistently high consumer price inflation (CPI), and the failure of wages to keep pace with rising costs, have all... Read article
As we near the end of the 2025 Federal Election campaign, the hiatus in policy commitments gives us pause to reflect on the quality – or more accurately, the lack of quality – in the personal tax reform debate. But... Read article
There is a broad consensus that the cost-of-living ‘crisis’ is the foremost issue on voters’ minds as we head toward the May 3 Federal election. Declining housing affordability is one key area in which household budgets are being stretched, whether... Read article
Family and domestic violence (FDV) is one of the most pervasive and significant social, health and welfare challenges in the society we live in, not just in Australia but across the world. Reports of femicide or violence against women are... Read article
This BCEC Federal Election 2025 Briefing Note assesses trade and US tariffs, including an explanation and learnings for Australia. Through the imposition of trade tariffs, the US administration has fundamentally disrupted the global economic landscape, posing new challenges to economies... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.