Policy Briefs
The distribution of net wealth and wealth components by age in Australia, 1983 to 2025
Household wealth in Australia has grown strongly over the past two decades, supported by rising housing values, expanding superannuation balances and sustained asset price growth. But this growth has not been evenly distributed across the population or across the life... Read article
Household wealth in Australia has grown strongly over the past two decades, supported by rising housing values, expanding superannuation balances and sustained asset price growth. But this growth has not been evenly distributed across the population or across the life... Read article
Redefining productivity: Embedding long-term value creation in Australia’s economic measurement framework
Australia’s economic performance benefits substantially from the contributions of its services sector, particularly in relation to health, aged care, education, childcare and social support services. Yet traditional productivity measures fail to capture the long-term and intergenerational value of human services... Read article
Australia’s economic performance benefits substantially from the contributions of its services sector, particularly in relation to health, aged care, education, childcare and social support services. Yet traditional productivity measures fail to capture the long-term and intergenerational value of human services... Read article
Beyond Output per Hour: Productivity measurement in an AI-driven economy
The Economic Reform Roundtable provides an important opportunity to reflect on the need for an authentic, inclusive, and future-proofed productivity framework that better captures the real drivers of long-term prosperity for Australia and its population. The global productivity landscape is... Read article
The Economic Reform Roundtable provides an important opportunity to reflect on the need for an authentic, inclusive, and future-proofed productivity framework that better captures the real drivers of long-term prosperity for Australia and its population. The global productivity landscape is... Read article
Improving productivity, quality and wellbeing in Australia’s care economy
Care and human services are essential enablers of economic participation, workforce capability, productivity and wellbeing. As Australia reconsiders its productivity framework, it is critical to recognise care services not just as a moral imperative, but as a strategic investment with... Read article
Care and human services are essential enablers of economic participation, workforce capability, productivity and wellbeing. As Australia reconsiders its productivity framework, it is critical to recognise care services not just as a moral imperative, but as a strategic investment with... Read article
BCEC Policy Brief 2021: Family and domestic violence in Australia
This BCEC Briefing Note assesses the prevalence, impact of and responses to family and domestic violence (FDV) in Australia. FDV is pervasive; it occurs among family members, and especially in intimate partner relationships. Around 1 in 6 women (17.3%) and... Read article
This BCEC Briefing Note assesses the prevalence, impact of and responses to family and domestic violence (FDV) in Australia. FDV is pervasive; it occurs among family members, and especially in intimate partner relationships. Around 1 in 6 women (17.3%) and... Read article
BCEC Policy Brief 2021: Extending the Low and Middle Income Tax Offset Beyond 2020-21
The Federal Budget 2020-21 introduced a set of amendments to the Personal Income Tax Plan announced in the previous 2019-20 budget, with the intention to stimulate the economy and reduce the burden of taxation felt by individuals. Specifically, the additional... Read article
The Federal Budget 2020-21 introduced a set of amendments to the Personal Income Tax Plan announced in the previous 2019-20 budget, with the intention to stimulate the economy and reduce the burden of taxation felt by individuals. Specifically, the additional... Read article
BCEC Policy Brief 2020: Low-Middle Income Tax Offset
Our assessment of the combined personal tax, rebate and JobSeeker reforms include combined and separate impacts of the following changes to the tax-transfer system over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years relative to a base year (2019-20). These include: Bringing... Read article
Our assessment of the combined personal tax, rebate and JobSeeker reforms include combined and separate impacts of the following changes to the tax-transfer system over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years relative to a base year (2019-20). These include: Bringing... 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.