Tax and Welfare

In November 2021, we commissioned the ANU’s Centre for Social Research & Methods to model reforms to the Australian tax and welfare systems.

The aim was to reduce the poverty gap by increasing working age payments and Commonwealth Rent Assistance.

In late 2022, CSRM updated its modelling, incorporated the 2023 Budget announcements and analysed changes in poverty and financial stress rates by statistical area (SA3) for three options. 

Read a summary of our policy position on tax and welfare