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Understanding human behaviour central to designing a better tax system
Melbourne :: Australia | 7 days ago
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Likewise, if it's to achieve Henry's long-standing goal of reducing the tax system's complexity and riskiness, it will need to learn from behavioural economics...Behavioural economics draws on economic experiments and psychology to bring a deeper understanding...
Tags: Ken Henry, behaviour economic, human behaviour, Australia, Melbourne, Economics, Behavioral economics, Flat tax, Finance, Equity, Tax
Construction begins on wastewater plant
Le Roy :: NY :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Thursday, November 12, 2009 Construction of a $22.8 million wastewater treatment plant began Thursday in Fruita. The plant is being built at 15 Road near the Colorado River by Garney Construction of Littleton. Construction...
Tags: Colorado River, Fruita, Ken Henry, Tom Huston, Le Roy, Environmental soil science, Sewage treatment, Water pollution, Fruita Colorado, Mesa County Colorado, Aquatic ecology, Environmental engineering, Environment
Turnbull warns of tax grab
Melbourne :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility Leader Malcolm Turnbull has distanced himself from the Henry tax review, warning that it could give the Federal Government the means to increase taxes to pay for its $67 billion of stimulus spending...With tax reform set to become one of the key issues...
Tags: Ken Henry
Investment down $42b
Melbourne :: Australia | 25 days ago
Credibility Treasurer Wayne Swan will give this estimate, covering the period 2009-10 and 2010-11, at an Australian Industry Group breakfast in Melbourne today, in a speech thanking business for keeping on workers during the bad times and urging banks to do more...
Tags: Wayne Swan, tax reforming, Mr Swan, Ken Henry
Population growth 'our biggest challenge'
Brisbane :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Giving a speech in Brisbane on Thursday, Dr Henry talked about a projected 60 per cent increase in population by 2050. He said the challenge would require national leadership on urban development. But he downplayed suggestions that this sort of centralisation...
Henry sees decades-long commodity boom
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility He is also forecasting a return to near full employment, although is less optimistic about the prospects for full Government coffers. "It now appears that the impact of the global financial crisis on the Chinese economy and the Indian economy hasn't been...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, market indices, Dr Henry, tax returns, RBA, Ken Henry
Henry plays down growth prospects
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Treasury Secretary Ken Henry has warned that economic growth will remain below the long-term average of 3 per cent until 2011-12 and that unemployment will rise in coming months. Appearing before a Senate inquiry, Dr Henry said: “Our expectation is that...
Treasury pressured to justify stimulus spending
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility A Senate inquiry into the Government's $42 billion economic stimulus package will today hear from the head of Treasury, Ken Henry. The Greens Leader, Bob Brown, says the Treasury secretary will need to justify the continued roll out of the package given...
Tags: Dr Henry, Senate Economics, Treasury, Ken Henry, federal government, unemployment rate, stimulus spending
Tanner rejects stimulus-interest rates link
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility The Opposition says the Reserve Bank will be forced to raise interest rates if the Government does not pull back its stimulus spending. There is increasing speculation that interest rates will rise by 25 basis points by the end of year because Australia's...
Tags: Senate, Treasury, Australian Greens, Ken Henry, treasury secretary
Australia treasury chief warns of "second shockwave"
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Australia's top Treasury official on Monday said there were grounds for optimism about the economy but warned a "second shockwave" may yet derail recovery from the global downturn. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry said that while Australia had proved resilient...
Tags: Australian Industry Group, Treasury, Ken Henry, Kevin Rudd, health insurance, Dr Henry, treasury boss, private health, productivity growth
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