Democracy Sausage: Let’s get productive!
Tax policy specialists Robert Breunig and Kristen Sobeck join Democracy Sausage to help chart a more productive future for Australia.
Can we fix the tax system?
What is good economic growth vs bad economic growth?
And, ahead of the government’s productivity roundtable, how do we become more productive as a nation?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Marija Taflaga enlists tax policy specialists Robert Breunig and Kristen Sobeck to help chart a productive future for Australia.
Professor Robert Breunig is the director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
Kristen Sobeck is a Research Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
Dr Marija Taflaga is the Director of the ANU Centre for the Study of Australian Politics and a Lecturer at the ANU School of Politics and International Relations.
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Professor Robert Breunig
Crawford School of Public Policy
Professor Robert Breunig is the Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy.
Kristen Sobeck
Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy
Kristen Sobeck is a Research Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at ANU.
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