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New research challenges the idea that GST always hits lower-income households hardest

The GST may be less regressive than commonly thought, depending on how people’s income is measured, new research by the e61-UNSW Policy Research Partnership has found.

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A new report finds the trucking industry urgently needs tens of thousands more drivers – yet it hasn’t built the conditions for women to safely stay.

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Finance Minister Katy Gallagher headlined an expert panel assessing how Australia can close the superannuation gender gap.

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As AI systems keep breaching their own safeguards, UNSW research details the capabilities and competencies technology companies need to mitigate risks and innovate responsibly.

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Professor Pauline Grosjean

Professor in the School of Economics at UNSW, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Professor Petr Sedlacek

Professor of Economics at the UNSW Business School, and a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.

Professor Anton Kolotilin

Professor of Economics at UNSW specialising in Microeconomic Theory and Information Economics.

Professor Gabriele Gratton

Gabriele Gratton is Professor of Politics and Economics in the UNSW Business School and an ARC Future Fellow.

Associate Professor Jane Zhang

Associate Professor of Economics at UNSW.

Dr. Federico Masera

Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of New South Wales and at the Resilient Democracy Lab.