Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Peter Martin is Business and Economy Editor of The Conversation and a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU.
A former Treasury official with an honours degree in economics, he has worked as the economics correspondent for ABC radio, as the ABC's Tokyo correspondent and as economics editor of The Age.
With Dr Gigi Foster of UNSW he created The Economists podcast on ABC Radio National. In 2016 he was made a Distinguished Alumni of Flinders University in recognition of his contribution to the community's understanding of economics.
Election tip: 23.9% is a meaningless figure, ignore the tax-to-GDP ratio
May 02, 2019 17:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Expect to hear a lot about tax during the coming leaders debates. Which is why its important to get two things straight. The first is that you cant argue against a tax by pointing out that it will take money from...
What just happened to our tax? Here's an explanation you'll understand
Apr 05, 2019 10:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy
With all the announcements on tax over the past few days its hard to keep track. So here goes. A year ago the then treasurer Scott Morrison unveiled a seven year personal tax. Some of it involved tax cuts way out...
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