The 2026–27 Federal Budget was for Australian workers. Having chosen the “hard road of reform”, while facing charges of broken promises, Treasurer Jim Chalmers sent a clear message to the people and families of Australia tonight: wage earners, first home buyers and younger Australians will come out ahead, while property investors, trust beneficiaries and older […]

Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget has set the scene for a ‘young verses old’ race to the next election, with a determined effort to shift wealth and prosperity to younger and less affluent voters. The price of doing so is a broken promise to investors who are – generally – older and more affluent. The question […]

Tonight’s Federal Budget delivers significant changes to superannuation, capital gains tax and trust arrangements, with important implications for retirees and self-funded investors. Key takeaways: What this means for retirees: Self-funded retirees with investment properties acquired before tonight are protected by the negative gearing and CGT grandfathering provisions. Those with super balances under $3 million face no […]

Chalmers redraws the investment map. It’s official: Jim Chalmers has announced major changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax. My takeaway is that the new Australian dream is moving investment from property to productivity. From July 2027, negative gearing on residential property will be limited to new builds only. Existing investors are grandfathered and […]

Australia is not immune to a volatile world of Trump trade barriers, the worst oil shock since the 1970s, and grappling with a significant inflation challenge. The Treasurer went to great pains to point out the current headwinds facing the Australian economy and, by extension, the Australian business community. The 2026 Budget provides modest but […]

Faced with persistent structural deficits, increased spending, and a generation of voters are struggling to enter the housing market, the Albanese government and Treasurer Jim Chalmers appear willing to absorb political risk in pursuit of sweeping reform with the 2026-27 Federal Budget. Treasury and market modelling suggests potentially $35bn in revenue and savings over the […]

Tonight the Treasurer has handed down the Albanese Government’s first budget of its second term, and on the evidence of Parliament House this afternoon, you would barely know it. The corridors were quiet, interest groups were subdued, and none of the pre-budget theatre that usually accompanies a major announcement was on display. That stillness is […]

Every policy or program can be broken down into five sequential stages. Each build on the last, moving from what you put into the system to the lasting change you hope to create. Here’s what each stage means, using Queensland’s Child Safety system as the example. 1. Inputs are the resources committed to make the program […]

The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Like all emerging industries, social impact in Queensland is still developing a common language, one that fosters a shared story which in turn enables collective action. A genuinely effective and robust impact ecosystem in Queensland, underpinned by […]