Media on tax reform, Tasmanian politics and finances April 2011

2011 has been busy in so far as public debate about tax and CGC reform, State budget strategy and politics is concerned. As a consequence I’ve been reasonably busy fielding various interviews and speaking requests from the media and community organisations.

Highlights include providing the ‘political outlook’ presentation at the recent Committee for the Economic Development  ‘2011 Tasmania Outlook’ conference. The audio of the presentation is here.

ISA Conference in Montreal and International Tax Research in DC and New York

During a busy two week trip to North America in March 2011 I presented a conference paper ‘Regime change in International Political Economy: The case of the OECD’s tax transparency ‘revolution’’ (with Richard Woodward, University of Hull) at the International Studies Association Annual Conference in Montreal before conducting a final round of interviews for my forthcoming book on the politics of international tax cooperation. Interviewees included advisors to members of the US Senate Finance Committee, a former Deputy Commissioner of the IRS as well as representative of the American Bar Association, The Tax Justice Network and the combined Brookings-Urban Institute Tax Policy Centre.

I’m now in the final stages of writing manuscript ‘The Dynamics of Global Economic Governance’ which will be published by Edward Elgar in late 2011 or early 2012.

Federalism Research

While my main research focus is on the regulation of offshore financial centres I try to contribute to Australian policy debates wherever possible. I am particularly interested in the reform of intergovernmental financial relations in the Australian Federation. I have recently published a paper on the proposed Health and Hospital Reform Network (with Adrian Kay, ANU – citation below) and am working on project with Neil Warren (ATAX, UNSW) exploring options for reforming the revenue equalisation for the Grants Commission model.

  • ‘The evolution of Labor’s health reform agenda: A preliminary assessment.’ Public Policy. Vol.5, No1. (with Adrian Kay)

Federalism Research

While my main research focus is on the regulation of offshore financial centres I try to contribute to Australian policy debates wherever possible. I am particularly interested in the reform of intergovernmental financial relations in the Australian Federation. I have recently published a paper on the proposed Health and Hospital Reform Network (with Adrian Kay, ANU – citation below) and am working on project with Neil Warren (ATAX, UNSW) exploring options for reforming the revenue equalisation for the Grants Commission model.

  • ‘The evolution of Labor’s health reform agenda: A preliminary assessment.’ Public Policy. 2010 Vol.5, No1. (with Adrian Kay)