It's Time for Tax Reform

Most people in Canberra believe talking tax is dangerous – instead only talking about the easy stuff, the band-aids, and the short-term fixes.

I've been working on an independent strategy for tax reform to help address:

• Housing affordability

• Sluggish productivity

• The climate transition

I have published a Tax Green Paper that you can read and share your feedback on. Here's what people in the media are saying - 

'Be brave': new push to save tax reform from extinction

"Nothing difficult gets accomplished without a strong, compelling narrative, without political leadership that brings the community along... This green paper is a step to building that narrative."

- Dr Ken Henry, The Canberra Times

Why tax reform is the national debate we can no longer afford to avoid

"Of the more than 1200 MPs to have sat in parliament since federation, Spender is the first non-government representative to have waded so deep into the issue and published something so consequential, considered and ground-breaking."

- Shane Wright, The Sydney Morning Herald

The Tax Institute welcomes tax reform back into the spotlight with release of Tax Green Paper

"We congratulate Allegra for her team's continued work in this area, and her passion for keeping the issue at the front of people's minds in a time when the courage to do this has been missing in many politicians."

- The Tax Institute