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Labor’s IR laws making housing crisis harder to solve

Labor’s IR laws making housing crisis harder to solve

We should be wary of unions that set the terms for the construction industry given the experiences with the CFMEU.

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Financial Review

Allegra Spender

There’s a way to tax gas windfalls for the long term

Four key design principles point to a specific set-up: progressive price-linked royalty on LNG exports, with a volume-based floor.

22.04.2026 10

Financial Review

Allegra Spender

Spending cuts must go hand-in-hand with tax reform to fix budget

Tightening the purse strings is great, but it won’t solve our economic problems. The scale of the challenge means a review of the tax system is...

24.03.2026 50

Financial Review

Allegra Spender

The case for national hate speech law reforms after Bondi

After antisemitic attacks in my electorate, I proposed to introduce stronger hate speech laws addressing vilification. Both major parties declined to...

12.01.2026 40

Financial Review

Allegra Spender

This is not for the Jewish community to solve alone: Allegra Spender

The federal member for Wentworth writes: Every single one of us must ask – are we in our actions, in what we say, making our country safer for each...

15.12.2025 30

WA Today

Allegra Spender

This is not for the Jewish community to solve alone: Allegra Spender

The federal member for Wentworth writes: Every single one of us must ask – are we in our actions, in what we say, making our country safer for each...

15.12.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Allegra Spender

This is not for the Jewish community to solve alone: Allegra Spender

The federal member for Wentworth writes: Every single one of us must ask – are we in our actions, in what we say, making our country safer for each...

15.12.2025 40

The Age

Allegra Spender

This is not for the Jewish community to solve alone: Allegra Spender

The federal member for Wentworth writes: Every single one of us must ask – are we in our actions, in what we say, making our country safer for each...

15.12.2025 60

Brisbane Times

Allegra Spender

In the right hands, AI can help solve the housing crisis

The Housing Delivery Authority should not be punishing employees for using AI. It should be encouraging them.

30.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Allegra Spender

As descendants of Liberal MPs, we wish the Coalition had a rational climate policy

Labor’s approach has been erratically interventionist, slow and piecemeal. The Coalition could capitalise on that by offering a credible pro-market...

11.11.2025 20

Financial Review

Allegra Spender

Will Netanyahu’s tough talk change Albanese’s approach?

21.08.2025 30

The Guardian

Allegra Spender

Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income

21.08.2025 40

The Guardian

Allegra Spender

Here’s a tax agenda for Chalmers’ roundtable

History shows that well-structured tax reform packages with clear goals can succeed both economically and politically.

20.06.2025 30

Financial Review

Allegra Spender