The e61 Institute is a not-for-profit, non-partisan economic research institute.
We produce high quality research into Australia’s most important economic issues to empower the policy debate. Our research focuses on the underlying drivers of important economic trends, solutions to policy challenges and the trade-offs inherent in policy choices.
Australia’s Census is our national self-portrait
The Census is more than just a simple box-ticking exercise. It tells us what Australia chooses to notice about itself and preserves that image for future generations to study.
Taxing robots: the good news and risks about AI and government revenue
There is a risk that growing AI use could reduce income tax revenue. Pivoting to consumption taxes instead would make the tax system resilient.
Use it or lose it – the paid parental leave conundrum
The federal government has increased the amount of Paid Parental Leave allocated to secondary care givers, but international evidence suggests that won’t be enough to substantially shift low take up rates among fathers.
