If the Government raise compulsory super contributions from 9% to 12%, it will simply subsidise higher income earners’ retirement by foregoing taxes at a ridiculously high level and overtaxing those on lower incomes.
Articles by Eva Cox 
What if it’s not the economy, stupid?
Kevin Rudd claimed that neo-liberalism was no longer the dominant paradigm for governments and he was right. But can he extend his critique to those left-over policies that have not been appropriately looked at?
Social inequality is toxic to our health
Higher taxes and costs will drive some low income people to cut their spending but those with least sense of self control will go without food instead, writes Eva Cox.
Much work to do to close the gap on women’s pay
Why is there such a significant pay gap between men and women, considering women are now better educated, more likely to be in paid work and there are measures in place supposedly to deal with prejudice?
The elephant in the child care reform strategy
Despite the Government already spending over $56M to fund child care and save centres, it refuses to look at how the current funding model made such collapses inevitable.
Closing the gap: let’s talk about things that work
Closing the Indigenous gap was never going to be easy, but the reception of the Productivity Commission report will unfortunately make it harder, writes Eva Cox.
Looking out for the ladies: Australia’s future tax system
In considering the community’s aspirations for the type of society that Australia should become over the next two decades and beyond, which key features should inform or drive the future design of the Australian tax-transfer system?
2009 budget is oversold and unfair
Yes, there were good bits, but as a social document based on fairness, the 2009 federal budget wasn’t crash hot.
