Wholesale gas prices play a central role in shaping household power prices, and current wholesale gas prices are significantly inflated, impacting businesses and household consumers.

One of Australia’s most significant achievements has been its strong and prospering economy with a growing middle class and the equal access to opportunity by all individuals. Today, this mainstay of the nation is being challenged and the increasing pressures on the daily lives of Australians are mounting, as wages stagnate and the gap in income widens

This discussion paper explores the role that penalty rate cuts have had on national economic data released for Quarter 3, 2017.