Convened by McKinnon, the one-day National Tax Dialogue drew a broad group of organisations and individuals closely engaged in past reform efforts.

Rather than specific policy options, the Dialogue centered on the need to create the conditions in which tax reform can succeed, drawing on insights from 25 Years of False Starts: a new approach to tax reform.

Participants highlighted the need to take collective responsibility for building the conditions in which reform can endure, focussing not on what reform might look like, but on how different voices in the Australian community can help advance it in a way that gives it a genuine chance of success.

A key outcome of the Dialogue was the signing of the National Tax Reform Roadmap, which sets out a collective commitment to take responsibility for making tax reform possible by working constructively with government, political parties, institutions, businesses, civil society and community leaders, supporting good reform processes, amplifying evidence and prioritising the long-term national interest.

The non-partisan Roadmap outlines a set of commitments designed to strengthen the conditions under which reform can be considered, tested and implemented. It seeks to build a broader base of shared responsibility across civil society, so that governments are better placed to act with confidence in the national interest.

The signing of the Roadmap marks a shift from discussion to collective action. By endorsing the Roadmap, signatories take on a shared responsibility to support reform and our collective interest in the fairer, more prosperous future a better tax system can deliver for all Australians. Signatories include:

• Matthew Addison – Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia

• Bran Black – Business Council of Australia

• Michael Brennan – e61 Institute

• Professor Robert Breunig – Tax and Transfer Policy Institute

• Emeritus Professor Peter Dawkins AO – The Melbourne Institute

• Mary Delahunty – Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia

• Dr Cassandra Goldie AO – Australian Council of Social Service

• Taylor Dee Hawkins – Foundations for Tomorrow

• Scott Treatt CTA – The Tax Institute

• Innes Willox AM – Australian Industry Group