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Grattan Institute — 318 episodes

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Budget 2026: Why this one matters

2

Democracy: How to strengthen Australia’s democracy in turbulent times

3

The Prime Minister's Summer Reading List 2025 - Event Recording

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How to improve school attendance in Australia

5

How to make psychosocial disability support fairer in Australia

6

How to fix hospital funding

7

Want to fix the housing crisis? Build up

8

How Australia can expand carbon pricing

9

Why fixing the workforce gender balance matters

10

How to build a better tax system: Economic Reform Roundtable recap

11

Grading the 2025 NAPLAN results

12

Gas: Love it or hate it? It's complicated...

13

How to save the NDIS

14

Why superannuation tax breaks need to be cut

15

How to improve Australians' access to specialist care

16

The Maths Guarantee: How to Boost Students' Learning in Primary Schools

17

Election 2025: Evaluating the housing policies

18

Analysing the 2025 federal Budget

19

Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the federal government

20

How to boost child vaccination rates

21

The RBA has cut rates. Now what?

22

Why Rent Assistance needs to rise

23

What are 'GP deserts' (and how to fix them)?

24

The Wonks' List: The Best Technical Policy Reads of 2024

25

Super stressful: how Australia can simplify retirement incomes

26

Crunching the numbers on the Coalition's nuclear plan

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Prime Minister's Summer Reading List 2024

28

What the Annual Climate Change Statement means for Australia

29

Housing policy heats up

30

Should Australia curb negative gearing?

31

Should Australia invest in nuclear power?

32

How to prevent gambling harm in Australia

33

How to reform NDIS housing and support

34

Unpacking the 2024 NAPLAN results

35

Will interest rates ever stop going up?

36

How to boost GPs' patient vaccination rates

37

Analysing the 2024 NSW Budget

38

Should Australia abandon the Paris Agreement?

39

How to reform points-tested visas

40

Budget 2024: The Grattan verdict

41

Why Australia needs a sugary drinks tax

42

How Australia can navigate to a post-coal future

43

Will this bill get the NDIS back on track?

44

Is Australia running out of gas?

45

Why Australia should trial multi-school organisations

46

Australia's gender pay gap revealed

47

Is 2024 the year of the renter?

48

Why Australia needs a 'Reading Guarantee'

49

Grattan's Summer Series: Micheline Lee on Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity, and the NDIS

50

The Wonks' List: the best technical policy reads of 2023

51

Grattan's Summer Series: Ellen van Neerven on Personal Score

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Grattan's Summer Series: Anna Funder On Wifedom

53

Unpacking the NDIS Review

54

What these test results reveal about Australia's education system

55

Hydrogen: a golden ticket to net zero?

56

How to close the vaccination gap

57

How to fix local roads

58

Tax Reform In Australia: An Impossible Dream? Danielle Wood's Freebairn Lecture

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How reducing Australia’s salt intake could save lives - and money

60

Why Claudia Goldin’s Nobel win isn’t just about women in economics

61

Reforming international student visa pathways after graduation

62

Assessing the Disability Royal Commission report

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Using government data to improve people’s lives

64

Has National Cabinet just solved the housing crisis?

65

How to create a better Australia for Generation Next

66

Decoding the 2023 NAPLAN results

67

Is the “world’s worst electric vehicle policy” really so bad?

68

What's the YIMBY movement and how can it help housing policy?

69

Why is childcare so expensive?

70

What the NAPLAN changes mean for parents and teachers

71

Why the federal government should stay in its lane on infrastructure funding

72

Are rate rises the only way to stop inflation?

73

Is it time to ban junk food advertising for children?

74

Getting off gas: the case for all-electric homes in Australia

75

What's the best policy to cut car emissions?

76

How to stop the exploitation of migrant workers in Australia

77

Why housing was the biggest missed opportunity in the federal Budget

78

Back in black? Breaking down Budget 2023

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How to fix Australia's 'failed' migration system

80

Does the National Electric Vehicle Strategy go the distance?

81

How to repair the federal budget

82

How to make superannuation fairer

83

Australia's productivity predicament: analysing the 5-year Productivity Inquiry report

84

What the increased default market offer means for electricity prices

85

Why is the government reining in super tax breaks?

86

What's causing Australia's nightmare rental market?

87

What's wrong with open-plan classrooms?

88

How an Australian Centre for Disease Control could prevent chronic disease

89

How to fix fuel tax

90

How to embed small-group tuition in Australian schools

91

Prime Minister's Summer Reading List 2022 - Event Recording

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How to strengthen general practice in Australia

93

What the new safeguard mechanism should do

94

What is the motherhood penalty?

95

How the National Housing Accord could ease the housing crisis

96

Federal Budget 2022: costs, cuts, and consequences

97

What just happened in the Victorian energy market?!

98

How to improve curriculum planning in schools

99

Spruik no more: depoliticising taxpayer-funded advertising

100

Is Australia headed for a recession?

101

The Great Australian Nightmare: Henry George Lecture

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Jobs and skills: what now after the summit?

103

Clean wheels keep on turning: reducing truck air-pollution in urban areas

104

How to prevent pork-barrelling in Australian politics

105

Skills to pay the bills: Migration priorities for the government at the Jobs and Skills Summit

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Ooh, shiny! Infrastructure projects and the not-so-shiny cost-benefit analyses

107

How to respond to surging COVID hospitalisations

108

Putting an end to jobs for mates in Australian politics

109

A brief history of superannuation

110

How Australia’s industrial sector can flourish in a net-zero world

111

Where to for stamp duty reform now?

112

Do millennials really have it tougher in the housing market? 🥑

113

Why our electricity and gas prices are soaring

114

Why Australia needs to pick up the pace on third doses

115

Policy and politics: Breaking down the 2022 Federal Election

116

Why Australia should lock in full employment

117

What the interest rate rise means for homeowners

118

What are the rules for political advertising?

119

Is cutting fuel excise the best way to bring down petrol prices?

120

Budget 2022 wrap-up with Danielle Wood and Kate Griffiths

121

Steering clear of pork-barrelling in transport projects

122

How to fix temporary skilled migration

123

How to reduce out-of-pocket healthcare costs

124

Orange Book 2022: Policy priorities for the federal government

125

Why it’s time for a national shared equity scheme

126

Why are the unemployment figures so low?

127

Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2021

128

How to make time for great teaching

129

The next steps to improve home care

130

John Button Oration: The Next Generation’s Australia

131

Should we be worried about inflation?

132

COP26: what went down, and what it means for Australia

133

Net zero: where to start?

134

Why the Federal Government needs to introduce an emissions ceiling on new cars

135

Why it's about to get harder to borrow for a mortgage

136

How to offset carbon emissions in Australia

137

How the agriculture sector can reduce emissions

138

Why the Reserve Bank of Australia should be reviewed

139

How we can protect children from COVID

140

Why the federal government should boost paid parental leave for fathers and partners

141

What's going on with Australia's vaccine rollout?

142

How to reduce emissions in Australia's industrial sector

143

Why vaccinating 80% of the population is our ticket out of lockdowns (and how to get there)

144

Gridlock: removing barriers to policy reform

145

Towards net zero: how to reduce emissions in the transport sector

146

What the new super reforms mean for you

147

COVID catch-up: one year later

148

How to fix Australia's COVID vaccine rollout

149

How to reform permanent skilled migration in Australia

150

Megabang for megabucks: driving a harder bargain on megaprojects

151

Peering into the budget crystal ball with Danielle Wood

152

An Agenda For Australia’s First Minister For Women’s Economic Security

153

Why Australia should have a universal aged care system

154

How to get to net-zero emissions in the National Electricity Market

155

Why house prices are skyrocketing (and what we can do to fix it)

156

What now for aged care?

157

How the COVID crisis affected Australian women

158

Will COVID-19 change the way we travel around cities forever?

159

How to fix the hotel quarantine system

160

Will the pension still exist when you retire?

161

Donations Data Revealed

162

What's ahead for climate policy in 2021?

163

Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister - Event Recording

164

Grattan's 2020 Year in Review with Danielle Wood

165

Climate change and health: preparing for the next disaster

166

Reforming aged care: a practical plan for a rights-based system

167

Why Social Housing Is Good Stimulus

168

Flame out: the future of natural gas in Australia

169

Counting the mega costs of megaprojects

170

Reaching zero: Victoria’s response to COVID-19 on top of the world

171

Hard hat or hard-hit? Evaluating the 2020 Federal Budget

172

Rethinking aged care: emphasising the rights of older Australians

173

Good gas? Reforming the energy system after COVID-19

174

How governments should prioritise their agenda

175

Is early access to super a bad idea?

176

Go for Zero: How Australia can get to zero COVID-19 cases

177

Congestion charging: why now?

178

How To Boost Female Workforce Participation - Webinar recording

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Cheaper childcare: how to boost female workforce participation

180

Fast Train Fever: Should Australia build a bullet train from Brisbane to Melbourne?

181

The future of Grattan and policy in Australia: John Daley interviews Danielle Wood

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Grattan's origins and achievements: Danielle Wood interviews John Daley

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Zero-emissions Australia: opportunities and barriers - Webinar recording

184

How Australia can recover from the COVID-19 crisis – Webinar recording

185

School education in the age of COVID-19 - Webinar recording

186

How our health system can be better after the pandemic – Webinar recording

187

COVID catch-up: helping disadvantaged students close the equity gap

188

Fast train fever: Why renovated rail might work but bullet trains won’t

189

COVID-19: What does the new normal look like?

190

Start with steel: A practical plan to support carbon workers and cut emissions

191

Planning for recovery: Australia after the pandemic - Webinar recording

192

Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock

193

COVID-19: Your Questions Answered - Webinar recording

194

COVID-19: the challenges of online schooling

195

The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19 – Webinar recording

196

Coronavirus and Australia's healthcare system

197

Tackling Melbourne’s Congestion – Event recording

198

Balancing Act: managing the trade-offs in retirement incomes policy

199

How coronavirus is affecting the Australian economy

200

Dark money: How to reform Australia's political donations system

201

Top teachers: sharing expertise to improve teaching

202

Do increases in superannuation come out of wages?

203

Could the bushfire crisis be the turning point for climate policy in Australia?

204

Energy Futures: Hydrogen, worth the hype?

205

Can private health insurance be saved from the jaws of death? Canberra event recording

206

Prime Minister's Summer Reading List 2019

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Saving Private Health 2: Making private health insurance viable

208

Saving Private Health: reining in hospital costs and specialist bills

209

Avoiding another Hazelwood: how to manage coal closures

210

Attracting teachers with the school education program

211

Right time, right place, right price: a practical plan for congestion charging

212

Why it’s time for congestion charging in Australia: better ways to manage busy urban roads

213

Power play: how governments can better direct Australia’s electricity market

214

Australian Energy Futures - Melbourne event recording

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What does the future of Australian energy look like?

216

The choice between vocational and higher education - event recording

217

How to attract high achievers to teaching in Australia

218

Generation gap: ensuring a fair go for younger Australians

219

When is vocational education a good alternative to higher education?

220

What would it take to end homelessness in Queensland?

221

Hydrogen: coming to a stovetop near you?

222

How governments can help struggling Australians with rising housing costs – Melbourne

223

What should the next Federal Government do on retirement incomes? — Sydney

224

After the ‘Morrison Miracle’

225

Age war? Talking about the generational bargain - Melbourne

226

Federal Election 2019: Big ideas for Australia’s next government - Melbourne

227

Commonwealth Orange Book 2019: Policy priorities for the federal government

228

The bottom line: Dissecting the 2019 Federal Budget

229

Building teacher expertise in NSW schools – Sydney

230

Filling the gap: A universal dental care scheme for Australia

231

Who is funding Australian democracy?

232

NSW Election 2019: Big ideas for the next government

233

Filling the dental gap: meeting unmet oral health needs – Melbourne

234

Summer blackouts: the new normal?

235

Keep calm and carry on: Managing electricity reliability

236

Australia’s prospects for a credible energy and climate change policy? – Canberra

237

Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2018

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Money in retirement: more than enough

239

State Orange Book 2018: Policy priorities for states and territories – Melbourne

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Graduate premium: is it still worth going to university? – Sydney

241

South-East Queensland in a time of change – Brisbane

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State Orange Book 2018: Policy priorities for states and territories

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Measuring student progress: A state-by-state report card

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Melbourne in a time of change

245

South Australia’s power system: Are we ready for summer? - Adelaide

246

Remarkably adaptive: Australian cities in a time of growth

247

Who's in the room? Access and influence in Australian politics

248

Mapping Australian higher education 2018

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Energy Futures Seminar: Energy policy. Where to from here? – Melbourne

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Who’s in the room? Special interest influence on policy – Melbourne

251

Who’s in the room? Special interest influence on policy – Sydney

252

Making sense of the school funding wars

253

Understanding the new Code of Conduct for doctors

254

Safer care saves money: How to improve patient care and save public money at the same time

255

Deconstructing the data on hospital safety

256

Primary Care in Australia: the state of play – Melbourne

257

Mapping primary care in Australia

258

Energy Futures Seminar: The way back to affordable electricity - Melbourne

259

Getting transport infrastructure projects right

260

Safer care saves money – Brisbane

261

Post-Gonski 2.0: Supporting evidence-based teaching practice in the classroom – Melbourne

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Mostly working: Australia’s wholesale electricity market

263

The future of Australia’s super system – Canberra

264

University attrition: what helps and what hinders university completion

265

Dropping out of university: when does it matter, how can it be reduced? - Melbourne

266

Energy and climate-change policy in Australia

267

Budget 2018 - the verdict

268

Energy Futures Seminar: National Energy Guarantee –What happens next? – Sydney

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Australian retirement incomes: do we have a problem? – Melbourne

270

Gonski 2.0 - next steps to success

271

Gonski 2.0: What Commonwealth should do (and not do) to drive improvement in school ed – Brisbane

272

Dropping out: the benefits and costs of trying university

273

Understanding Labor’s dividend imputation reforms

274

Safer care saves money - Melbourne

275

Energy Futures Seminar: What does a truly sustainable electricity network look like? – Melbourne

276

A deep dive on the RBA's latest research on housing

277

Down to the wire: A sustainable electricity network for Australia

278

A crisis of trust: The rise of protest politics in Australia

279

Innovation policy in Australia: never a better time? – Melbourne

280

What’s the best way to close the gender gap in retirement incomes?

281

Innovation policy in Australia: never a better time? – Sydney

282

Housing affordability: re-imagining the Australian dream

283

Congestion in Melbourne: is it time to consider congestion charging?

284

Gonski 2.0: What Commonwealth should do (and not do) to drive improvement in school ed – Canberra

285

The demand driven higher education funding system: frozen or finished? – Sydney

286

The Commonwealth's role in improving schools

287

The shocking truth about Australia's efforts to 'close the gap'

288

All complications should count: Using our data to make hospitals safer

289

The history and future of Medicare

290

The ten-year story of Australia's Electricity price rise crisis

291

What's the latest research on housing affordability?

292

Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2017

293

Competition in Australia: Too little of a good thing?

294

Cities and the regions: a growing divide? - Sydney

295

Towards an adaptive education system in Australia

296

Can Australia fix its energy mess? - Melbourne

297

Disentangling the political implications of the same-sex marriage "yes" vote

298

Post Trump, Post Brexit, Post Policy: the Rise of Populism – Melbourne

299

Strengthening safety statistics

300

Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney

301

Are we facing a low growth future? - Part 2

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Competition in the Australian economy: too little of a good thing? – Melbourne

303

Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney and Melbourne

304

Are we facing a low growth future? - Part 1

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Retail Competition in the electricity sector and energy price

306

Next Generation: the long-term future of the National Electricity Market

307

Post Trump, Post Brexit, Post Policy: the Rise of Populism – Brisbane

308

Rising inequality in Australia?

309

Safety and Quality – time to stop just goggling at the problems our data reveals – Melbourne

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Regional patterns of Australia’s economy and population

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Australia's Post-Finkel Energy Future

312

Higher education funding – the pressures, the changes and possible solutions

313

What are we listening to?

314

Housing affordability: Resurrecting the Australian dream – Melbourne

315

Gonski 2.0 - Where to from here

316

Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s Review of the Security of the NEM – Sydney

317

Australia’s budget woes – Canberra

318

Energy Futures Seminar: Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s Review of the Security of the NEM