Will interest rates ever stop going up?
Over the past two years, it's been hard to see an end to interest rate rises. Homeowners have been slogged with one mortgage increase after another. Despite a couple of months of calm, another pote...
29 Heinä 202420min
How to boost GPs' patient vaccination rates
Vaccines save lives. Yet the likelihood an older Australian is vaccinated varies hugely by GP. For some GPs, 90 per cent of older patients are vaccinated for flu. For others, only 40 per cent are va...
15 Heinä 202417min
Analysing the 2024 NSW Budget
This week, the NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey handed down his second budget since Labor took office. At the same time, the NSW government is facing rising inflation and cost of living, increased public ...
21 Kesä 202420min
Should Australia abandon the Paris Agreement?
The federal government's 2030 emissions reduction target is under serious threat. Under the International Paris Agreement, Australia has committed to reduce its emissions to 43 per cent below 2005 lev...
17 Kesä 202426min
How to reform points-tested visas
Skilled migrants contribute greatly to Australia's prosperity, shaping our diverse society, making us more productive, and boosting Australians' earnings and government's budgets. Points-tested visas ...
3 Kesä 202429min
Budget 2024: The Grattan verdict
What's Grattan's verdict on Budget 2024? CEO Aruna Sathanapally and a panel of Grattan experts, including Dr. Sam Bennett, Alison Reeve, and Brendan Coates, critically assess Australia's 2024 federa...
17 Touko 202448min
Why Australia needs a sugary drinks tax
Australia: it's time for a sugary drinks tax. Sugary drinks are the biggest single source of sugar in our diets, and they increase people’s risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes. While Aus...
6 Touko 202420min
How Australia can navigate to a post-coal future
Most Australians don't spend much time thinking about the electricity system, as long as the lights turn on. But the National Energy Market (NEM) is going through big changes as it moves away from coa...
29 Huhti 202426min
