Strengthening safety statistics
A conversation with Health Program Director, Stephen Duckett. Australia needs to reform the way we collect and use information about patient safety, to reduce the risk of more tragedies in our hospita...
7 Nov 201717min
Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney
Event podcast: In this Forward Thinking event, an expert panel considered: if we can manage Sydney congestion by working our existing approaches harder or has the city reached a tipping point, where a...
17 Okt 20171h 20min
Are we facing a low growth future? - Part 2
In part 2 of this two-episode podcast, with the help of Australian Perspectives Fellow Brendan Coates and Productivity Growth Director Jim Minifie we follow up on our discussion into the evidence that...
10 Okt 20171h
Competition in the Australian economy: too little of a good thing? – Melbourne
Event podcast: In this Policy Pitch event, an expert panel discussed the role of competition and competition policy in the Australian economy including, how valid concerns are about competition and ma...
3 Okt 20171h 13min
Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney and Melbourne
A conversation with Senior Associate Hugh Batrouney. Road congestion charges should be introduced in Sydney and Melbourne. An examination of 3.5 million Google Maps trip-time estimates across more tha...
2 Okt 201726min
Are we facing a low growth future? - Part 1
One of the big policy debates in Australia and around the world right now is whether economic growth will be slower in the future than in the past. Nearly a decade after the Global Financial Crisis an...
26 Sep 201753min
Retail Competition in the electricity sector and energy price
Event podcast: this Energy Futures Seminar, a part of the Policy Pitch series, explored the Thwaites Review findings and the Grattan Report ‘Price shock: Is the retail electricity market failing consu...
13 Sep 20171h 35min
Next Generation: the long-term future of the National Electricity Market
A conversation with Energy Fellow, David Blowers. Australia’s electricity system is under pressure like never before. Work should start immediately on a new ‘capacity mechanism’ in case it is needed t...
11 Sep 201722min
