Is Australia headed for a recession?
The rumours are swirling. The US economy might be headed for a recession. And what happens in the international market significantly impacts Australia. Many commentators are concerned that we too mi...
2 Okt 202218min
The Great Australian Nightmare: Henry George Lecture
In this Henry George lecture for Prosper Australia, Grattan’s Brendan Coates shows how expensive housing sits at the heart of some of Australia’s most pressing policy challenges. Read the full speech...
19 Sep 202243min
Jobs and skills: what now after the summit?
Last week, MPs, business leaders, unions, and economists met at the national Jobs and Skills Summit to discuss the future of the jobs market in Australia. High on the priority list were the skills sho...
5 Sep 202226min
Clean wheels keep on turning: reducing truck air-pollution in urban areas
Trucks. They deliver essential items – especially in the COVID lockdowns – but most of us want them off our local streets. Whether it’s the pollution or the noise, there are serious side-effects to tr...
28 Aug 202220min
How to prevent pork-barrelling in Australian politics
From sports rorts to regional slush funds, there seems to be no end of pork-barrelling scandals , where governments have been caught using public money to target certain voters for political gain. T...
21 Aug 202218min
Skills to pay the bills: Migration priorities for the government at the Jobs and Skills Summit
With massive worker shortages across the country, migration is expected to feature heavily in the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit, which brings together employers, unions, and governments to discuss t...
15 Aug 202225min
Ooh, shiny! Infrastructure projects and the not-so-shiny cost-benefit analyses
Is it worth it? It’s the question that should be asked whenever governments come up with a shiny new infrastructure idea. But too often, major projects are announced as election promises, without eval...
1 Aug 202213min
How to respond to surging COVID hospitalisations
The hospital system is at risk of breaking under the pressure of rising COVID cases. Hospitals are understaffed due to thousands of workers in isolation. Patients are being treated in corridors. Elect...
25 Jul 202219min
