Fast Train Fever: Should Australia build a bullet train from Brisbane to Melbourne?
Should Australia dump the decades-old dream of building a bullet train from Brisbane to Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra? The east-coast bullet train advocated by the federal ALP could be an expensi...
2 Aug 202058min
The future of Grattan and policy in Australia: John Daley interviews Danielle Wood
The second part of our two-part special podcast on Grattan's past and future. This week John Daley, our CEO of eleven years, interviews our new CEO, Danielle Wood, on the future of Grattan, the import...
27 Jul 202028min
Grattan's origins and achievements: Danielle Wood interviews John Daley
As we farewell Grattan's CEO of eleven years, John Daley, and welcome our new CEO, Danielle Wood, we present the first part of a special two-part podcast series, looking at where Grattan has come from...
20 Jul 202036min
Zero-emissions Australia: opportunities and barriers - Webinar recording
Australia continues to debate whether achieving very low or net zero emissions will cost jobs or open a new era for the country as an energy superpower. In this Grattan Institute/State Library of Que...
12 Jul 202059min
How Australia can recover from the COVID-19 crisis – Webinar recording
COVID-19 is the biggest social and economic shock since World War II. Within two months, policies and systems for welfare, employment, childcare, health, and education have been turned on their head a...
6 Jul 202059min
School education in the age of COVID-19 - Webinar recording
Teachers and students responded quickly and well to remote learning when the COVID-19 crisis forced the closure of schools. But new research suggests most students learnt less at home than they would ...
29 Jun 20201h 2min
How our health system can be better after the pandemic – Webinar recording
After COVID-19, Australia’s health system looks nothing like the health system of six months ago. All aspects of the system – primary care, mental health, and alcohol and other drug services – have ...
22 Jun 202059min
COVID catch-up: helping disadvantaged students close the equity gap
Australia should launch a $1 billion, six-month tutoring blitz to help 1 million disadvantaged school students recover learning lost during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Governments should send a battalion...
14 Jun 202019min
