What does the future of Australian energy look like?
Australia’s commitment to the Paris Agreement means cutting carbon emissions to near zero over the next 30 years. This must be done at the lowest cost, while ensuring energy supplies remain reliable. ...
9 Sep 201926min
The choice between vocational and higher education - event recording
University leaders are calling for the re-instatement of demand driven funding, which let them enrol unlimited numbers of bachelor-degree students. At the same time, there are widespread calls for the...
2 Sep 20191h 17min
How to attract high achievers to teaching in Australia
Australia’s top teachers should be able to earn $80,000 a year more, and top school-leavers should get $10,000-a-year scholarships if they take up teaching, as part of a $1.6 billion blueprint to boos...
25 Aug 201927min
Generation gap: ensuring a fair go for younger Australians
Today’s young Australians are in danger of being the first generation in memory to have lower living standards than their parents’ generation. Older Australians today spend more and have higher incom...
18 Aug 201925min
When is vocational education a good alternative to higher education?
Some university students with low school results would be better off doing vocational education instead. Listen to Grattan Institute's Higher Education Program Director Andrew Norton discuss with Paul...
11 Aug 201923min
What would it take to end homelessness in Queensland?
All Australians are spending more of their incomes on housing, but worsening affordability is hurting low-income earners the most. Almost half of low-income Australians in the private rental market su...
5 Aug 20191h 21min
Hydrogen: coming to a stovetop near you?
Australia needs to decarbonise its energy supply to meet its international commitments on greenhouse gas emissions. Electricity from wind and solar can help – but how do we reduce emissions from the g...
4 Jul 20191h 17min
How governments can help struggling Australians with rising housing costs – Melbourne
Event podcast: In this Policy Pitch event at the State Library of Victoria, Council of Homeless Persons CEO Jenny Smith, Residential Tenancies in Victoria inaugural Commissioner Dr Heather Holst and G...
4 Jun 20191h 18min
