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
Post Trump, Post Brexit, Post Policy: the Rise of Populism – Brisbane
Event podcast: Established political parties are struggling across the developed world, while “outsider parties” rise. In this State of Affairs event, Grattan CEO John Daley presented detailed Grattan...
17 Aug 20171h 21min
Rising inequality in Australia?
A conversation with Australian Perspectives Fellow, Dani Wood. The question of whether inequality has been rising or falling in Australia appears to be difficult to answer at first glance - and a diff...
15 Aug 201715min
Safety and Quality – time to stop just goggling at the problems our data reveals – Melbourne
Event Podcast: The health system is awash with data. Nearly all of it tells us that we could improve. Yet our current improvement efforts are surprisingly limited in their scope. In this Policy Pitch ...
15 Aug 20171h 9min
Regional patterns of Australia’s economy and population
A conversation with Australian Perspectives Fellow, Danielle Wood. The popular idea that the economic divide between Australia’s cities and regions is getting bigger is a misconception. Beneath the of...
2 Aug 201715min
