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 Juni 202019min
Fast train fever: Why renovated rail might work but bullet trains won’t
Australia should dump the decades-old dream of building a bullet train from Brisbane to Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra, and we should be wary of expensive promises to upgrade regional rail to ease ...
24 Maj 202030min
COVID-19: What does the new normal look like?
There's no doubt that COVID-19 has changed our lives forever. After two months of hibernation in Australia, states are slowly beginning to loosen restrictions. We've heard the term the 'new normal' ov...
15 Maj 202027min
Start with steel: A practical plan to support carbon workers and cut emissions
Investing in ‘green’ steel could create 25,000 local manufacturing jobs, a multi-billion-dollar industry and cut emissions in Australia. It’s a win-win-win. Listen to Tony Wood, Energy Program Direct...
10 Maj 202028min
Planning for recovery: Australia after the pandemic - Webinar recording
Australia has done better than most countries in limiting the spread of COVID-19. The health crisis is not over, but attention is now turning to the ‘road out’ of the economic shutdown. There are lot...
30 Apr 20201h 1min
Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock
Between 14 and 26 per cent of Australian workers could be out of work as a direct result of the coronavirus shutdown, and the crisis will have an enduring impact on jobs and the economy for years to c...
20 Apr 202030min
COVID-19: Your Questions Answered - Webinar recording
The COVID-19 crisis is having an impact on every aspect of our lives: our health and wellbeing, our jobs and recreations, our personal finances and relationships, our children’s education and prospect...
9 Apr 20201h
COVID-19: the challenges of online schooling
Will our children be able to cope during this stressful time? Will they be able to learn if they are forced to do online schooling for weeks, months, or even the rest of the year? Listen to informed a...
30 Mars 202018min
