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 prospects. Governments have rarely been under such stress as they seek to balance protecting public health with ensuring economic survival. How can we recover from the loss of lives, livelihoods, and our very way of life? What sort of society will we be left with when the crisis is over? In this Grattan Webinar, a panel of policy experts provided their perspectives on the health, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19. Speakers: John Daley Danielle Wood Brendan Coates Stephen Duckett Moderator Paul Austin
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 analysis and advice from our Education Fellow, Julie Sonnemann. With host Paul Austin. To read the article discussed in the podcast, visit our website: https://grattan.edu.au/news/disadvantaged-students-will-be-hit-hardest-by-the-enforced-move-to-online-schooling/
30 Mars 202018min
The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19 – Webinar recording
Coronavirus is the biggest crisis of our generation. Australians are fearful. The elderly are vulnerable. People are dying. Recession is almost certain. Businesses and borders are closing. Governments must balance protecting public health with ensuring economic survival. How can they minimise the impacts of COVID-19 on Australia? And how do we protect the most vulnerable in our community? In this webinar, a panel of policy experts from the Grattan Institute provided measured, informed, evidence-based perspective on the economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19. Grattan Institute Speakers John Daley, CEO Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Stephen Duckett, Program Director, Health Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances Paul Austin, Editor
27 Mars 20201h
Coronavirus and Australia's healthcare system
Australia’s 1950s-style, GP-centric primary care model is not fit to respond to the increased prevalence of chronic disease — and now we know it’s not fit to respond to an infectious disease pandemic either. Stephen Duckett, Health Program Director, discusses how the coronavirus crisis is highlighting the cracks in the healthcare system, and what we can learn from the NHS response to the pandemic. Hosted by Paul Austin. The article discussed in this week's podcast is available on our website here: https://grattan.edu.au/news/coronavirus-crisis-exposes-fundamental-flaws-in-our-healthcare-system/
13 Mars 202023min
Tackling Melbourne’s Congestion – Event recording
Plenty of people think congestion is a real problem in Melbourne, and they are right. Up until now, state governments’ main efforts to reduce congestion have been to build new roads and add new public transport services. But decades of new roads and new public transport have left us with the level of congestion we see today. At this Grattan Institute/State Library of Victoria Policy Pitch event, a panel of experts discussed the proposal to charge drivers a fee to drive on the busiest roads at the busiest times. Featuring: Ashleigh Cormack - Head of Cities Policy, Australia and New Zealand at Uber. Lauren Walker - Principal Consultant (Transport Advisory) and Project Manager at Veitch Lister Consulting Marion Terrill - Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute Paul Austin - Editor, Grattan Institute
11 Mars 20201h 16min
Balancing Act: managing the trade-offs in retirement incomes policy
The retirement incomes system works well for most, but fails too many poorer Australians, especially low-income women and retirees who rent. Listen to Brendan Coates, Household Finances Program Director, Jonathan Nolan, Associate, and Paul Austin, Editor, unpack the complexities of retirement incomes policy. You can read the submission in discussion here: https://grattan.edu.au/submissions/balancing-act/
1 Mars 202040min
How coronavirus is affecting the Australian economy
From trade to higher education, the Australian economy is feeling the effects of coronavirus. This week on the Grattan podcast, we look at what the virus has already meant for Australia, and what it may mean for Australia's future if it is not controlled, and hopefully, eliminated. Discussing this health emergency is John Daley, Grattan Institute CEO, William Mackey, Associate, and host Paul Austin. You can read the article in discussion on the website here: https://grattan.edu.au/news/coronavirus-could-have-a-devastating-impact-on-australias-universities/
24 Feb 202029min
Dark money: How to reform Australia's political donations system
Big money matters in Australian elections. Amidst a busy week in politics, with the increasing threat of coronavirus, the annual release of the federal political donations data might have slipped under your radar. Yet this data points to a very concerning underlying question: can you buy an election? Listen to Kate Griffiths, fellow for the Budget Policy and Institutional Reform program, in discussion with host Kat Clay, around how to reform Australia's political donations system. To see the charts in discussion in this podcast, visit: https://blog.grattan.edu.au/2020/02/three-things-the-new-donations-data-tell-us-about-the-2019-federal-election/
17 Feb 202018min
