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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 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
