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 Juli 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 Juni 20191h 18min
What should the next Federal Government do on retirement incomes? — Sydney
Event podcast: In this Forward Thinking event, Grattan Institute’s Brendan Coates and The Australian Financial Review’s Joanna Mather discussed what the winner of the May 18 federal election should do...
27 Maj 20191h 14min
After the ‘Morrison Miracle’
A conversation with Grattan CEO, John Daley. Many have interpreted the Coalition’s surprise victory in the 2019 federal election as signalling the end of substantial policy reform in Australia. But in...
22 Maj 201935min
Age war? Talking about the generational bargain - Melbourne
Event podcast: The 2019 election has been branded the ‘generational election’. Beyond the hyperbole about an ‘age war’, there are serious questions about the economic future of today’s young Australia...
22 Maj 20191h 18min
