Podcasts – Grattan Institute
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Description
Our podcasts cover a range of public policy topics focusing on the main issues facing Australia. We aim to further the debate, sometimes by presenting controversial viewpoints. Our podcasts concentrate on the current Grattan Programs, but also go more broadly on occasion.
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CleanPowering through: How to restore confidence in the National Electricity Market | An interview with Grattan Institute Associate, Kate Griffiths. Urgent action is needed to reduce the risk of power blackouts this summer. But the danger is politicians panicking and rushing to decisions that push up electricity prices and make it harde... | 21 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBudget 2017: the verdict | A conversation with Grattan's CEO, John Daley and Australian Perspectives Fellow, Brendan Coates, featuring guest interviews with Grattan Program Directors, Jim Minifie, Stephen Duckett, Marion Terrill, Pete Goss and Andrew Norton. | 15 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBefore the Budget: Everything you need to know | A conversation with Australian Perspective Fellows, Danielle Wood and Brendan Coates. Budget Night is fast approaching and there has been much speculation on what might be announced as well as a number of early deliveries to whet your policy appetites.... | 7 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEngaging students: creating better classroom environments for learning – Adelaide | Event Podcast: In this event, in partnership with the State Library South Australia, Dr Peter Goss, Grattan Institute School Education Program Director, hosted a panel of leading educators to explore: What is happening in Australia’s classrooms; how ca. | 4 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEngaging students: creating better classroom environments for learning – Melbourne | Event podcast: In this Policy Pitch event, Dr Peter Goss, Grattan Institute School Education Program Director, hosted a panel of leading educators to explore: What is happening in Australia’s classrooms; how can schools and teachers create better class. | 2 5 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBuilding better foundations for primary care | An interview with Stephen Duckett, Health Program Director on his report, Building better foundations for primary care. Simple reforms to Australia’s health system could help save more than $320 million a year on avoidable hospital admissions and provi. | 30 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWill the ALP’s new housing affordability plan make a difference? | An interview with Australian Perspectives Fellow, Brendan Coates. Labor has announced their new package to fix housing affordability. Will it make a difference? Or will this be another instance of governments wanting to appear to make housing more affo... | 23 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanProposals and priorities: How to make housing more affordable | An interview with Australian Perspectives Fellow, Brendan Coates. How big is Australia's Housing affordability problem? What is the federal government’s strategy to date? And what else needs to be done to see housing actually become more affordable? | 17 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStagnation nation? Australian investment in a low-growth world – Melbourne | Event Podcast: Australia risks descent into economic stagnation as the mining investment boom fades. In this policy pitch event three experienced policy analysts discussed the state of the economy and how policy can reignite investment. | 10 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe nature of Australia’s cost overruns | An interview podcast with Transport Program Director, Marion Terrill. How much of a problem are Cost Overruns in Transport Infrastructure? What is the real impact of allowing the problem to continue unchecked? | 9 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHousing affordability: Resurrecting the Australian dream – Sydney | Event Podcast: In this Forward Thinking event at the State Library of NSW, Jessica Irvine, senior economics writer for Fairfax Media, Princess Ventura, Director at Urbis and Grattan Institute Fellow Brendan Coates discussed the problem, | 6 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA dearth of diversity: Australia’s women problem | An interview podcast with Australian Perspectives Fellow, Danielle Wood on the causes of the shortage of women in leadership and influence roles in Australia and what can be done to address it. | 2 4 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow is technology reshaping the economy? | Event podcast: In the first of Grattan Institute’s 2017 State of Affairs events, Productivity Growth Director Jim Minifie was joined on a panel by Joanna Batstone, Dr Charles Day and Martie-Louise Verreynne to explore technology and the economy. | 29 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Future of Clean Coal? | Event podcast: In our first Future Energy forum of 2017, our Panel to explored whether clean coal is a crucial step in the transition towards a net zero emissions economy or an expensive and retrograde step that will be almost impossible to finance. | 28 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEnergy policy… or politics? | An interview podcast with Tony Wood, Energy Program Director. Energy policy continues to remain a key conversation both politically and in the media and at times those conversations leave viewers with more questions than answers. | 26 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFighting obesity: one tax and one community at a time | Event podcast: Australians are getting fatter. Various interventions have been tried, but the trends are in the wrong direction. In this policy pitch, we explored what can and should be done to address obesity and its effects. | 20 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat price value capture? | An interview podcast with Transport Program Director, Marion Terrill. State governments should be wary of following the Turnbull Government’s advice to introduce “value capture” schemes to fund major new transport projects. A broad-based, | 19 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClimate Change 2017: Restarting the debate | Event Podcast: In the first Capital Ideas public forum hosted through our partnership with the National Library, Helen Wilson who will lead the Government’s review of our domestic climate change policies, Frank Jotzo a leading climate economist from AN. | 14 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPrice shock: Is the retail electricity market failing consumers? | Listen to an interview podcast with Energy Fellow David Blowers discussing this report. Competition in electricity retailing has failed to deliver lower prices and better services for consumers. Governments will need to step in and re-regulate prices i... | 13 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAustralia’s climate and energy policy | Podcast with David Blowers, Grattan's Energy Fellow. Australia’s climate and energy policy has been a topic of much debate in recent times. With the need for strong action ever-increasing, this is an important issue for all Australians. | 7 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCutting a better drug deal | Listen to an interview podcast with Stephen Duckett discussing his report. Australians pay $500 million a year too much for their prescription drugs. Taxpayers and patients would pay less if the Federal Government made two simple changes to the way pri... | 5 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStagnation nation? Australian investment in a low growth world | Listen to an interview podcast with Jim Minifie discussing his report. Is Australia at risk of economic stagnation as the mining investment boom fades? While the decline in business investment is no cause for panic, | 26 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy every generation feels entitled – Melbourne event | Event podcast: In this Policy Pitch event at the State Library Victoria, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Money editor, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Peter Switzer, Founder, Switzer Financial Group and Grattan CEO John Daley discussed why each generation feel... | 20 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe right infrastructure at the right price | Listen to a podcast with Transport Program Director, Marion Terrill providing a breakdown of the key points that were were discussed at Grattan Institute’s first Forward Thinking event for the year where three experts considered how to get the right i. | 14 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEngaging students: creating classrooms that improve learning | Listen to an interview podcast with Peter Goss discussing his report. Forty per cent of Australian school students are unproductive in a given year. The education system needs comprehensive reform to tackle widespread student disengagement in class. | 5 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAn objective for super? | A podcast with Brendan Coates, Australian Perspectives Fellow. Over the course of the past year, the superannuation debate has progressed from tax breaks to what the objective of the superannuation system should be. | 1 2 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy every generation feels entitled | A podcast with Brendan Coates, Australian Perspectives Fellow. There will always be a generation gap. We can narrow it if each generation understands the facts behind the other generation’s point of view. | 20 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNational Electricity Market Review – Preliminary Report | A podcast of this Energy Futures seminar with Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel. The National Electricity Market (NEM) Security Review, led by Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, will deliver its preliminary report in December. | 13 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPrime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2016 | Grattan Institute launched our annual Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister at the State Library of Victoria. | 6 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanShared interest: a universal loan fee for HELP | A podcast with Andrew Norton. A 15 per cent loan fee on all new tertiary education lending could save the Commonwealth $700 million a year and make HELP fairer and stronger. | 4 12 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA sugary drinks tax: recovering the community costs of obesity | Australia should introduce a tax on sugary drinks to help tackle obesity and recoup some of the $5.3 billion a year the epidemic costs taxpayers. | 22 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAge of entitlement: age-based tax breaks | The Commonwealth could save about $1 billion a year by winding back tax breaks for older Australians that are unduly generous and have no sensible policy rationale. | 20 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPotential Pathways to Decarbonisation | This Energy Futures Seminar explored potential decarbonisation pathways. Our panel featured Shell’s Jeremy Bentham who has a global reputation in scenario analysis. Jeremy was joined by Ross Garnaut, Tony Wood and Sara Bice in a panel discussion to be . | 9 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDynamism or descent: What can Australia do to avoid the slow growth trap? | Much of the rich world has been trapped in sluggish economic growth for almost a decade. Australia has avoided the slow growth trap so far. At this Policy Pitch event, three Australian economists discussed the low growth problem and Australia’s prospec. | 7 11 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCost overruns in transport infrastructure | Australian governments have spent $25 billion more on transport infrastructure over the past 15 years than they told taxpayers they would spend. It is time to curb politicians’ reckless promises and create a more accountable basis for infrastructure bu. | 23 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat do we know about the safety of hospital care? – Sydney | The quality and safety of hospital care has been in the news in both Victoria and New South Wales in the last twelve months. In this Forward Thinking event Dr Stephen Duckett, Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute, | 12 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat do we know about the safety of hospital care? – Melbourne | The quality and safety of hospital care has been in the news in both Victoria and New South Wales in the last twelve months. In this Policy Pitch event Dr Stephen Duckett, Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute discussed issues in monitori... | 10 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSouth Australia’s power system: a crisis or a canary? | In recent months, South Australia has witnessed some remarkable changes in the electricity system. S.A. is a world leader in terms of integrating renewable energy into the grid, but these recent events have put a spotlight on the challenges that come w... | 9 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDemand for coal and gas in light of the Paris Agreement – what this means for Australia | Australia signed up to the Paris Agreement in December 2016 that committed to holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. In this State of Affairs event co-hosted by UQ Energy Initiative and Gr | 5 10 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKeeping the lights on: lessons from South Australia’s power shock | Soaring wholesale electricity prices in South Australia in July warn of Australia’s failure to combine climate change and energy policies. To ensure that power is reliable, affordable and sustainable, it’s time to heed the lesson. | 25 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAustralia in the age of discovery: navigating new risks and opportunities | The world economy has never been more interconnected, and scientific discoveries and technologies are changing it quickly. This Policy Pitch event brought together the author of a fascinating new book, The Age of Discovery, | 12 9 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGetting primary care right | Event podcast: In this Policy Pitch, Stephen Duckett, Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute presented some findings from Grattan Institute research. He was then joined on a panel to discuss these issues by Anne Congleton, | 15 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClimate change: The great moral challenge was an election non-issue: What next? | In this public forum hosted by Grattan Institute, John Connor, Emma Herd and Tony Wood discussed the prospect that with the new federal government and new minister we might really begin to address the great moral challenge of climate change. | 10 8 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPerils of place: identifying hotspots of health inequality | Australia’s health system is consistently failing some parts of the country. It’s time for a new, targeted approach. | 24 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs Australia keeping up? Science and technology graduates and the workforce | Science and technology have transformed the world, and will continue to do so. But there is widespread concern that Australia is not keeping up. Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, Grattan’s Andrew Norton and ATN’s Renee Hindmarsh to discussed | 19 7 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRoads to riches: how to drive our transport dollar further | Nick Greiner, former NSW Premier and former chairman of Infrastructure NSW, at this Forward Thinking event discussed a better approach to transport infrastructure spending with Grattan Transport Program Director Marion Terrill and John Watson from The ... | 13 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFuture of gas in Australia: a new paradigm? | The prospect of very big gas price increases or even shortages has made the gas market a hot topic. The possibility of such outcomes arises from the connection of Australia’s domestic market with the broader regional market via LNG exports from Queensl. | 18 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMind the gaps: what can we do about widening gaps in school education in Australia? | In this Policy Pitch event Dr Peter Goss hosted a panel of senior leaders in school education to explore learning gaps between Australian students and what can be done about these gaps. | 11 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSustainable Cities: New Research Perspectives | Australians are amongst the most urbanised people on Earth. Transforming the way we use and pay for energy to power and access our cities lies at the centre of a sustainable future. In this public forum, presenters from the Grattan Institute and Curtin... | 3 5 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBrisbane – Mind the gaps: what can we do about widening gaps in school education in Australia? | Learning gaps between Australian students of different backgrounds are alarmingly wide and grow wider as students move through school. Grattan Institute recently published Widening gaps: what NAPLAN tells us about student progress. | 12 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGeneration less? Exploring the economic challenge for young Australians | In this Policy Pitch event at State Library Victoria, Jennifer Rayner, Professor Rod Maddock from Victoria University and Grattan Fellow Danielle Wood explore the emerging political and economic concerns around intergenerational inequality and what we ... | 12 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSydney – Mind the gaps: what can we do about widening gaps in school education in Australia? | In this Forward Thinking event Dr Peter Goss hosted a panel of senior leaders in school education to explore learning gaps between Australian students and what can be done about these gaps. | 6 4 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClimate policy in 2016: The hard task of delivering on our international commitment | Shayleen Thompson, CEO of the Climate Change Authority and Clare Savage from the Business Council of Australia join Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood to discuss: How tough is the target and what are the merits of the various policies that might be used to . | 18 2 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOther People’s Money: big finance and where it’s taking us | Retired investment banker Harrison Young joined John Kay in a discussion with Marion Terrill about the finance industry. | 31 1 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPrime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2015 | Every year Grattan Institute releases a summer reading list for the Prime Minister. It recommends books and articles that the Prime Minister, or any Australian interested in public debate, will find both stimulating and cracking good reads. | 14 12 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTargeting the tax breaks for superannuation | The numbers for superannuation tax breaks are dizzying. They cost the Commonwealth budget somewhere between $20 billion and $30 billion a year depending on how you count them. Grattan Institute’s work in Balancing Budgets suggested specific reforms th | 9 12 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStriking a new generational bargain | In this Policy Pitch event at State Library Victoria, Mark Butler and Grattan CEO John Daley discussed the policy implications of an ageing population. | 16 11 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTargeted Teaching: closing the gap between theory, policy and practice | Dr Pete Goss, Grattan Institute School Education Program Director, hosted a panel of senior leaders covering all three school education sectors to explore targeted teaching. | 13 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClimate Change: What happens after the Paris Conference? | Tom Arup from The Age discusses climate change with David Karoly, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Melbourne and Member of the Climate Change Authority, Anthea Harris, previously CEO of the Authority and now occupying a senior role... | 12 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanClimate Change: What is Australia’s fair share of a global effort? | Join Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood as he discussed Australia’s emissions reduction target with representatives of The Climate Institute and the Minerals Council. | 4 10 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTargeted Teaching: how to close the gap between theory, policy and practice | Dr Peter Goss, Grattan Institute School Education Program Director, hosted a panel of senior leaders in school education to explore targeted teaching. | 14 9 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWe need to talk about tax | Few people like talking about tax. Even fewer like paying it. But taxes are what we pay for civilised society – although we haven’t been paying as much tax as Australian governments have been spending. And how we pay tax makes a big difference to ou | 18 8 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe collaborative economy? How peer-to-peer platforms are changing work, business, and policy | Rachel Botsman, a global leader in the analysis of the collaborative economy and peer-to-peer marketplaces, joined Dr Jim Minifie from Grattan Institute in a discussion on the challenges and opportunities this new economy presents. | 12 8 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNatural gas: part of the problem or part of the solution? | Can clean burning gas be part of the solution but as a fossil fuel also be part of the problem? This Policy Pitch seminar discussed an issue of critical importance to Australia, shortly to become the world’s biggest exporter of gas. | 20 7 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s happening to graduate employment? | This Policy Pitch event looked at what is going on in the graduate labour market and what might be done to improve employment prospects. | 16 6 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCity Limits and Walsh Street | John Daley, CEO of the Grattan Institute and City Limits co-author Paul Donegan discussed the state of Australian cities today in the house where Robin Boyd wrote The Australian Ugliness - a classic account of Australian society, | 11 6 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs it time to leave the grid? The rise of distributed generation and the consequences for consumers and the electricity sector | This Energy Futures seminar explored the economic case for solar and how we need to get network prices and policy settings fixed to ensure that solar really can help deliver fairer, cheaper and more sustainable electricity. | 27 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSTEM for all: Building the capability of all young Australians in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths | Education commentators divide over how much to promote the disciplines now known as STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Dr Peter Goss will host an expert panel to explore these contradictions. | 18 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAustralia’s budget pressures – the view from Treasury | Three days after the 2015-16 Budget, Commonwealth Treasury Secretary John Fraser speaks to Grattan CEO John Daley about the key economic issues for Australia going forward, including the outlook for debt, growth and structural reform. | 18 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSetting Australia’s emissions reduction targets | In April, the Climate Change Authority will release its draft report on post-2020 targets for consultation. At this public forum, the panel discussed the Authority’s draft recommendations and considered how Australia should contribute to global climate. | 30 4 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCrisis, what crisis? Should tax reform fix Commonwealth and State budgets? | John Daley, Grattan Institute CEO hosted an expert panel to discuss the most attractive options for repairing Commonwealth and State revenues. | 20 4 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCity Limits Sydney Book Launch | On March 5, Lucy Turnbull launched Grattan Institute’s first book in Sydney, City Limits: Why Australia’s cities are broken and how we can fix them, by Jane-Frances Kelly and Paul Donegan. | 5 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat is the future of Australian energy exports in a carbon constrained world? | For the last decade Australia’s balance of trade has been heavily reliant on coal exports, and we have great expectations to become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas. But things are changing: future global demand for coal looks so | 4 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Murray Inquiry and Superannuation | A forthcoming Grattan report argues that the superannuation industry needs to become more efficient. Join an expert panel for a discussion on superannuation and the Financial System Inquiry. | 18 2 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGas: too good to burn? Brisbane | Panel members reflected on whether we could or should switch away from gas, and if indeed a situation could arise in which our gas is priced out of the market. | 5 2 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean2014 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister | Now in its sixth year, the List contains books and articles that we believe the Prime Minister – or indeed any Australian – will find stimulating over the break. They are all good reads that we think say something interesting about Australia and its f | 16 12 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSydney – Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List | Geraldine Doogue joined John Daley for a discussion of this year's Prime Minister's Summer Reading List in Sydney. | 8 12 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAustralia’s age-based tax and welfare system: is it fair? | Australia’s tax and welfare system is one of the most tightly targeted in the world. Is age-based welfare justified? Cassandra Goldie, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Services discussed the issues with Grattan Institute CEO, John Daley. | 18 11 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe future of gas supply and demand in eastern Australia | The emergence of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Queensland means that now for the first time eastern Australian gas is linked to the world market. This Energy Futures seminar explored the impacts this will have on Australian’s that us. | 12 11 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGas: too good to burn? | In this Policy Pitch event, Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood and representatives from small and large customers discussed what this dramatic change means for our gas bills, whether we could or should switch away from gas and whether we could see a situati. | 21 10 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow behavioural economics does and can shape public policy | Andrew Leigh, in discussion with John Daley, outlined the main lessons of behavioural economics, and discussed the ways that it has affected policymaking in Australia. | 8 10 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFairer pricing for power – Sydney | Australians are paying too much for power. Since 2006 the average household power bill has risen 85 per cent: from $890 to $1660 a year. The prices we pay are also unfair: some people are paying too much, others too little. | 24 9 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBig ideas for a small state: Grattan views on the policy priorities for the next Victorian Government | Victorians go to the polls on November 29. What are the big policy questions Victorians should consider before they vote? | 16 9 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChange to die for? | The baby boomers are reaching old age and in the next quarter century the number of Australians who die each year will double. But dying in Australia is amongst the most institutionalised in the world – 86 per cent of Australians die in hospital or res. | 18 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMapping the Australian economy | More than three-quarters of all economic activity in Australia happens on less than one per cent of the nation’s land mass. In today’s services-driven economy, Australia’s cities are the engines of material prosperity. | 27 7 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Financial System Review and superannuation | Listen to this expert panel discussion’s “Forward Thinking” event on the issues facing the Financial Systems Review and the emerging directions from the interim report, and the reform agenda for superannuation. | 24 7 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFairer pricing for power | In this Policy Pitch event, Tony Wood, the Energy Program Director from Grattan Institute, and Fran Kelly, the well-known ABC host of RN Breakfast and Insiders, discussed the recently released Grattan report that proposes specific solutions to address ... | 22 7 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHigher education outside the universities: a better option? | Australia has around 130 higher education providers outside the university system. They are a diverse group, ranging from large multinational companies to small theological colleges to the TAFEs now offering degrees. Together they enrol more than 70, | 24 6 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEnergy in 2014: more mines than field | Based on recent and current Grattan Institute research and analysis, this presentation and discussion brought together the key drivers that are behind a very messy story and assessed where things are likely to go from here. | 29 5 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSuper rip-off? Policy options for a better superannuation deal | This Policy Pitch event highlighted findings from the report, discussed the role that superannuation now plays in the Australian economy, and discussed the reform agenda for the sector. | 27 5 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCoping with hotter summers: the challenge for our electricity system | On 30 April, as part of the ‘Energy Futures’ series, the Melbourne Energy Institute and Grattan Institute co-hosted a public forum on the future of peak demand in Australia. | 19 5 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanState of Australian budgets | Australian governments are increasingly living beyond their means. They are going to need to make tough choices to balance their budgets. But which choices will really make a difference? Should we broaden the GST? Raise the age pension age? | 15 4 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGlobal influences on Australia | What major international factors have shaped Australia over the last ten years, and which issues are likely to have the most impact in the coming years? Join us at this seminar to hear a panel from Lowy Institute and Grattan Institute discuss these que... | 19 3 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Clean2013 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister | Grattan Institute launched our annual Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister at the State Library of Victoria on Wednesday 4 December. Lucy Turnbull joined Grattan’s CEO, John Daley in a discussion of the List. Now in its fifth year, | 5 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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