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Australia is failing more than 130,000 people with significant psychosocial disability – despite spending billions every year on the NDIS.
Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK
Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK
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“I'm old enough to remember when people said the grid will never hold up with 20% renewables in it – and the grid is still holding up now.”
Grattan Institute energy expert Alison Reeve on a watershed week on Australia’s long road to net zero.
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Grattan Institute energy expert Alison Reeve on a watershed week on Australia’s long road to net zero.
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For the first time, renewable energy is supplying most of our power
Renewables became the dominant energy supply for an entire quarter in the final three months of last year, helping the grid skate through the early days of a scorching summer.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
“I'm old enough to remember when people said the grid will never hold up with 20% renewables in it – and the grid is still holding up now.”
Grattan Institute energy expert Alison Reeve on a watershed week on Australia’s long road to net zero.
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Grattan Institute energy expert Alison Reeve on a watershed week on Australia’s long road to net zero.
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How to save the NDIS
By former Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry, with a little help from my colleagues at the Grattan Institute
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By former Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry, with a little help from my colleagues at the Grattan Institute
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/carin...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
How to save the NDIS
By former Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry, with a little help from my colleagues at the Grattan Institute
www.theaustralian.com.au/health/carin...
By former Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry, with a little help from my colleagues at the Grattan Institute
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Tackling the school attendance crisis is a moral imperative for Australia’s political class.
An end-of-school-year call to arms by Grattan Institute education policy experts Amy Haywood and Jordana Hunter.
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An end-of-school-year call to arms by Grattan Institute education policy experts Amy Haywood and Jordana Hunter.
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Australia’s school attendance crisis needs urgent national action
School attendance has been sliding for more than a decade, with more than a million Australian students now missing significant classroom time. Governments have set ambitious targets to reverse the tr...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Tackling the school attendance crisis is a moral imperative for Australia’s political class.
An end-of-school-year call to arms by Grattan Institute education policy experts Amy Haywood and Jordana Hunter.
#auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
An end-of-school-year call to arms by Grattan Institute education policy experts Amy Haywood and Jordana Hunter.
#auspol
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On a typical school day in Australia, about 11% of students who should be at school are absent.
Every day matters. Which is why we've launched our new policy brief on how to improve school attendance in Australia. buff.ly/XUEYv4T
Every day matters. Which is why we've launched our new policy brief on how to improve school attendance in Australia. buff.ly/XUEYv4T
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
On a typical school day in Australia, about 11% of students who should be at school are absent.
Every day matters. Which is why we've launched our new policy brief on how to improve school attendance in Australia. buff.ly/XUEYv4T
Every day matters. Which is why we've launched our new policy brief on how to improve school attendance in Australia. buff.ly/XUEYv4T
1/ Most people with psychosocial disability don’t get any psychosocial supports – including about 130,000 adults with the greatest needs.
Here’s a thread on how governments can better met the needs of people with psychosocial disability.
Here’s a thread on how governments can better met the needs of people with psychosocial disability.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
1/ Most people with psychosocial disability don’t get any psychosocial supports – including about 130,000 adults with the greatest needs.
Here’s a thread on how governments can better met the needs of people with psychosocial disability.
Here’s a thread on how governments can better met the needs of people with psychosocial disability.
Australia is failing more than 130,000 people with significant psychosocial disability – despite spending billions every year on the NDIS.
Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK
Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Australia is failing more than 130,000 people with significant psychosocial disability – despite spending billions every year on the NDIS.
Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK
Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK
The policy reform clock is ticking...
Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, on what the federal government should do in next year's Budget
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Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, on what the federal government should do in next year's Budget
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The policy reform clock is ticking - Grattan Institute
The government should begin to rebalance the income tax system. Here’s how.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The policy reform clock is ticking...
Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, on what the federal government should do in next year's Budget
grattan.edu.au/news/the-pol... #auspol
Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, on what the federal government should do in next year's Budget
grattan.edu.au/news/the-pol... #auspol
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7/ We’ll be discussing these books at an evening of sparkling conversation with Aruna Sathanapally, journalist @tomiscrowley.bsky.social and author @cordeliafine.bsky.social.
📅 Thursday, 11 December 2025
🕠 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
🏛 State Library Victoria
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📅 Thursday, 11 December 2025
🕠 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
🏛 State Library Victoria
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Event: 2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister - Grattan Institute
Sign up to attend the official launch of the 2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister, at the State Library of Victoria.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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🤓 GRATTAN’S 2025 WONKS’ LIST 🤓
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🤓 GRATTAN’S 2025 WONKS’ LIST 🤓
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
1/ Announcing Grattan’s Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List for 2025! 🎉
Here are the six books we think the PM and all Australians should read over summer. #auspol buff.ly/UbafIPQ
Here are the six books we think the PM and all Australians should read over summer. #auspol buff.ly/UbafIPQ
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
1/ Announcing Grattan’s Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List for 2025! 🎉
Here are the six books we think the PM and all Australians should read over summer. #auspol buff.ly/UbafIPQ
Here are the six books we think the PM and all Australians should read over summer. #auspol buff.ly/UbafIPQ
We’re hiring! Apply for our Associate position and join a team that’s passionate about evidence-based policy. buff.ly/MwmmyBX
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We’re hiring! Apply for our Associate position and join a team that’s passionate about evidence-based policy. buff.ly/MwmmyBX
Our Education Program Director, Dr Jordana Hunter, has been named one of the 20 most influential voices in education. News Corp says she's ‘been pivotal in shaping the debate on Australia’s maths problem, school funding, and classroom productivity, to name a few’.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Our Education Program Director, Dr Jordana Hunter, has been named one of the 20 most influential voices in education. News Corp says she's ‘been pivotal in shaping the debate on Australia’s maths problem, school funding, and classroom productivity, to name a few’.
Public hospital budgets are broken. Here's how to fix them.
Our health policy experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin explain in this article for the Conversation. buff.ly/goDUXJ3 #auspol
Our health policy experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin explain in this article for the Conversation. buff.ly/goDUXJ3 #auspol
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Public hospital budgets are broken. Here's how to fix them.
Our health policy experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin explain in this article for the Conversation. buff.ly/goDUXJ3 #auspol
Our health policy experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin explain in this article for the Conversation. buff.ly/goDUXJ3 #auspol
1/ Government spending on public hospitals keeps rising, taking up a growing share of health spending, and of government budgets.
As Australia gets bigger, older, and sicker, spending per person could go up by another third in the next decade.
As Australia gets bigger, older, and sicker, spending per person could go up by another third in the next decade.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
1/ Government spending on public hospitals keeps rising, taking up a growing share of health spending, and of government budgets.
As Australia gets bigger, older, and sicker, spending per person could go up by another third in the next decade.
As Australia gets bigger, older, and sicker, spending per person could go up by another third in the next decade.
Public hospitals are under strain, with ambulance ramping, increasing wait times, and burnt-out staff.
Yet spending has been growing by $3b a year.
Australia needs to fix broken hospital budgets and get smarter about spending.
Our new report shows how: buff.ly/Jg6jvVs
Yet spending has been growing by $3b a year.
Australia needs to fix broken hospital budgets and get smarter about spending.
Our new report shows how: buff.ly/Jg6jvVs
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Public hospitals are under strain, with ambulance ramping, increasing wait times, and burnt-out staff.
Yet spending has been growing by $3b a year.
Australia needs to fix broken hospital budgets and get smarter about spending.
Our new report shows how: buff.ly/Jg6jvVs
Yet spending has been growing by $3b a year.
Australia needs to fix broken hospital budgets and get smarter about spending.
Our new report shows how: buff.ly/Jg6jvVs
Australia’s commitment to net zero is not a political football. Throwing it away has real consequences, writes @reevealison.bsky.social buff.ly/clZdHkw #auspol
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Australia’s commitment to net zero is not a political football. Throwing it away has real consequences, writes @reevealison.bsky.social buff.ly/clZdHkw #auspol
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It’s a mirage of an energy and climate change policy
The Liberals’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially, writes Grattan Institute policy guru Tony Wood in the Financial Review
#auspol #coal #renewables #NetZero
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The Liberals’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially, writes Grattan Institute policy guru Tony Wood in the Financial Review
#auspol #coal #renewables #NetZero
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A mirage of an energy and climate change policy - Grattan Institute
The Libs’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It’s a mirage of an energy and climate change policy
The Liberals’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially, writes Grattan Institute policy guru Tony Wood in the Financial Review
#auspol #coal #renewables #NetZero
grattan.edu.au/news/a-mirag...
The Liberals’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially, writes Grattan Institute policy guru Tony Wood in the Financial Review
#auspol #coal #renewables #NetZero
grattan.edu.au/news/a-mirag...
Melbourne needs lots of new homes - quickly - to ease the housing crisis and let more people live where they want. buff.ly/NAB4N84 #springst
Melbourne needs lots of new homes—quickly - Grattan Institute
The planning system needs to change so the city can stay great.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Melbourne needs lots of new homes - quickly - to ease the housing crisis and let more people live where they want. buff.ly/NAB4N84 #springst
Melbourne needs lots of new homes - quickly - to ease the housing crisis and let more people live where they want. buff.ly/NAB4N84 #springst
Melbourne needs lots of new homes—quickly - Grattan Institute
The planning system needs to change so the city can stay great.
grattan.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Melbourne needs lots of new homes - quickly - to ease the housing crisis and let more people live where they want. buff.ly/NAB4N84 #springst
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The longest city is short on homes
Why Perth needs planning reforms, by Grattan Institute housing policy experts Joey Moloney and Ashleigh Chang in today’s West Australian
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Why Perth needs planning reforms, by Grattan Institute housing policy experts Joey Moloney and Ashleigh Chang in today’s West Australian
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The longest city is short on homes - Grattan Institute
Perth needs planning reform.
grattan.edu.au
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The longest city is short on homes
Why Perth needs planning reforms, by Grattan Institute housing policy experts Joey Moloney and Ashleigh Chang in today’s West Australian
grattan.edu.au/news/the-lon... #auspol
Why Perth needs planning reforms, by Grattan Institute housing policy experts Joey Moloney and Ashleigh Chang in today’s West Australian
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Our planning systems are a drag on productivity. That’s a choice Australians can no longer afford. buff.ly/HLIYrOG #auspol
To fix the economy, fix housing - Grattan Institute
Our planning systems are a drag on productivity. That’s a choice Australians can no longer afford.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Our planning systems are a drag on productivity. That’s a choice Australians can no longer afford. buff.ly/HLIYrOG #auspol
Reforming rigid land-use rules is key to beating the housing crisis. Brendan Coates explains what governments need to do. buff.ly/cAxLrM5 #auspol
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Reforming rigid land-use rules is key to beating the housing crisis. Brendan Coates explains what governments need to do. buff.ly/cAxLrM5 #auspol
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To fix the economy, fix housing.
Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney, and Matthew Bowes summarise their blockbuster new Grattan Institute report on Australia’s housing crisis.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Via Pearls and Irritations
Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney, and Matthew Bowes summarise their blockbuster new Grattan Institute report on Australia’s housing crisis.
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#auspol #nswpol #springst #Insiders
Via Pearls and Irritations
To fix the economy, fix housing
Australia’s economy is in a post-pandemic slump. To dig us out, state and federal governments must tackle the chronic shortage of housing in our biggest cities.
johnmenadue.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
To fix the economy, fix housing.
Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney, and Matthew Bowes summarise their blockbuster new Grattan Institute report on Australia’s housing crisis.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#auspol #nswpol #springst #Insiders
Via Pearls and Irritations
Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney, and Matthew Bowes summarise their blockbuster new Grattan Institute report on Australia’s housing crisis.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#auspol #nswpol #springst #Insiders
Via Pearls and Irritations
Building more homes where people most want to live will make housing cheaper and create wealthier, healthier, and more vibrant cities. What are we waiting for? buff.ly/iKBgwgX
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Building more homes where people most want to live will make housing cheaper and create wealthier, healthier, and more vibrant cities. What are we waiting for? buff.ly/iKBgwgX
Housing in Australia’s cities is among the least affordable in the world. For decades, we have not built enough housing where people most want to live.
On our latest podcast, @brendan-coates.bsky.social Joey Moloney and @mbowes.bsky.social discuss their new housing report. buff.ly/mQMIh0j #auspol
On our latest podcast, @brendan-coates.bsky.social Joey Moloney and @mbowes.bsky.social discuss their new housing report. buff.ly/mQMIh0j #auspol
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Housing in Australia’s cities is among the least affordable in the world. For decades, we have not built enough housing where people most want to live.
On our latest podcast, @brendan-coates.bsky.social Joey Moloney and @mbowes.bsky.social discuss their new housing report. buff.ly/mQMIh0j #auspol
On our latest podcast, @brendan-coates.bsky.social Joey Moloney and @mbowes.bsky.social discuss their new housing report. buff.ly/mQMIh0j #auspol