Podcasts – Grattan Institute

An interview with School Education Program Director Pete Goss. The Commonwealth Government’s 2017 Amendment to the Education Act, its ‘Gonski 2.0’ plan has shown the most promise yet on delivering needs-based funding in line with the Gonski review of 2011. But changes are still necessary to ensure the greatest impact.

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 harder to cut emissions. What’s needed is market reform, not government investments in generation.

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. A guide to the 2017 Budget - the main themes, budget repair, budget methodology and Bill Shorten's Budget reply.

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. So what have we heard so far and what’s likely to make its way into Budget Night’s final chapter?

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 can schools and teachers create better classroom environments for learning; and, what policy changes would help schools the most.

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 classroom environments for learning; and, what policy changes would help schools the most.

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 provide better care for people with diabetes, asthma, heart disease and other chronic conditions.

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 affordable, rather than actually fixing the problem?

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?

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.

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?

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, and weighed the options for reform.

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.

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.

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.