Podcasts – Grattan Institute

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.

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.

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, low-rate land tax may be a better option.

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 ANU and Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood discussed the review and what it is intended to achieve.

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 if the industry does not lift its game.

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.

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 prices are set under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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, policymakers must do more to ensure we remain a dynamic, growing economy.

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 feels entitled. They aimed to provide a bigger picture of the taxes and government support for each generation, and how policy ought to change.

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 infrastructure at the right price.

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.

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.

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.

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. Alan Finkel and a panel of experts discussed the preliminary report and likely policy implications.

Grattan Institute launched our annual Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister at the State Library of Victoria.