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The clock is ticking on a golden opportunity for real change in Australia

The May 2026 federal budget will mark one year since the Albanese government’s unexpected landslide win at the last election.

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Australian homes could be $100k cheaper in 10 years with one change to zoning rules, report finds

Allowing three-storey townhouses and apartments to be built across all residential land would unlock more than 1m homes in Sydney alone, according to modelling

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Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests

Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate

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Why major policy reform in Australia has stalled for decades – and how to change it

When last month’s economic reform roundtable was announced, there was both hope and cynicism about the potential for progressing policy reforms in Australia that have been long understood to be necessary – tax reform being a leading example – but have languished in the “too hard” basket across both Coalition…

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Mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo charity makes undisclosed donation to the Australia Institute

Exclusive: The progressive thinktank, which has championed a ‘real zero’ emissions policy, says it protects privacy of donors to avoid them being targeted

The Guardian - AU

Four key changes could save the NDIS, Grattan report says, but advocates worried children will be left out

Firmer boundaries, better claim management, foundational supports and a new national agreement among recommendations

The Guardian - AU

New Report Calls To Strip Medicare Funding From Pricey Specialists: ‘System Is Broken’

Specialists who charge too much should be called out and stripped of Medicare funding, new report from the Grattan Institute has said.

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Uninsurable and unaffordable: climate change and the rising cost of housing

Australia is grappling with a housing crisis – and climate change is only making things worse. We speak to researchers who are making sense of these challenges and working towards solutions.

The Guardian - AU

Peter is barely scraping by on jobseeker. Experts think this is going to be an election issue

Being poor in this country is getting harder, 62-year-old South Australian says, as two major reports call for the jobseeker rate to be lifted

The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Danielle Wood on the keys to growing Australia’s weak productivity

“Productivity” might sound a nerdy word to many, but improving it is vital for a more affluent life for Australians in coming years. At the moment it is languishing.

The Conversation

Victoria’s $1.2 billion school tutoring program has not ‘significantly improved’ learning. How could it work better?

The Victorian Auditor-General has just released an audit of Victoria’s A$1.2 billion tutoring program designed to help struggling students post-COVID.

The Conversation

Migration has been blamed for the housing crisis, but it’s not that simple

Cutting permanent migration and capping student numbers won’t help much – but experts say it could hurt a whole lot

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton’s migration cuts would cost budget $34bn over coming decades, thinktank calculates

Grattan Institute estimate backs Jim Chalmers’ claim move would cost ‘billions’ – but opposition leader labels treasurer’s statement ‘voodoo economics’

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton talks a big game on migration – but do his promises stack up?

In its potential impact on housing, the opposition leader’s vowed crackdown on migration and foreign property buyers may be less than it seems

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Stamp duty: would Victoria be better off with a land tax instead?

As the state government considers reforming its contentious stamp duty, here are the benefits and pitfalls of replacing it with an annual tax

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House prices may surge if buyers use super for deposits

If homebuyers use super to put down a deposit, median house prices will increase across the nation and young people will be no better off, modelling reveals.

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Greens’ plan to axe tax concessions would see house prices fall, Max Chandler-Mather says

The party’s housing spokesperson says that while ‘big decreases’ are not desirable because of threat of negative equity, they see a 2.5% cut as ‘not much’

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Education revolution urged to boost reading skills

A public policy think tank wants governments to commit to a six-step "reading guarantee" or risk leaving children behind.

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'We'll see': Albanese throws down gauntlet on tax cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is putting pressure on the coalition to back Labor's stage 3 tax cut changes, as federal parliament returns for the new year.

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Australia may increase standard car parking spaces as huge vehicles dominate the streets

Critics say boom in sales of SUVs and dual-cab utes has been disastrous for safety and the environment – and car parks may be at risk of collapse

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Danielle Wood to become first woman to head Productivity Commission

Labor appoints well-known Grattan Institute chief after senior Victorian treasury official Chris Barrett pulls out of recruitment process

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The cheapest reliable energy system to meet Australia’s climate targets? Solar and wind, no question

There has been a lot of commentary about how to measure the cost of renewables – but much of it misses the point

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Households will need government help to turn off gas

Australia needs a deadline for ditching gas appliances like cooktops and hot water heaters, a new Grattan report has found.

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'No time to waste' to get off gas: Grattan Institute

A key public policy think tank wants tax incentives for landlords and low-cost loans for home owners to encourage them to move from gas to electric appliances.

The Conversation

Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance

The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to be the least a worker in Australia can be paid.

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