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‘Beyond the Iran and Ukraine conflicts, there will almost certainly be another international gas price spike sooner or later. When that happens, we will be glad to have a super-profits tax.’

Tony Wood from Grattan Institute in today’s Weekend Australian

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Migrants are who we are - Grattan Institute When political opportunists come for migrants, it is kids in schools across this country who bear the scars.

'Migration is Australia's great economic strength.'

Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, has written a piece in support of migration and migrants. You can find the story, which was published in The Age and The SMH over the weekend, here: grattan.edu.au/news/migrant...

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Government urged to alter 'perverse' negative gearing and CGT discounts | ABC NEWS

Why does Budget 2026 need to tackle negative gearing AND the capital gains discount together? Our CEO Aruna Sathanapally explains on ABC TV. Watch: m.youtube.com/watch?v=RXL2...

How to tackle Sydney’s housing crisis Recent planning reforms will help, but much more is needed.

Yesterday at our 'How to tackle Sydney's housing crisis' event, Grattan housing policy expert Matthew Bowes laid out where planning reform stands - and what still needs to change in NSW.

Read the findings and download the report here: grattan.edu.au/news/how-to-...

NDIS autism costs blow out to a record $10b annually The number of older children and adults being diagnosed with autism is surging, costing the taxpayers billions more each year.

‘The May budget needs to put more meat on the bones of how and when NDIS growth will be contained to between 5% and 6% – this is a reasonable target, but it won’t materialise without a more ambitious plan.’

Grattan Institute disability policy expert Sam Bennett

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Australia’s electricity market needs a whole-of-system plan to get to net zero. The Integrated System Plan should be it. But to succeed, it needs to be reformed.

Australia’s electricity market needs a whole-of-system plan to get to net zero.

In this article for The Australian Financial Review, Grattan energy expert Tony Wood says that the Integrated System Plan should be it, but it needs to be reformed.

Read the full piece here: shorturl.at/IkjNc

The Most Explosive Tax Debate in Australia Is Back - ABC listen Australia does something a bit weird: if you make money selling a house or shares, you get taxed at half the rate you’d pay on your actual job. Nice if you’re the one pocketing the profit… not so grea...

‘Since the Economic Reform Roundtable last year, the consensus that came out of that was there is an intergenerational problem in taxation.'

Listen to our expert, Brendan Coates, talk all things housing and taxation with Peter Martin on ‘The Economy, Stupid': www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Child vaccination rates are falling fast - Grattan Institute Child vaccination rates are falling fast

Child vaccination rates are falling fast. Our children are increasingly unprotected against painful and potentially deadly diseases. Here’s what governments should do – urgently.

Our new analysis, published today.

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Fast train fever: Why renovated rail might work but bullet trains won’t - Grattan Institute Australia should dump the decades-old dream of building an east-coast bullet train. Read our new Grattan Institute report, Fast Train Fever.

The Prime Minister seems to have a severe case of fast train fever.

In this comprehensive report, the Grattan Institute shows why bullet trains are a very bad idea for Australia.

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We need restraint, not a razor - Grattan Institute 3 things the Treasurer should do in Budget 2026 — and 1 thing he should not do.

We need restraint, not a razor

Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, in The Australian Financial Review on the 3 things the Treasurer should do in Budget 2026 — and the 1 thing he should not do.

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Election 2025: Where the money came from - Grattan Institute New data underscore the need to improve the rules about money in politics.

Election 2025: Where the money came from

Clear, cut-through analysis by Kate Griffiths and Matt Bowes from Grattan Institute

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The government has promised a $25 billion boost to hospital funding – but only hints at real reform The deal struck between states and territories and the federal government follows a long-running standoff. Here’s what’s been agreed, and what’s still missing.

The government has promised a $25b boost to hospital funding – but only hints at real reform

Sharp analysis of today’s National Cabinet deal, by @GrattanInst health policy guru @PeterBreadon

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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.

“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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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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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...

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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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

11/ Together, these reforms would create a fairer and more effective system to better meet the needs of Australians with psychosocial disability – and all within the current NDIS budget. buff.ly/5IrYFzK

10/ Fourth, make the federal, state, and territory governments jointly responsible – and accountable – for designing and delivering the program.

Chart showing the National Psychosocial Disability Program would triple PHN program funding in less than a decade

9/ Third, direct Primary Health Networks to lead regional planning, commissioning, and coordination, balancing national consistency with local flexibility.

8/ Second, deliver consistent psychosocial supports nationwide, including one-on-one support facilitation, so people can get the support they need, regardless of where they live.

Chart showing Grattan Institute’s proposed National Psychosocial Disability Program comprises three types of service. Services include Support facilitation Building one-on-one relationships to understand consumers’ needs and coordinate and broker their supports Flexible funding for psychosocial supports Commissioning a range of evidence-based and recovery-oriented supports tailored to local needs Flexible funding for Social and Emotional Wellbeing supports Commissioning supports that centre Social and Emotional Well-being to meet First Nations peoples' distinct needs Enablers include: Regional coordination and commissioning Fostering collaboration between relevant sectors and agencies, and ensuring the system works together to commission locally relevant services Governance and accountability Ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and accountability measures for governments, commissioners, and providers to ensure efficient delivery of high-quality supports

7/ First, governments should establish a new National Psychosocial Disability Program, outside the NDIS but funded within existing contributions to the scheme, to provide support for a further 130,000 adults with the most significant needs.

6/ Our report shows that this gap can be closed without spending any more public money – by redirecting some NDIS funds to ensure Australians can get help whether they are in the scheme or not, and no matter where they live.

5/ This gap is fuelling a growing problem. People without adequate support are more likely to be homeless, admitted to hospital, or have their needs escalate – adding pressure to systems already under strain.

Chart showing service coverage for people with significant psychosocial disability is different by state – but most need is unmet

4/ Outside the NDIS, access to support is a postcode lottery. Services are patchy, underfunded, and inconsistent. Most needs still go unmet.

Chart showing the NDIS has rapidly emerged as a substantial funder for supports for people with mental health challenges

3/ Last year the NDIS provided nearly $6b to support about 66k people with psychosocial disability, but many people are missing out. More support is needed for people who do not meet the NDIS eligibility criteria.

2/ Psychosocial disability is when someone’s mental health challenges make it difficult for them to function day-to-day.

Chart showing most people with significant psychosocial disability are missing out

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.

A photo of two people talking at sunset. Text on the image reads: New Grattan Report Bridging the Gap Meeting the needs of Australians 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

The policy reform clock is ticking - Grattan Institute The government should begin to rebalance the income tax system. Here’s how.

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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