A Blueprint For The Next Government
20 August 2010 | Publication | Australian Perspective
Election campaigns are rarely about the tough decisions that will make a real difference to Australia's future. For the Commonwealth Government elected on 21 August, whoever that might be, taking principled but tough decisions that respond to the emerging challenges and endemic difficult problems will define the character of the government and their contribution to Australia's history. In an article published online in the National Times, John Daley reflects on what this might look like.
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Teacher quality key to better student performance and productivity
17 August 2010 | Publication | School Education
Better education is the most important single area to get right in public policy. Investing in the quality of teaching will provide greater returns to individuals and the economy than any initiative on the reform agenda today. It also has vital non-economic benefits such as contributing to wellbeing, health, social mobility and reduced crime rates. John Daley and Ben Jensen outline why Australia needs to develop an ambitious evidence-based education reform agenda.
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Putting a Price on Carbon
13 August 2010 | Publication | Energy
Unfortunately, Australian energy efficiency policy to date has been a series of grab-bag ideas, which have not been integrated into a considered and comprehensive strategy. In a three part article published online by the Climate Spectator, Tristan Edis explains why cold, hard statistical evidence suggests carbon pricing should be easy, and why politicians do not seem to believe this, and how we might be able to overcome this impasse.
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We Need More Doctors In The House
17 July 2010 | Publication | Health
In an article published in the Weekend Australia, David Penington discusses the need for health professionals to play a larger role in order to ensure real reform in Australian hospitals.
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More Bark Than Bite
22 July 2010 | Publication | Energy
Research suggests that Australia can afford to place a price on carbon, even without a comprehensive global treaty. In a PointCarbon article, John Daley and Tristan Edis look at how a price on carbon could impact Australia.
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No Action on Emissions is a Costly Option
15 July 2010 | Publication | Energy
The climate change debate is inevitably influenced by the desire to minimise short-term political pain. Clearly, reducing carbon emissions is not going to be painless. However, doing nothing is also going to be painful. And measures that minimise the short-term political pain are liable to substantially increase the long-term economic cost.
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The Cities We Need - A Grattan Report
28 June 2010 | Publication | Cities
This is the first report from our Cities Program, and aims to set an agenda for thinking about the future of Australia's cities. The report asks how our cities meet the individual needs of their residents, both material and psychological, and identifies emerging challenges to meeting these needs.
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A Liveable City
17 June 2010 | Publication | Cities
Melbourne often 'Tops the Pops' in the Most Liveable Cities of the World charts - but what don't those league tables look at? Jane-Frances Kelly and Helen Morrow explore the question of 'liveability' in an article published recently by the Victorian Council of Social Services.
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Australia's Health System is Ailing
25 May 2010 | Publication | Health
In every Western country, health costs are rising well ahead of the consumer price index. The recent COAG health reforms are insufficient to address Australia's ailing health system, writes David Penington.
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Mapping Social Cohesion: 2009 Scanlon Foundation Report
1 June 2010 | Event | Australian Perspective
Grattan Institute hosted a discussion with Professor Markus to talk about the report's findings. The discussion focused on contemporary immigration and immigrants' experiences of connectedness, social justice, sense of belonging and worth.
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What Teachers Want: Better Teacher Management
24 May 2010 | Publication | School Education
Improving the quality of teachers and teaching should be a central goal of education policy. Evaluating the work of teachers and developing their teaching skills is a key part of improving the quality of teaching. However, an OECD survey reveals that teacher evaluation and development in Australia is poor and amongst the worst in the developed world.
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What Teachers Want: Better Teacher Management - A Grattan Report
25 May 2010 | Event | School Education
Grattan Institute released their second education report on Monday 24 May 2010. Dr Ben Jensen, Program Director School Education presented a seminar about the report's findings.
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Our Water Ways for UK
11 May 2010 | Publication | Australian Perspective
Together with population growth, environmental change is imposing new challenges on the water sector. The impact is already clear in Australia, and as physical conditions change in the UK, Britain looks to Victoria's water management for lessons.
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The Australia of Tomorrow
10 May 2010 | Publication | Australian Perspective
John Daley, CEO Grattan Institute, discussed 'The Australia of Tomorrow' when he delivered a keynote address at the Roads Australia Summit held in Sydney 22 - 23 April 2010.
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People, Pride and Purpose
13 May 2010 | Event | Cities
After decades of decline, Chicago, Glasgow and Manchester are experiencing a renaissance. Different cities have different stories to tell. However, three ingredients are common across all these cities; people, pride and purpose.
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Economic Returns to Education
6 May 2010 | Event | Education
What are the links between education and productivity? With the Australian school education system currently going through a major reform, Grattan Institute hosted a seminar which discussed the relationship between education and economic returns. Will the proposed education reforms make a difference to Australian productivity?
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Restructuring the Australian Economy to Emit Less Carbon
22 April 2010 | Publication | Energy
Industry by industry analysis shows that an Australian carbon price will not result in widespread job losses or higher carbon emissions. Proposed free permits under the CPRS are expensive and will delay restructuring the Australian economy efficiently to emit less carbon.
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Water competition: the UK experience
3 May 2010 | Event | Australian Perspective
Over the past decade, water restrictions have been imposed in many Australian cities. There have also been significant investments to augment supplies, which are coming on-line. With the immediate risks to water security abating, there is now an opportunity to explore how delivery of water services could be improved in the future.
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An Analysis of Victoria's Labour Productivity Performance
15 April 2010 | Publication | Productivity Growth
Saul Eslake addressed a seminar for Victorian public servants from the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Treasury, Premier and Cabinet, and Planning and Community Development where he discussed An analysis of Victoria's labour productivity performance.
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NAPLAN Tests Help Champion Equality in the Classroom
15 April 2010 | Publication | School Education
The Australian Education Union needs to rethink its opposition to NAPLAN, the national testing program being introduced by the federal government.The union has confused the value of the tests with the problems that need to be addressed on the 'MySchool' web site.
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Restructuring the Australian Economy to Emit Less Carbon - A Grattan Event
28 April 2010 | Event | Energy
Grattan Institute released its public report "Restructuring the Australian Economy to Emit Less Carbon" on Thursday 22 April 2010. Using a detailed analysis of Australian industries' own data, the report concludes the proposed free permits being offered by the Federal Government under its carbon pricing scheme are unnecessary. The report also shows that adapting to a carbon price is less difficult than the structural adjustments as a result of tariff reduction, competition policy reforms and the introduction of the GST. John Daley, Grattan Institute's Chief Executive Officer, presented a seminar on Wednesday 28 April, outlining the key findings of the report and discussed the implications for Australian policy making.
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Carbon pricing - is a tax better than emissions trading?
25 March 2010 | Event | Energy
Grattan Institute hosted a seminar on energy policy, with special guest Dr Cameron Hepburn. This seminar provided an opportunity for detailed discussion about climate change policy around the world, and what it means for Australia. We discussed the economics of various options for designing carbon pricing schemes.
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Education Investment Better for Tasmanian Living Standards and Productivity
11 March 2010 | Publication | Productivity Growth
A sustained focus on year 12 retention rates and school performance is needed to lift Tasmanian living standards. Although Tasmanian's outcomes have improved over the last 10 years, Tasmania has significantly lagged the mainland for decades on living standards, life expectancy, long-term unemployment, and disadvantaged children. A fundamental cause is that Tasmanian productivity is significantly behind the mainland in most industries. Productivity could be substantially higher if Tasmania lifted year twelve retention rates and school performance to mainland levels, along with curriculum reform.
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In Defence of Liberty - A Grattan Seminar
11 March 2010 | Event | Australian Perspective
The Hon. Joe Hockey MP, Shadow Treasurer, spoke at Grattan Institute on Thursday 11 March 2010. His speech 'In Defence of Liberty' pursued the theme that as a nation we have not struck the right balance between individual freedoms and collectivism. This will be an influential contribution to a core issue of our times.
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Measuring what matters: student progress
8 February 2010 | Event | School Education
Grattan Institute is released its first public report "Measuring what matters: student progress" on Wednesday 27 January 2010, looking at the issue of measuring school performance. This issue is relevant to the Commonwealth government's launch of the "my school" website of school performance.
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Changing Social Needs and Innovative Ways to Meet Them
4 February 2010 | Event | Cities
Dr Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation, is one of the world's leading experts on social and organisational innovation. Straight from ANZSOG, he gave a mid afternoon seminar for Grattan Institute, sharing his knowledge about social and organisational innovation, what it is and how to it can be applied in Australian cities. He discussed his current research on the changing social needs of society.
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Political Polarisation: Lessons from the United States
1 February 2010 | Event | Australian Perspective
David Brady, Professor of Political Science and Leadership Values, and Deputy Director, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, will be beginning Grattan's 2010 events program, taking part in a Q and A seminar. His knowledge comes from a breadth of areas including public policy, women's movement and internet voting; making him well equipped to discuss political polarisation, and what Australia can learn from the United States.
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ABC Radio National on Grattan's recommended summer reading list for the Prime Minister
10 December 2009 | Media Coverage | Australian Perspective
Nothing marks out the true politician quite like the books they say they will be reading on the beach in summer.
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Australia-US Relationship and the President Partnership Agenda
9 December 2009 | Event | Australian Perspective
Grattan Institute invites you to hear the new US Ambassador, Jeffrey L. Bleich, in his first public appearance in Melbourne. He discussed the Australia-US relationship, and how President Obama plans to strengthen it into the future.
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Governing Growing Cities
1 December 2009 | Event | Cities
Australia is famously one of the most urbanised countries in the world, with our cities producing the bulk of GDP and jobs. Today our cities are on the front line of responding to climate change, and are projected to significantly increase in size.
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The Pricing of Carbon Emissions and International Trade
5 November 2009 | Event | Energy
The United States, the European Union, and other developed nations, including Australia, are moving towards regimes to put a price on carbon emissions. Daniel Price addressed questions such as: Are shifts in location to avoid carbon emission costs likely?
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Ben Jensen joins Grattan Institute
17 September 2009 | Media Release | School Education
Ben Jensen joins Grattan Institute as Education Program Director.
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Trade Policy and Climate Change Policy: Some Inconvenient Truths
9 September 2009 | Event | Energy
The economic distortions associated with arbitrary allocations of free emissions permits to trade exposed industries in Australia is just one part of a global story. Without an effective international approach, this will contribute to a breakdown of the WTO based global trading system. Professor Garnaut discusses the problem and the way out.
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David Penington joins Grattan Institute
4 September 2009 | Media Release | Health
David Penington joins Grattan Institute as a Senior Fellow.
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Jane-Frances Kelly joins Grattan Institute
17 August 2009 | Media Release | Cities
Jane-Frances Kelly joins Grattan Institute as Cities Program Director.
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Saul Eslake joins Grattan Institute
30 July 2009 | Media Release | Productivity Growth
Saul Eslake joins Grattan Institute as Productivity Growth Program Director.
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Thomas E. Mann Visit, Brookings Institution
April 2009 | Event | Australian Perspective
Prestigious US political commentator Thomas E. Mann was brought to Australia by the University of Melbourne as a 2009 Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow and spoke at the launch of Grattan Institute in April 2009.
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Marius Kloppers joins Grattan Board
27 February 2009 | Media Release | Australian Perspective
Marius Kloppers, CEO of BHP Biliton, has joined Grattan Institute's Board of Directors.
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