Shared interest: a universal loan fee for HELP
REPORTby Andrew Norton and Ittima Cherastidtham
A 15 per cent loan fee on all new tertiary education lending could save the Commonwealth $700 million a year and make HELP fairer and stronger.
NEWS
09 December 2016
Mike Baird can make real reforms in response to the light rail sagaIf Premier Baird wants his legacy projects to finish on budget, he should demand much more than closer monitoring of costs as projects are built.
NEWS
04 January 2017
Productivity and geography: Presentation to Productivity Commission ConferenceWhile economic growth has been concentrated in cities for some time, the trend has really accelerated in the past decade. Half of all jobs growth is now within a 2km radius of the city centres in both Melbourne and Sydney, reflecting the increasing share of new jobs in services industries where physical proximity really matters.
GRATTAN STREAMING
07 December 2016
Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2016Every year Grattan Institute releases a summer reading list for the Prime Minister. Watch a recording of this year's launch event with Sabra Lane at the State Library of Victoria.
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4 December 2016
Shared interest: a universal loan fee for HELP -
30 November 2016
Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister 2016 -
27 November 2016
Circuit breaker: a new compact on school funding -
22 November 2016
A sugary drinks tax: recovering the community costs of obesity -
20 November 2016
Age of entitlement: age-based tax breaks
News & Opinion
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4 January 2017
Productivity and geography: Presentation to Productivity Commission Conference -
20 December 2016
What Problem is Being Solved: ‘preventability’ and the case of pricing for safety and quality -
20 December 2016
MYEFO was just another example of politicians playing favourites on infrastructure -
19 December 2016
2016-17 MYEFO experts’ response: more of the same is not good enough -
19 December 2016
Health Policies for an Ageing Australia
Speeches & Events
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14 December 2016
National Electricity Market Review – Preliminary Report -
07 December 2016
Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2016 -
10 November 2016
Potential Pathways to Decarbonisation -
08 November 2016
Dynamism or descent: What can Australia do to avoid the slow growth trap? -
04 November 2016
Webinar – Transport infrastructure: is government investment going to equip us for the future?
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