Grattan Institute

Australia’s leading domestic public policy think tank. Independent analysis on economic reform, budgets, education, health, climate & energy, disability.

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Australia has tough decisions to make on gas. And it needs to make them quickly.

Our new report calls on governments need to take more control to achieve climate targets and avoid high prices: https://t.co/v1Mo73RO37

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Interview: Dr Sam Bennett from Grattan Institute on the future of the NDIS | SBS News

@GrattanInst ⁦@samhbenn⁩ ⁦@SBSNews⁩ #auspol #NDIS
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What do car-parks have to do with Australia's housing crisis? More than you'd think.
Mandatory parking rules are adding as much as $137,000 to the price of a typical two-bedroom apartment.
Grattan’s new report says it's time to axe the rules: https://t.co/QDLpAZxoV1

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Budgets are hundreds of decisions about how the government will tax and spend — but how many people will actually be affected?

Grattan’s 2026 Budget cheat sheet breaks it down, read more here: https://t.co/DeJitQR3Ng

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Australia has just poured billions into general practice, but the new spending has deepened problems with how we fund GPs.

A new Grattan policy brief sets out how to fix it: https://t.co/4kzULcnfdV

[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

“It's like handing out drought relief without checking which farms had too little rain.”

Peter Breadon and Molly Chapman from @GrattanInst show that the way the govt pays GP clinics simply doesn't work in ‘GP deserts’.

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[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

Colliding imperatives

@GrattanInst CEO Aruna Sathanapally in the @SatPaper on #Budget2026

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[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

The NDIS reform package.

The @GrattanInst verdict, by ⁦@samhbenn⁩

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https://t.co/h8oCVZ78zl

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Australians cannot take the future strength and resilience of our democracy for granted. Our new report finds democracy is backsliding globally — and exposes warning signs for Australia. We've identified five priorities for building a better democracy: https://t.co/4lGvvJfOXH

[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

The @GrattanInst verdict on the fuel excise cut:

Not as terrible as some economic commentators suggest.

But shouldn’t become embedded in our policy response to the oil shock.

And the long-term solution is to move to an electrified economy.

https://t.co/1lMJNAF9jx

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Don’t panic at the pump.

Our energy expert @tony_r_wood says that while losing 20 per cent of oil supply affects prices, the other 80 per cent is unaffected by the war.

https://t.co/wN8gDZMdrG

#auspol #Iran

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Don’t panic

By @tony_r_wood

https://t.co/qiWfYqOprj #auspol #Iran #war #oil

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.@BrendanCoates has made some of the most important contributions to public discussion of housing policy.
He will be greatly missed.
As partial compensation, we can be confident the government will be getting sensible, evidence-based advice.
https://t.co/Ik3W36HJ15

[Peter Tulip @peter_tulip]

If Australia had a Federal government interested in housing supply and affordability, it would be evaluating and comparing state government reforms.
Instead, we have to rely on 3 guys at @GrattanInst.

[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

‘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_r_wood from @GrattanInst in today’s @australian

https://t.co/vlAoO6XrXP

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'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: https://t.co/Jm6Bz8jHgE

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Why does Budget 2026 need to tackle negative gearing AND the capital gains discount together? Our CEO Aruna Sathanapally explains on ABC TV. https://t.co/Smf1PJ2p4Q

[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

My boss wrote a piece in support of migration – and migrants.

It’s good. Makes me proud.

https://t.co/pCfIWtspTO #auspol @GrattanInst

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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: https://t.co/zIxDGyWSlL

[Paul Austin @PaulNAustin]

‘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% – it’s a reasonable target, but it won’t materialise without a more ambitious plan.’

@GrattanInst disability expert Sam Bennett

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