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Australia’s leading domestic public policy think tank. Independent analysis on economic reform, budgets, education, health, climate & energy, disability.
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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
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
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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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The policy reform clock is ticking - Grattan Institute
The government should begin to rebalance the income tax system. Here’s how.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
🤓 GRATTAN’S 2025 WONKS’ LIST 🤓

In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.

Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
1/ Announcing Grattan’s Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List for 2025! 🎉

Here are the six books we think the PM and all Australians should read over summer. #auspol buff.ly/UbafIPQ
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We’re hiring! Apply for our Associate position and join a team that’s passionate about evidence-based policy. buff.ly/MwmmyBX
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Our Education Program Director, Dr Jordana Hunter, has been named one of the 20 most influential voices in education. News Corp says she's ‘been pivotal in shaping the debate on Australia’s maths problem, school funding, and classroom productivity, to name a few’.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Public hospital budgets are broken. Here's how to fix them.

Our health policy experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin explain in this article for the Conversation. buff.ly/goDUXJ3 #auspol
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
1/ Government spending on public hospitals keeps rising, taking up a growing share of health spending, and of government budgets.

As Australia gets bigger, older, and sicker, spending per person could go up by another third in the next decade.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Public hospitals are under strain, with ambulance ramping, increasing wait times, and burnt-out staff.

Yet spending has been growing by $3b a year.

Australia needs to fix broken hospital budgets and get smarter about spending.

Our new report shows how: buff.ly/Jg6jvVs
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Australia’s commitment to net zero is not a political football. Throwing it away has real consequences, writes @reevealison.bsky.social buff.ly/clZdHkw #auspol
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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It’s a mirage of an energy and climate change policy

The Liberals’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially, writes Grattan Institute policy guru Tony Wood in the Financial Review

#auspol #coal #renewables #NetZero

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A mirage of an energy and climate change policy - Grattan Institute
The Libs’ plan won’t reduce power prices and it won’t reduce emissions substantially.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Melbourne needs lots of new homes - quickly - to ease the housing crisis and let more people live where they want. buff.ly/NAB4N84 #springst
Melbourne needs lots of new homes—quickly - Grattan Institute
The planning system needs to change so the city can stay great.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Melbourne needs lots of new homes - quickly - to ease the housing crisis and let more people live where they want. buff.ly/NAB4N84 #springst
Melbourne needs lots of new homes—quickly - Grattan Institute
The planning system needs to change so the city can stay great.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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The longest city is short on homes

Why Perth needs planning reforms, by Grattan Institute housing policy experts Joey Moloney and Ashleigh Chang in today’s West Australian

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The longest city is short on homes - Grattan Institute
Perth needs planning reform.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Our planning systems are a drag on productivity. That’s a choice Australians can no longer afford. buff.ly/HLIYrOG #auspol
To fix the economy, fix housing - Grattan Institute
Our planning systems are a drag on productivity. That’s a choice Australians can no longer afford.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Reforming rigid land-use rules is key to beating the housing crisis. Brendan Coates explains what governments need to do. buff.ly/cAxLrM5 #auspol
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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To fix the economy, fix housing.

Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney, and Matthew Bowes summarise their blockbuster new Grattan Institute report on Australia’s housing crisis.

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#auspol #nswpol #springst #Insiders

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To fix the economy, fix housing
Australia’s economy is in a post-pandemic slump. To dig us out, state and federal governments must tackle the chronic shortage of housing in our biggest cities.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Building more homes where people most want to live will make housing cheaper and create wealthier, healthier, and more vibrant cities. What are we waiting for? buff.ly/iKBgwgX
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Housing in Australia’s cities is among the least affordable in the world. For decades, we have not built enough housing where people most want to live.

On our latest podcast, @brendan-coates.bsky.social Joey Moloney and @mbowes.bsky.social discuss their new housing report. buff.ly/mQMIh0j #auspol
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
1/ Housing in Australia's major cities is among the least affordable in the world.

A big reason is that we no longer build enough homes, especially where people most want to live.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This new work from @grattaninstitute.bsky.social is nothing short of seminal.

For too long we have let our cities be locked up by bad, unjustifiable land use and housing policy. But the tide is turning on bad policy—and that is for the better.

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November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
3-storey townhouses and apartments should be permitted on all residential land in all capital cities to help fix Australia’s housing crisis.

Building more homes will create cheaper housing and more productive cities. Our new report shows how. buff.ly/NfAM6C7 #auspol
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM