Generation gap: ensuring a fair go for younger Australians
REPORTby Danielle Wood and Kate Griffiths
Today’s young Australians are falling behind. If low wage growth and fewer working hours is the new normal, we could have a generation emerge from young adulthood with lower living standards than the one before it at the same age.
NEWS
06 August 2019
Why gas prices are likely to stay highSupply and prices will not improve without additional supply sources. And prices are most unlikely to fall to their historical levels of around a third of current prices.
NEWS
05 August 2019
On any view, the case for higher compulsory super hasn’t been madeAt the heart of the debate over higher compulsory superannuation sit big trade-offs that are too rarely acknowledged. Grattan’s work on retirement incomes shows that raising compulsory super would be bad for workers, pensioners, and taxpayers.
News
08 August 2019
Despite the scare campaigns, an inheritance tax makes a lot of economic senseA tax reform package that includes an inheritance tax with a corresponding drop in income taxes makes sense. But will any political party run the risk of the inevitable scare campaign?
Reports
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18 August 2019
Generation gap: ensuring a fair go for younger Australians -
11 August 2019
Risks and rewards: when is vocational education a good alternative to higher education? -
15 July 2019
The history and purposes of private health insurance -
30 June 2019
Budget blues: why the Stage 3 income tax cuts should wait
News & Opinion
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14 August 2019
The rewards of vocational education need to be better known -
12 August 2019
Uni versus TAFE: the gender divide -
8 August 2019
Despite the scare campaigns, an inheritance tax makes a lot of economic sense -
7 August 2019
Why gas prices are likely to stay high
Podcasts
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12 August 2019
When is vocational education a good alternative to higher education? -
5 August 2019
What would it take to end homelessness in Queensland? -
2 July 2019
Hydrogen: coming to a stovetop near you? – Sydney -
6 June 2019
How governments can help struggling Australians with rising housing costs – Melbourne
Submissions
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15 August 2019
Off target: why Mercer’s critique of our retirement modelling misses the mark -
8 July 2019
Unis should not pay the Government’s HELP administrative costs -
8 July 2019
How to make hospital funding fairer -
17 June 2019
How to improve NAPLAN
Presentations
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6 August 2019
Prosthesis pricing needs fundamental reform -
5 August 2019
Implications of falling trust for Australia’s politics and society -
5 August 2019
Priorities for the retirement incomes review -
2 August 2019
Private health insurance under challenge
Events
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20 August 2019
The choice between vocational and higher education – Melbourne -
23 July 2019
Energy Futures: Whither Australian energy policy over the next 3 years? – Melbourne -
16 July 2019
Private health insurance under challenge – Melbourne -
02 July 2019
Hydrogen: coming to a stovetop near you? – Sydney
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