Mostly working: Australia’s wholesale electricity market
REPORTby Tony Wood and David Blowers
Wholesale electricity prices rose by 130 per cent between 2015 and 2017. But governments can’t fix the problem, because most of the price rises are caused by issues beyond their control. Politicians should tell Australians the harsh truth: high electricity prices are the new normal.
NEWS
02 July 2018
Introducing the Grattan Retirement Incomes ModelThe Grattan Institute has developed a retirement incomes model to assess the adequacy of current retirement income policy settings, the Grattan Retirement Incomes Model. This presentation introduces the model, shows how it is constructed and evaluates the adequacy of retirement incomes in Australia.
NEWS
27 June 2018
False dawn for hospital safetyA new era starts for hospital safety in Australia on 1 July – or at least that is what the official rhetoric would have us believe. On that day, new financial incentives commence which will target an official list of “hospital-acquired complications”.
PODCAST
01 July 2018
Mostly working: Australia’s wholesale electricity marketA conversation with Energy Program Director, Tony Wood and Associate Lucy Percival. Wholesale electricity prices rose by 130 per cent between 2015 and 2017. But governments can’t fix the problem, because most of the price rises are caused by issues beyond their control. Politicians should tell Australians the harsh truth: high electricity prices are the new normal.
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1 July 2018
Mostly working: Australia’s wholesale electricity market -
29 April 2018
Dropping out: the benefits and costs of trying university -
25 March 2018
Down to the wire: A sustainable electricity network for Australia -
12 March 2018
A crisis of trust: The rise of protest politics in Australia -
4 March 2018
Housing affordability: re-imagining the Australian dream
News & Opinion
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18 July 2018
Explaining Australia’s school funding debate: what’s at stake -
17 July 2018
AEMO’s new electricity plan is neither a death knell nor a shot in the arm for coal -
16 July 2018
Getting an initial specialists’ appointment is the hidden waitlist -
13 July 2018
Policy overload: why the ACCC says household solar subsidies should be abolished -
12 July 2018
Argument for subsidies has no power in economic merit based world
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24 July 2018
Energy Futures Seminar: The way back to affordable electricity – Melbourne -
04 July 2018
Safer care saves money – Brisbane -
03 July 2018
Post-Gonski 2.0: Supporting evidence-based teaching practice in the classroom – Melbourne -
26 June 2018
The future of Australia’s super system – Canberra -
12 June 2018
Dropping out of university: when does it matter, how can it be reduced? – Melbourne
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