Powering through: how to restore confidence in the National Electricity Market
REPORTby Tony Wood and David Blowers
Urgent action is needed to reduce the risk of power blackouts this summer. But the danger is politicians panicking and rushing to decisions that push up electricity prices and make it harder to cut emissions. What’s needed is market reform, not government investments in generation.
NEWS
18 July 2017
The superannuation lobby’s field of straw menThe Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has accused the Grattan Institute of using flawed analysis about Australians’ retirement incomes. It’s just the latest example of the superannuation industry preferring its own straw men to some uncomfortable truths.
PODCAST
17 July 2017
Higher education funding – the pressures, the changes and possible solutionsA conversation with Higher Education Fellow, Ittima Cherastidtham. Higher education is a complex sector. There are many types of providers from universities to private providers and TAFEs. And with Higher Education getting a lot of attention during this year’s Budget from the Coalition, there is one issue that has and will continue to remain – that of the tension between private and public funding.
GRATTAN STREAMING
11 July 2017
Housing affordability: Resurrecting the Australian dream – MelbourneIn this Policy Pitch event at the State Library of Victoria, Sally Capp (Victorian Executive Director at the Property Council of Australia), Nicki Hutley (Director & Chief Economist at Urbis) and Brendan Coates (Fellow at Grattan Institute) discussed the problems, and weighed the options for reform.
Reports
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21 May 2017
Powering through: how to restore confidence in the National Electricity Market -
1 May 2017
Building better foundations for primary care -
19 March 2017
What price value capture? -
13 March 2017
Price shock: Is the retail electricity market failing consumers? -
5 March 2017
Cutting a better drug deal
News & Opinion
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20 July 2017
Fiscal stimulus in an age of debt: how much stimulus are we planning? -
18 July 2017
The superannuation lobby’s field of straw men -
17 July 2017
Why energy reform has to be delivered by the Coalition -
16 July 2017
Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into the operations of existing and proposed toll roads in Australia -
4 July 2017
Higher education fees are rising – so is it still worthwhile enrolling?
Speeches & Events
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11 July 2017
Housing affordability: Resurrecting the Australian dream – Melbourne -
28 June 2017
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s Review of the Security of the National Electricity Market – Sydney -
27 June 2017
Australia’s budget woes – Canberra -
22 June 2017
Energy Futures Seminar: Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s Review of the Security of the National Electricity Market -
14 June 2017
Engaging students: creating better classroom environments for learning – Sydney
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Productivity Growth
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Danielle Wood
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Tony Wood
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School Education
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Higher Education
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Transport and Cities
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Australian Perspectives
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Australian Perspectives
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Australian Perspectives
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