Dropping out: the benefits and costs of trying university
REPORTby Andrew Norton and Ittima Cherastidtham
More than 50,000 students who started university in Australia this year will drop out. Part-time students are particularly at risk. Policy makers should do more to reduce the number of young people who leave university with nothing but debt and regret.
NEWS
14 May 2018
Finkel Review and the future marketCEDA has selected an address by Grattan’s Energy Program Director Tony Wood as one of its Top 10 speeches on energy policy over the past decade. The speech, delivered in June 2017, highlighted the importance of the Finkel Energy Review, beyond its headline-attracting call for a Clean Energy Target.
NEWS
11 May 2018
The Coalition’s tax plan favours the rich and doesn’t solve bracket creep for middle-income earnersThe top 20 per cent of income earners in Australia will benefit most from the Turnbull government’s tax plan, unveiled in the 2018 budget. Our analysis shows most of the revenue reductions to government from the plan are the result of lower taxes on high-income earners.
PODCAST
09 May 2018
Gonski 2.0 - where to from here?A conversation with School Education Fellow Julie Sonnemann. Following the release of the recommendations from the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools, we ask what Gonski 2.0 has found, why it has received a cold reception among some in the industry and how the implementation of Gonski’s findings should be managed.
Reports
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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 -
25 February 2018
Unfreezing discount rates: transport infrastructure for tomorrow
News & Opinion
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23 May 2018
Why an adaptive education system would improve school outcomes -
22 May 2018
We can’t begin to fix our housing crisis until our leaders start levelling with the public -
15 May 2018
Five things we wouldn’t know without NAPLAN -
14 May 2018
Finkel Review and the future market -
14 May 2018
Will the banking royal commission push down property prices?
Speeches & Events
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15 May 2018
Australian retirement incomes: do we have a problem? – Melbourne -
16 May 2018
Energy Futures Seminar: National Energy Guarantee – why is it so important and what happens next? – Sydney -
02 May 2018
Gonski 2.0 Review: What the Commonwealth should do (and not do) to drive improvement in school education – Brisbane -
17 April 2018
Safer care saves money – Melbourne -
11 April 2018
Energy Futures Seminar: What does a truly sustainable electricity network look like? – Melbourne
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Tony Wood
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Peter Goss
School Education
Julie Sonnemann -
Higher Education
Andrew Norton
Higher Education
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Transport and Cities
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Transport and Cities
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Australian Perspectives
John Daley
Australian Perspectives
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