Orange Book 2022: Policy priorities for the federal government

by Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Tony Wood, Marion Terrill, Stephen Duckett, Jordana Hunter, Kat Clay

28.02.2022 Podcast
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Australia needs bold policy reform to build back better after the COVID recession.

Our 2022 Orange Book maps out a policy blueprint to reignite wages growth and boost Australians’ living standards.

Listen to our CEO and Program Directors discussing their recommendations for the next federal government – whether Coalition or Labor – from the 2022 Orange Book.

Brendan Coates
Former Housing and Economic Security Program Director
Brendan Coates was the Housing and Economic Security Program Director at Grattan Institute, where he leads Grattan’s work on housing, retirement incomes and superannuation.

Tony Wood
Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow
Tony is the Energy and Climate Change Senior Fellow at Grattan Institute. He was previously the Program Director, from 2011 to 2025, and before then worked at Origin Energy in senior executive roles for 14 years. From 2009 to 2014 he was also Program Director of Clean Energy Projects at the Clinton Foundation, advising governments in the Asia-Pacific region on effective deployment of large-scale, low-emission energy technologies.

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Danielle Wood – CEO

Grattan CEO Danielle Wood sitting on orange couch