Boosting productivity growth and improving outcomes from markets and quasi-markets should be a priority for all governments.Â
Competition drives innovation, so can spur productivity growth and thereby growth in living standards. Government policy can alter the dynamics of competition generally, and sector-specific regulation can have an even bigger effect on competition.
Aruna Sathanapally
CEO and Economic Prosperity and Democracy Program Director
Dr Aruna Sathanapally joined the Grattan Institute as CEO in February 2024. She heads a team of leading policy thinkers, researching and advocating policy to improve the lives of Australians. A former NSW barrister and senior public servant, Aruna has worked on the design of public institutions, economic policy, and evidence-based public policy and regulation for close to twenty years.
Trent Wiltshire
Economic Prosperity Deputy Program Director
Trent Wiltshire is the Deputy Program Director of Grattan Institute’s Economic Prosperity program. He previously worked at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance, as Domain Group’s economist, and at the Reserve Bank of Australia