Prioritising a government’s agenda
REPORTby John Daley
Australian governments would be better at policy reform if they prioritised their agenda better. Here’s how they can do it.
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Senior Fellow
John DaleyJohn was the Chief Executive of the Grattan Institute for eleven years. He has published extensively on economic reform priorities, budget policy, tax reform, housing affordability, and generational inequality. This work is underpinned by themes of prioritising government initiatives, and the limits to government effectiveness.
John graduated from the University of Oxford in 1999 with a DPhil in public law after completing an LLB (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Melbourne in 1990. He has worked at the University of Oxford, the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, consulting firm McKinsey and Co, and ANZ Bank in fields including law, public policy, strategy, and finance.
Program Topics
Reports
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20 September 2020
Prioritising a government’s agenda -
28 June 2020
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now -
2 December 2019
Summer reading list for the Prime Minister 2019 -
16 April 2019
Commonwealth Orange Book 2019: Policy priorities for the federal government -
3 December 2018
Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister 2018
News & Opinion
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21 September 2020
How governments can prioritise their agenda better -
3 September 2020
When it comes to policy reform, the good old days really were better -
24 March 2020
COVID-19: We’re running out of time to use Endgame C -
21 March 2020
COVID-19: The endgame, and how to get there -
20 February 2020
Coronavirus could have a devastating impact on Australia’s universities
Podcasts
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9 October 2020
Hard hat or hard-hit? Evaluating the 2020 Federal Budget – Podcast -
21 September 2020
How governments should prioritise their agenda -
20 July 2020
Grattan’s origins and achievements: Danielle Wood interviews John Daley -
2 March 2020
Balancing Act: managing the trade-offs in retirement incomes policy
Submissions
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6 December 2019
NSW should swap stamp duties for a broad-based property tax -
15 August 2019
Off target: why Mercer’s critique of our retirement modelling misses the mark -
15 July 2019
Default insurance in superannuation: time we put members’ interests first -
23 July 2018
The Government’s draft super Bill will make retirees better off
Presentations
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3 July 2020
CEO handover speech by John Daley -
2 December 2019
Housing in retirement: the emerging challenge to Australians’ retirement incomes -
23 October 2019
Policy priorities after the ‘Morrison miracle’ -
9 September 2019
Lessons from the National Rental Affordability Scheme
Events
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06 July 2020
How Australia can recover from the COVID-19 crisis – Webinar event -
27 March 2020
The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19: webinar -
03 December 2019
Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2019 -
26 June 2019
What would it take to end homelessness in Queensland -
04 June 2019
How governments can help struggling Australians with rising housing costs – Melbourne