
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now
REPORTby John Daley, Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Stephen Duckett, Julie Sonnemann, Marion Terrill and Tony Wood
To help Australia recover from the COVID-19 recession, the Government should inject $70 billion to $90 billion in extra economic stimulus, including revamping and extending JobKeeper.
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Household Finances Program Director
Brendan CoatesBrendan’s research focuses on tax reform, economic and budget policy, retirement incomes and superannuation, housing, transport infrastructure and cities. Before Grattan, Brendan worked as a macro-financial economist with the World Bank in Indonesia and Latin America, and prior to that, he undertook a number of roles with the Australian Treasury in areas such as tax-transfer system reform, financial and commodities markets analysis and macro-economic forecasting, including as part of the Treasury’s China Policy Unit. Brendan holds a Masters of International Development Economics from the Australian National University and Bachelors of Commerce and Arts from the University of Melbourne.
Program Topics
Reports
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28 June 2020
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now -
19 April 2020
Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock -
2 February 2020
No free lunch: higher super means lower wages -
16 April 2019
Commonwealth Orange Book 2019: Policy priorities for the federal government -
6 November 2018
Money in retirement: more than enough
News & Opinion
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30 November 2020
The pension is here to stay (and that’s a good thing) -
22 November 2020
Australia needs new-generation thinking on retirement incomes -
20 November 2020
5 key takeaways from the Retirement Income Review -
10 November 2020
JobMaker needs to be far more ambitious -
19 October 2020
No snapback: Australia is heading for an unreasonably slow recovery
Podcasts
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23 November 2020
Why Social Housing Is Good Stimulus – Podcast -
14 September 2020
Is early access to super a bad idea? Podcast -
20 April 2020
Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock -
2 March 2020
Balancing Act: managing the trade-offs in retirement incomes policy
Submissions
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26 October 2020
JobMaker needs to be more ambitious -
7 July 2020
How to reduce homelessness -
16 March 2020
Tackling homelessness in Victoria -
1 March 2020
Balancing Act: managing the trade-offs in retirement incomes policy
Presentations
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9 September 2020
Homelessness is a growing problem -
2 December 2019
Housing in retirement: the emerging challenge to Australians’ retirement incomes -
9 September 2019
Lessons from the National Rental Affordability Scheme -
5 August 2019
Priorities for the retirement incomes review
Events
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11 December 2020
How healthy is our retirement income system? Webinar Event -
27 March 2020
The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19: webinar -
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 -
21 May 2019
What should the next Federal Government do on retirement incomes? — Sydney