
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.
Program Topics
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Chief Executive Officer
Danielle WoodDanielle is the CEO of the Grattan Institute. She has published extensively on economic reform priorities, budget policy, tax reform, generational inequality and reforming political institutions. She is a sought-after media commentator and speaker on policy issues.
Danielle previously worked at the ACCC, NERA Economic Consulting and the Productivity Commission. She holds an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Adelaide and Masters degrees in Economics and Competition Law, from the University of Melbourne.
Danielle is the National President of the Economic Society of Australia and co-founder and former Chair of the Women in Economics Network.
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Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Fellow
Kate GriffithsKate is a scientist and policy analyst, with experience in government, strategy consulting, and research. Kate joined Grattan in 2015 and has co-authored various reports on budgets, tax, institutional reform, energy, education and health policy.
Prior to joining Grattan, Kate worked for The Boston Consulting Group with clients in the energy and health sectors, and in science and research policy for the Australian Government (Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research & Tertiary Education).
Kate holds a Masters in Science from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the Australian National University.
Reports
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28 June 2020
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now -
16 April 2019
Commonwealth Orange Book 2019: Policy priorities for the federal government -
28 October 2018
State Orange Book 2018: Policy priorities for states and territories -
23 September 2018
Who’s in the room? Access and influence in Australian politics -
12 March 2018
A crisis of trust: The rise of protest politics in Australia
News & Opinion
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1 February 2021
More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it -
10 November 2019
A simple reform to improve our democracy -
7 November 2019
How money is influencing Australian politics -
23 May 2019
Self-interest didn’t swing the election results, but the scare campaign did -
30 April 2019
More grey tsunami than youthquake
Podcasts
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5 February 2021
Donations Data Revealed -
27 July 2020
The future of Grattan and policy in Australia: John Daley interviews Danielle Wood -
17 February 2020
Dark money: How to reform Australia’s political donations system -
17 April 2019
Federal Election 2019: Big ideas for Australia’s next government
Submissions
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3 July 2020
How to make Australian politics cleaner -
7 October 2019
How to make Australian politics cleaner and fairer -
21 August 2019
How to strengthen the integrity of Australian politics -
30 May 2019
How to improve the conduct and regulation of lobbying
Presentations
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5 August 2019
Implications of falling trust for Australia’s politics and society -
18 October 2018
How to fight the battle for gender equality
Events
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24 March 2020
CANCELLED: What women want? Lowering the barriers to female workforce participation – Melbourne -
17 April 2019
Federal Election 2019: Big ideas for Australia’s next government – Melbourne -
19 February 2019
NSW Election 2019: Big ideas for the next government – Sydney -
13 November 2018
State Orange Book 2018: Policy priorities for states and territories – Melbourne -
28 November 2017
Cities and the regions: a growing divide? – Sydney