How to prevent pork-barrelling in Australian politics - Podcast

How to prevent pork-barrelling in Australian politics

by Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths, Anika Stobart, Kat Clay

22.08.2022 Podcast
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From sports rorts to regional slush funds, there seems to be no end of pork-barrelling scandals, where governments have been caught using public money to target certain voters for political gain.

This week the Grattan podcast discusses the second report in the New Politics series, on what governments can do to stop pork-barrelling.

Host Kat Clay is joined by Grattan’s CEO, Danielle Wood, and her co-authors Kate Griffiths and Anika Stobart from Grattan’s Budgets and Government team.

Read the report

https://youtu.be/m_8wLTwhPcI

Danielle Wood
Chief Executive Officer
Danielle Wood is CEO of the Grattan Institute where she heads a team of leading policy thinkers, researching and advocating policy to improve the lives of Australians. Danielle also leads Grattan’s Budgets and Government Program.

Kate Griffiths
Budgets and Government Deputy Program Director
Kate Griffiths is the Deputy Program Director of Grattan Institute’s Budgets and Government Program. She previously worked for The Boston Consulting Group with clients in the energy and health sectors, and in science and research policy for the federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

Anika Stobart
Senior Associate
Anika Stobart is a Senior Associate at Grattan Institute. She advocates for evidence based reform on social, health, economic, and environmental issues, and has experience working in government and not-for-profit organisations.

Kat Clay
Head of Digital Communications
Kat Clay is the Head of Digital Communications at Grattan Institute. She has more than a decade of experience in digital content and creative services across the non-profit and government sectors.

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Danielle Wood – CEO

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