Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from The Grattan Institute

The cheapest reliable energy system to meet Australia’s climate targets? Solar and wind, no question

There has been a lot of commentary about how to measure the cost of renewables – but much of it misses the point

The Guardian - AU

Households will need government help to turn off gas

Australia needs a deadline for ditching gas appliances like cooktops and hot water heaters, a new Grattan report has found.

The New Daily

'No time to waste' to get off gas: Grattan Institute

A key public policy think tank wants tax incentives for landlords and low-cost loans for home owners to encourage them to move from gas to electric appliances.

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Labor plans to stamp out the exploitation of migrant workers, but it won’t succeed until we treat it like tax avoidance

The exploitation of migrants is widespread in Australia. Our recent report for the Grattan Institute, Short-changed, found that as many as one in six migrant workers are paid less than the national minimum wage, which is meant to be the least a worker in Australia can be paid.

The Conversation

Migrant worker exploitation is a big problem. Here’s how we fix it

Migrants were front and centre during the worst of the pandemic, yet too many migrant workers are exploited in Australia.

The New Daily

Migrant workers in Australia twice as likely underpaid

A report from the Grattan Institute finds temporary migrant workers are more likely to be underpaid and employers need to be put on notice with jail and fines.

AAP

One in six migrant workers are 'exploited', but many Australians are also paid below the national minimum wage

One in six migrants are paid less than the national minimum wage and the exploitation is also undercutting local workers, according to a new report by the Grattan Institute.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Housing advocacy groups fear Labor-Greens clash could scuttle $10bn fund

Adam Bandt warns it will be ‘terrible’ if Labor forces vote on bill, as campaigners urge it to renegotiate

The Guardian - AU

Federal budget: Labor to collect billions more in petroleum resource rent tax

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and finance minister Katy Gallagher announce changes ahead of budget tipped to be at or near surplus

The Guardian - AU

$60m a day: soaring interest bill on Australia’s debt eclipses cost of childcare or infrastructure

Jim Chalmers says $112bn cost over five years is one of fastest growing pressures on budget, blaming Coalition for the ‘mess’ it left

The Guardian - AU

Australia's budget is a 'hell of a mess'. The government is not collecting enough, and you are paying too much

The government is not collecting enough money, and you are paying too much, says the former Treasury boss.

ABC News

Flush with cash, government is crying poor before budget

The budget balance is in the black – which makes compulsory doomsaying and lowering of expectations much harder to pull off for Jim Chalmers.

The New Daily

Many teachers find planning with colleagues a waste of time. Here's how to improve it

Creating protected time for teachers to collaborate with colleagues provides – in theory – an opportunity for teachers to improve teaching, and reduces the time they have to spend in the evenings and on weekends preparing for class.

The Conversation

Australia is not a high-tax country. So why can’t we have a conversation about the T word?

We need to get real about how we pay for the services we want if we are to fund a growing budget challenge

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The New Daily

Major tax reform on ‘menu of options’ ahead of budget

Raising the GST, trimming defence spending and reforming tax breaks on super are some of the options the Grattan Institute has suggest to repair the budget.

AAP

Major tax reform on 'menu of options' ahead of budget

Raising the GST, trimming defence spending and reforming tax breaks on super are some of the options the Grattan Institute has suggest to repair the budget.

The Guardian - AU

Redesigned stage-three tax cuts among options that could halve $50bn budget deficit, report says

More changes to super tax breaks and a royalty on offshore gas suggested as Grattan Institute warns deficit must shrink to avoid rising debt interest bill

The Guardian - AU

Super tax breaks costing $45bn a year are ‘inheritance schemes’ for Australia’s rich, new report says

The Grattan Institute report recommends 10 changes to superannuation taxation that could save the budget billions a year

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Superannuation tax breaks require far more radical overhaul, argues Grattan Institute

While the federal government gears up for a battle on its plans to increase tax on very large superannuation balances, the Grattan Institute argues super tax changes should go much, much further.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Grattan Institute

the Fair Work Ombudsman

29 stories

Homelessness Australia

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.