Our health system is under growing strain. Universal health insurance was created for a much younger Australia: when Medibank began in 1975, fewer than one in 10 Australians was 65 or older. Today, it...

Report on the 2026 ANU Solar Oration delivered by Alison Reeve, Energy and Climate Change Program Director at Grattan Institute and Visiting Fellow at ICEDS.

In areas groaning under pressure, it’s not just One Nation’s stance on migration that appeals to voters.

The guild has written to multiple supporters of the Grattan Institute urging them to rethink their backing of the think tank after the publication of its highly critical Future Pharmacy report.

The GST has a critical role to play. We need to make it do more.

Ian Lambert sees no link between privilege and abuse. ‘We do not accept that charges against individual students establish a failure of education, or that a difference between our methods and others’ ...

The government needs to keep up the pace of economic reform

Donald Trump’s disastrous military escapade in Iran has alienated allies, boosted enemies and mutilated America’s power base in the Middle East.

Successive reports from integrity bodies have found the Labor government acted improperly across a range of issues over the years. It’s time that changed.

Of course the PM attends ‘lots of dinners’. But we should be confident he is there for the ideas, not the money.

The best that Victorian taxpayers can hope for is that our state government has a change of heart on this massive money-sink.

The Russians lack men and the US lacks munitions, to continue wars their leaders chose to start, unprovoked.

Australia’s disability employment system is failing those who need it most. Prioritisingopen employment is the route to better results

Its time to get patients a better deal.

The peak body for pharmacy owners outspends the Minerals Council of Australia on political donations. It has amassed significant power over the industry, and policy, with little transparency for pract...

Community pharmacy policy in Australia is controlled by pharmacy owners, and patients and taxpayers are losing out.

The partial demolition of the historic 1935 clubroom building goes completely against Council’s heritage advice.

Born at a Carlton cafe nearly 20 years ago, how influential has the Grattan Institute been, is it a haven for bureaucratic lefties and what does its future hold?

Australian politics is in the chaotic phase. The ALP, One Nation and the Coalition compete. One party will be flung into oblivion.

The government put out a delayed, inadequate response to a report calling for gambling ad reform on budget day. Is it hoping we won’t spot it?

The government should slow down on the blunt cuts and speed up on the harder task.

Former Howard-era adviser says Pauline Hanson’s party is channelling Donald Trump’s health agenda

Australians who use the National Disability Insurance Scheme are facing an anxious wait with political gridlock in Canberra. The Federal Government, Greens and Coalition have been considering post-bud...

Grattan Institute’s 2026 Budget cheat sheet has the answers

ANALYSIS: The coming budget provides an opportunity to make tax reforms that help keep the nation afloat during the present crisis, while providing equity and balance for future generations.

Energy demand is up and prices are down. How does that work? And why is the Coalition still not on board?

There are ways to fix it and it's not all about bulk-billing.

ANALYSIS: The coming budget provides an opportunity to make tax reforms that help keep the nation afloat during the present crisis, while providing equity and balance for future generations.

The budget will be a threshold moment for Anthony Albanese as he stares down wealthy Baby Boomers and strikes a blow for generational equity. It will be his biggest political risk to date.

Intergenerational fairness is becoming a new focus for the Albanese government, but just how far it will go remains to be seen.

The real test will be whether this ambitious agenda can be delivered at pace and translate into enduring system change.

Those who aren’t doing well in the economy are less likely to be happy with the way our democracy is treating them. That’s a problem for everyone.

Australians cannot take the future strength and resilience of our democracy for granted. These are more turbulent times not just for our economy or standard of living, but for liberal democracies them...

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Hobsons Bay council has confirmed that its heritage advisor has recommended the $16 million proposed redevelopment of the Williamstown Swimming and Surf Life Saving Club (WSLSC) not go ahead. In early...

Media rituals based on reporting numbers and trends help us talk about complex issues using simple measures of progress or decline.

With the rise of One Nation and growth of grievance politics, what Labor leaders choose to say to those alienated voters will be key

Cameron Green’s first media appearance since mid-December ended in a fiery exchange outside the WA dressing room during a Sheffield Shield match on Monday.

Allegra Spender lobbed a $29 billion grenade into the tax debate, arguing Australia is becoming a place where your “parents’ balance sheet matters more than your own ambition”.

Losing 20 per cent of oil supply affects prices. But the other 80 per cent is unaffected by the war.

Famed Democrat strategist James Carville says the rest of the world underestimates the ability of America to recover from Donald Trump’s presidency as his power ebbs.