Marion Terrill

Today the federal gov released their long await electric vehicle strategy, the heart of which is a fuel efficiency standard. A thread - two good things, two for more work - on the proposal. dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/…

1/ Australians could drive cleaner and greener cars, and enjoy better technology and more liveable cities. The Grattan car plan shows how we can do this, saving money for drivers and helping hit Australia’s net zero target. A thread on our new report.

How predictable: another megaproject has suffered another cost blowout @MarionTerrill on the policy lessons from the sorry saga of Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel grattan.edu.au/news/how-predi… #springst #transport

Join me on 11 August for what promises to be a lively discussion on megaprojects, with a high-powered panel of Bede Noonan, Chris Lock, Owen Hayford and Matt Wade grattan.edu.au/event/how-to-g…

Taxpayers should be wary when big business proposes transport projects. grattan.edu.au/news/taxpayers…

There's growing acceptance that spending a generation's worth of transport investment on suburban rail loop is not such a great idea theage.com.au/national/victo…

Taxpayers are paying too much for major road and rail projects in Australia. Governments must drive a harder bargain on contracts with construction firms. Our new report. grattan.edu.au/report/megaban… @MarionTerrill @EmslieOwain @Lach_fox #auspol

Budgeted Commonwealth spending on transport is higher than ever

The era of megaprojects has well and truly arrived johnmenadue.com/the-rise-of-me…

When a government promises to build a road or railway line for a particular price, we should take them seriously – except on price. grattan.edu.au/news/we-should…

All too often, mega transport projects mean mega problems grattan.edu.au/wp-content/upl…

Building more infrastructure without maintaining what we already have - not the best recipe for stimulus afr.com/policy/economy…

More budgeted for transport, and more likely to be spent this year

The 1980s were great in many ways, but a 1989 discount rate is looking distinctly old fasioned. johnmenadue.com/marion-terrill…

With the real interest rate on government borrowing at around zero or lower, it's time to reassess artificially high discount rates used to assess transport infrastructure projects: queenslandeconomywatch.com/2020/07/02/unf…

It's great to see congestion charging recommended for Sydney, in today's draft report of the NSW review of federal financial relations. With COVID, congestion charging for drivers is all the more important. For more on transport in times of COVID, see grattan.edu.au/report/recover….

The Federal Government should inject $70-90b in extra stimulus to help Australia recover from the COVID-19 recession. That’s just one of many recommendations in our new report, The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now. #auspol #ausecon ow.ly/Afl150AjNiZ

I’ll be speaking on how to fix Sydney’s congestion problems next Tuesday 19 November at the State Library of NSW with Owen Hayford and Daniel Veryard. Would love to see you there. Register here for tickets: eventbrite.com.au/e/tackling-syd…

Here's a great article explaining why housing values depend on expected future value of rents, not supply and demand for physical dwellings: bankunderground.co.uk/2019/09/05/hou…

State treasurers argue the Commonwealth should stick to its knitting afr.com/business/infra…