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Australia is failing more than 130,000 people with significant psychosocial disability – despite spending billions every year on the NDIS. Our new report shows how to bridge the current gap in support, to create a fairer and more effective system. buff.ly/5IrYFzK

Don’t panic at the pump. Our energy expert @tony_r_wood says that while losing 20 per cent of oil supply affects prices, the other 80 per cent is unaffected by the war. buff.ly/0eleres #auspol #Iran

Don’t panic By @tony_r_wood grattan.edu.au/news/dont-pani… #auspol #Iran #war #oil

.@BrendanCoates has made some of the most important contributions to public discussion of housing policy. He will be greatly missed. As partial compensation, we can be confident the government will be getting sensible, evidence-based advice. afr.com//policy/econom…

If Australia had a Federal government interested in housing supply and affordability, it would be evaluating and comparing state government reforms. Instead, we have to rely on 3 guys at @GrattanInst.

‘Beyond the Iran and Ukraine conflicts, there will almost certainly be another international gas price spike sooner or later. When that happens, we will be glad to have a super-profits tax.’ @tony_r_wood from @GrattanInst in today’s @australian theaustralian.com.au/business/minin… #auspol

'Migration is Australia's great economic strength.' Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, has written a piece in support of migration and migrants. You can find the story, which was published in The Age and The SMH over the weekend, here: buff.ly/sDhKzEG

Why does Budget 2026 need to tackle negative gearing AND the capital gains discount together? Our CEO Aruna Sathanapally explains on ABC TV. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RXL2tG…

My boss wrote a piece in support of migration – and migrants. It’s good. Makes me proud. grattan.edu.au/news/migrants-… #auspol @GrattanInst

Yesterday at our 'How to tackle Sydney's housing crisis' event, Grattan housing policy expert Matthew Bowes laid out where planning reform stands - and what still needs to change in NSW. Read the findings and download the report here: buff.ly/2VTS3ag

‘The May budget needs to put more meat on the bones of how and when NDIS growth will be contained to between 5% and 6% – it’s a reasonable target, but it won’t materialise without a more ambitious plan.’ @GrattanInst disability expert Sam Bennett #auspol afr.com/companies/heal…

Australia’s electricity market needs a whole-of-system plan to get to net zero. In this article for The AFR, Grattan energy expert Tony Wood says that the Integrated System Plan should be it, but it needs to be reformed. Read the full piece here: shorturl.at/IkjNc

‘Since the Economic Reform Roundtable last year, the consensus that came out of that was there is an intergenerational problem in taxation.' Or expert @BrendanCoates talks all things housing and taxation on ‘The Economy, Stupid': abc.net.au/listen/program…

Child vaccination rates are falling fast. Our children are increasingly unprotected against painful and potentially deadly diseases. Here’s what governments should do – urgently. Our new analysis, published today. buff.ly/9RD7CD8 #auspol #health

The Prime Minister seems to have a severe case of fast train fever. In this comprehensive report, the @GrattanInst shows why bullet trains are a very bad idea for Australia. #auspol #transport grattan.edu.au/report/fast-tr…

We need restraint, not a razor Our CEO, Aruna Sathanapally, in The Australian Financial Review on the 3 things the Treasurer should do in Budget 2026 — and the 1 thing he should not do. #auspol #TaxReform buff.ly/o0gaJgG

From 2016: Well worth a read in the current climate. Hot property. Negative gearing and capital gains tax reform. The Grattan Institute. ~ John Daley and Danielle Wood. grattan.edu.au/wp-content/upl…

ANNOUNCEMENT → Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities — the Australian Tour Join Alain Bertaud (author of Order without Design) and Brendan Coates (Grattan Institute) to discuss how to make Australian cities work better for everyone. [Link to tickets in next tweet]

Key questions remain about national funding deal for public hospitals croakey.org/key-questions-…

The government has promised a $25b boost to hospital funding – but only hints at real reform. Sharp analysis of today’s National Cabinet deal, by ⁦@GrattanInst⁩ health policy guru ⁦@PeterBreadon⁩ #auspol #NDIS theconversation.com/the-government…

“I'm old enough to remember when people said the grid will never hold up with 20% renewables in it – and the grid is still holding up now.”   @GrattanInst energy expert Alison Reeve on a watershed week on Australia’s long road to net zero.   #auspol   theage.com.au/politics/feder…