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Call for action to address gambling harm as report finds Australians lose average of $1,600 a year

Grattan Institute says losses in Australia are double those in the US, and poker machines are more common in Australian suburbs than ATMs

The Guardian - AU

Clearing the air: how to get your household off gas

Electrifying your home will lower energy bills and emissions – and it pays to get ahead of the curve

The Guardian - AU

Cars sold in Australia in 2023 emitted as much CO2 as 156 coalmines, analysis shows

Finding comes as public consultation for proposed fuel efficiency standard closes, with advocates warning of loophole for SUVs

The Guardian - AU

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'We'll see': Albanese throws down gauntlet on tax cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is putting pressure on the coalition to back Labor's stage 3 tax cut changes, as federal parliament returns for the new year.

AAP

Regions dropped in the huge pothole capital cities dodge

Targeted funding would help councils give communities the roads they need.

Newcastle Herald

Regional roads in dire state as Australian councils made to waste money on grants tribute signs: report

Grattan Institute says Australia’s regional roads are a ‘dangerous disgrace’ due to paltry federal funding

The Guardian - AU

Danielle Wood to become first woman to head Productivity Commission

Labor appoints well-known Grattan Institute chief after senior Victorian treasury official Chris Barrett pulls out of recruitment process

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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.

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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.

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Super tax concessions don't cost $45 billion a year and won't cost more than the pension

You may have read this week that Australia’s super tax breaks are excessively generous (“well beyond any plausible purpose”) and that their costs unsustainable.

The Conversation

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

Increase GST rather than change tax on super, expert says

Proposed changes to super pension payments have been questioned by some experts, who say more comprehensive tax reform would be better.

The New Daily

‘Unfair and unsustainable’: How Australia could save up to $13.5 billion curbing super tax breaks

The federal budget could save up to $13.5 billion a year by curbing superannuation tax breaks that disproportionately benefit the richest Australians,

The New Daily

How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale

Revising the generous fuel tax credits given to businesses should be a priority for the Albanese government, because keeping them would conflict with two other pressing priorities: reducing carbon emissions and repairing the budget.

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Higher Medicare rebates will not cure broken system that rewards ‘speed, not need’, report says

General practices have ‘steady profit margins’ and many are turning away from bulk billing, leaving poorer Australians without access to care, thinktank says

Crikey

Hard evidence of why more immigration won’t fix the worker shortage

A new paper from the Grattan Institute shows that increased migration won’t be the panacea for worker shortages advocates claim it to be.

The Conversation

Australia spends $5 billion a year on teaching assistants in schools but we don't know what they do

This Friday, state and federal education ministers will meet for the first time since the federal election.

The Guardian - AU

‘Jobs for mates’: political appointments to government boards rife in Australia, report reveals

Grattan Institute report calls for fundamental reform after finding 21% of federal board positions were politically connected

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Hunter needs far more from coal royalties, report says

The high-profile national policy think tank has joined calls for a public authority to coordinate economic transition in the Hunter and says the NSW government should direct far more coal royalties back to the region.

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The government’s ransacking of the AAT is shocking — but the media normalises it

The Coalition has again stacked the highly-paid, quasi-judicial review body with its mates, on the eve of the election.

Crikey

Housing affordability is slowly eroding our social fabric. Which party is up for fixing it?

A new Grattan Institute report illustrates the dearth of good policy options to address the housing crisis we’ve created over recent decades.

The New Daily

‘Crucial moment’: Next prime minister must go big on reform, Grattan Institute says

The Grattan Institute has warned Australians face a further decline in living standards and inaction on climate change unless there are massive reforms.

The New Daily

The bank of taxpayers? Fresh idea to fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis

Australians priced out of the housing market face poverty in retirement unless the federal government takes urgent action to improve home ownership rates.

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