The Latest Breaking News from The Grattan Institute

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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