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The energy transition could make Australia more unequal. Here's what needs to change. grattan.edu.au/news/the-ene... #auspol #renewables #ClimateChange #inequality

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Why private hospitals are in poor health — and how to get them on the road to recovery Informed analysis by Grattan Institute health policy experts Elizabeth Baldwin and Peter Breadon in The Australian grattan.edu.au/news/why-pri... #auspol #Healthscope

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That superannuation tax change you are hearing so much about? It will actually make the super system fairer and the federal budget stronger. Grattan Institute super policy experts Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney inject some facts into the hysteria. grattan.edu.au/news/tax-ref... #auspol #ausecon

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‘Major newspapers – the same ones that rail against a lack of political courage to get reform done – have launched a ferocious campaign to discredit a minor tweak to excessively generous super tax concessions for the wealthy.’ Hmm, which papers? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #media

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Not climate or housing – no, our moral outrage is saved for taxing the rich By Amy Remeikis in The New Daily www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/supe... #auspol #super

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Dear Gina Rinehart: You ask why this “brave and patriotic man”, Ben Roberts-Smith, should be “under such attack”. Here’s why. By the great investigative journalist Chris Masters www.smh.com.au/national/rob... #auspol #WarCrime #Murder

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Too soon? A better question might be: Too late? www.smh.com.au/environment/... #ClimateChange #NSWfloods #auspol #Insiders

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‘Abbott, his Sky After Dark cronies, and those few MPs left who still listen to him, are so tone-deaf that they are trying to pretend the weaknesses that made the Coalition unelectable are actually strengths,’ one senior Liberal source said. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... #auspol

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How the AFL ruined Saturdays By Caro www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/th... #footy #media

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‘The thing about Ben Roberts-Smith is that he knows he did it.’ The Saturday Paper Editorial www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2025/05/24/t... #auspol #media

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A huge game, but the Geelong players don’t look like Geelong players, and the Bulldogs players don’t look like Bulldogs players. What a pity. www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/af... #AFL #AFLcatsdogs #guernsey

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'If we can’t even agree to trim unneeded super tax breaks for the wealthiest 0.5% of Australians, what hope have we got?' Brendan Coates from Grattan Institute calls out the latest 'don't you dare touch superannuation tax breaks' hysteria www.linkedin.com/posts/brenda... #auspol #ausecon

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How Sky After Dark distorts the Liberal Party By political strategist and former deputy director of the Victorian Liberal Party, Tony Barry #auspol #media #Insiders

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‘It’s like playing darts at the pub. Having a target’s fine, but you’ve got to have the darts.’ Grattan Institute energy and climate change policy expert Tony Wood talks to The Nightly about Australia’s net zero ambitions thenightly.com.au/politics/lab... #auspol #renewables #coal

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‘Late Night Sky just lost the election, and the Liberals will not recover if they keep listening to losers.’ David Crowe says hello to Andrew Bolt, Peta Credlin, Sharri Markson, Paul Murray, and the gang www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #media

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‘There is more than enough ambition’ Tony Wood from Grattan Institute in today’s Financial Review on the Albanese Government’s second-term policy agenda on climate change and the energy transition grattan.edu.au/news/we-are-... #auspol #NetZero #nuclear

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‘Congrats on the election win, Albo. Now do something about gambling.’ Victoria Devine is on the money in The Age and SMH www.theage.com.au/money/saving... #auspol #pokies #GrattanInst

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‘The problem is that the Liberals don’t like Australia as it is. Australia is not the problem, it’s the Liberals themselves’ – former deputy Liberal leader Fred Chaney www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #Dutton #Albanese #TheGreens

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Why a carbon price is probably inevitable. Why we need to raise more tax. How to reduce the damage done by gambling. My boss, ⁦Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally, had an ideas-filled post-election chat with Peter Martin. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #auspol #Insiders #climate

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The good billionaire amp.9news.com.au/article/ce9a... #BillGates #ElonMusk #Trump

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‘Surely the influence of these ignorant media stooges has to come to an end. They are simply gauche entertainment for their MAGA devotees.’ Who could John Hewson be referring to? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... #auspol #media #Dutton #Liberals

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The piano van

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I thought Volume IV was the best

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Albanese Government’s second term will be primarily about productivity. Our ‘Orange Book 2025’ – published just before the election – sets out a productivity agenda for a fairer, more prosperous Australia. Here it is: buff.ly/65ikz38 #auspol #ausecon

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‘Sharri Markson backs Dutton? Andrew Bolt reckons the voters got it wrong? Peta Credlin thinks there should be more culture war? ‘These are non-stories. Let’s not mention them again.’ Margaret Simons on why the Murdoch media no longer matter www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol #media

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The ‘ick’ factor Annabel Crabb on Peter Dutton and women amp.abc.net.au/article/1052... #auspol #AusVotes2025

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‘The Coalition resorted to anti-immigration sentiment, attempted to fuel irritation with welcomes to country, suggested the government had plans to re-prosecute the Voice, spoke about a woke school curriculum, and raged about the hate media’ By Laura Tingle www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05... #auspol

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‘Albanese was Mr Medicare: concerned, caring, sensible, optimistic. Dutton was Mr Nuclear: seething, unpredictable, intimidating, pessimistic.’ By Peter Hartcher www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #AusVotes2025

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He knew. #Albanese #Dutton #Insiders

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‘It was astonishingly easy for the Liberals to convince themselves they were a gift to voters, because Sky News and others told them so.’ David Crowe on how the Murdoch media enabled Dutton’s delusion. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #AusVotes2025 #Insiders

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‘The Coalition has got no climate policy for the next 10 to 15 years. If anything, they’re going to dismantle the things that are already there.’ Grattan Institute energy policy expert Tony Wood in the Financial Review www.afr.com/policy/energ... #auspol #Election2025 #NetZero

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Final Newspoll: Labor 52.5 Coalition 47.5 www.news.com.au/national/fed...

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Headline #auspol #Election2025 #media @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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‘Vested interests constantly counter public health policies, and governments often cave in to the pressure.’ Peter Breadon from Grattan Institute in today’s SMH on why whoever wins tomorrow should establish a truly independent Australian Centre for Disease Control #auspol #Election2025 #measles

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Fred Dagg calls it #auspol #ausvotes

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Australia is sleepwalking into health crises Powerful piece in The Age and SMH by Grattan Institute health policy guru Peter Breadon on the lessons we should learn from America’s deadly measles outbreak www.theage.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #Election2025 #Trump #vaccines

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Five ways to improve our democracy Valuable, practical proposals from Grattan Institute integrity-in-government expert Kate Griffiths grattan.edu.au/news/five-wa... #auspol #Election2025 #corruption

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“We need a ‘seatbelt’ for the most dangerous gambling products – pokies and online betting.” Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally in today’s Financial Review grattan.edu.au/news/how-to-... #auspol #Election2025

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‘Dutton convinced himself Albanese would be an easybeat. How else to explain his abject failure to prepare credible policies, then to lead one of the worst campaigns in living memory.’ By Niki Savva www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #Election2025

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Promise? www.theage.com.au/business/com... #Kyle #smut #radio

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‘We spend a lot of time talking about the things we dig out of the ground, but really, migration has been an absolute economic boon for Australia.’ Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally talks to Laura Tingle on ABC 7.30 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04... #auspol #Election2025 #migrants #housing

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Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election

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Welfare for the wealthy Thomas Walker from Think Forward neatly debunks the myth of the self-funded retiree smh.com.au/money/super-... #auspol #Election2025 #tax #super

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This is a great piece of journalism. @lb_online and @ABCmediawatch uncover the strange story of ABC Chairman Kim Williams, ageing comedian Austen Tayshus, and an unlikely amount of airtime on the public broadcaster. www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e... #auspol #media #journalism #ABC

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‘the hate media’ www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol #Election2025 #journalism #Dutton #Trump

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Old mate Clive Palmer has started texting me again… #auspol #Election2025 #Insiders

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‘Labor is more likely to boost the rate of home ownership. The Coalition will allow wealthier people to buy bigger homes than otherwise.’ @BrendanCoates from @GrattanInst compares the major parties’ housing policies. www.sbs.com.au/news/article... #auspol #Election2025 #Insiders

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The art of the deal, by Donald J. Trump. Putin: We want to take their country. Zelensky: We want to keep our country. Trump: OK, Vladimir, you can keep some of his country, but Volodymyr, you don’t lose all of your country. Do we have a deal? kyivindependent.com/trump-says-r... #Ukraine

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‘Now is not the time for us to become timid on policy reform.’ Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally on the ABC’s Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant on the big issues that have been downplayed or ignored in Election 2025. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #auspol #tax #CarbonPrice

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