Report
Unfreezing discount rates: transport infrastructure for tomorrow
This report argues that Australia should revamp how it selects major transport projects, so that governments can better know which new roads and railways are worth building and avoid squandering billions of dollars of public money on the wrong projects.
Report
The Commonwealth’s role in improving schools
This report argues that the Commonwealth should not use the extra money it is spending on schools as an excuse to intervene more broadly in school education.
Working paper
What’s the best way to close the gender gap in retirement incomes?
This paper proposes two reforms which together could help close the gender gap in retirement incomes and provide a boost to the retirement incomes of Australia’s most vulnerable women.
Report
All complications should count: using our data to make hospitals safer
This report exposes the flaws in Australian hospitals’ safety and quality monitoring regime, and recommends reforms that could result in an extra 250,000 patients leaving hospital each year free of complications.
Working paper
Designing a more reliable National Electricity Market
Australia is seeking to design a ‘reliability mechanism’ as part of the Turnbull Government’s National Energy Guarantee. This working paper provides analysis and suggestions on how to design the mechanism and how it might work.