Grattan Institute

@GrattanInst

Australia’s leading domestic public policy think tank. Independent analysis on economic reform, budgets, education, health, climate & energy, disability.

Melbourne grattan.edu.au Joined November 2009

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Grattan Institute @GrattanInst 5d

The consequences of skyrocketing fees are serious. More than 800,000 Australians skip or delay specialist care due to cost each year – which can lead to worse outcomes.

This is not a new problem. Specialist fees have been rising for a long time: buff.ly/0fdYuIa

Grattan Institute @GrattanInst 5d

‘To make specialist medical care affordable, the government should trigger overdue reform to train more specialists, fund more free public clinic appointments, and rein in the most extreme fees.’

Read more: grattan.edu.au/news/seeing-a-…

Grattan Institute @GrattanInst 5d

Many Australians pay far too much to see a specialist doctor. Our new policy brief, ‘Out of control’, shows that since 2023, specialists’ fees have grown three times faster than inflation.

This broken system needs an overhaul: buff.ly/OMu1ZR6

Grattan Institute @GrattanInst Nov 3

In our latest podcast, Grattan budget experts Matthew Bowes and Erin-Lea Brown discuss the benefits of a bigger, broader GST — a key recommendation from our report, ‘Budget reboot’.

Listen here: soundcloud.com/grattaninstitu…

soundcloud.com Economy: How to fund Australia's future Australia’s budgets are under pressure. Debt is rising, interest bills are climbing, and the costs of an ageing population and climate change are getting bigger. So how did we get here? And what would

Grattan Institute @GrattanInst Nov 1

‘Across the country, state budgets are in poor shape. It’s time to revisit the GST and the federal compact with the states.’

Read Matt Bowes and Erin-Lea Brown’s analysis, published in The Conversation, here: grattan.edu.au/news/the-gst-n…