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Australia has the highest gambling losses in the world. Australia should: 🚫 Ban gambling ads 🎰 Introduce loss limits on pokies and online gambling 📉 Progressively cut the number of pokies in each state Our new report by Aruna Sathanapally, Kate Griffiths, and Elizabeth Baldwin shows how governments should prevent gambling harm. https://buff.ly/4gaJNDp #auspol

Building more houses will build a better society. Our CEO Aruna Sathanapally and researcher Trent Wiltshire applaud the Victorian government’s housing policy blitz – but they have a suggestion to make it even better. Here's their analysis, published in The Age today. #housing #housingpolicy #springst #auspol

‘The need to pay for damage to the environment due to fossil fuel combustion is a simple fact, as is the need to tackle climate change. This is not negotiable – we cannot negotiate with physics.’ Read our energy export Tony Wood's important message to Australia's political leaders, in this new analysis piece for The Australian Financial Review. #climatechange #climate #auspol

Grattan's Disability Program Director, Sam Bennett, recently took part in a panel discussion on NDIS housing and living at the Summer Foundation Ltd Annual Public Forum. He was joined by Jamila Rizvi, Jo Collins, Dr. Mark Brown, and Rod Davies. During the panel, Sam shared insights from our report, Better, safer, more sustainable: How to reform NDIS housing and support. He spoke about the importance of moving away from institutional settings and phasing out group homes by offering alternative housing options for people with disabilities. He urged the NDIS to foster innovation and scale up best practice housing and support across Australia. Catch up with the full event recording online: https://buff.ly/4ftvpF3   Find out more about the international examples he discussed in our online report: https://buff.ly/4g7yZ8W #disability #disabilityrights #NDIS #auspol

It’s been a big week for housing policy. Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan both announced policies designed to boost housing supply. On our latest podcast, housing experts Brendan Coates and Matthew Bowes analyse these policies, and discuss what else could be done to ease the housing crisis. Listen, watch, or read on the Grattan website (with transcript): https://buff.ly/3A5c1Q1 #auspol #springst #housing #podcast

The chance of being vaccinated in aged care comes close to the flip of a coin. Only 52% of Australian aged care residents have been vaccinated in the past six months. More than 1,000 aged care homes across Australia have had less than half their residents vaccinated for COVID in that same time. Older Australians deserve better than a 50-50 chance. Here are four steps the federal government should take to improve aged care vaccination rates. https://buff.ly/3YaLHvG #auspol #healthpolicy #agedcare #vaccination Peter Breadon

At last, Victoria is getting serious about the housing crisis. But, as Brendan Coates and Matthew Bowes explain, more substantial reform will be needed.

The NRL and AFL have lobbied the Prime Minister to reject a ban on gambling ads. The PM should rebuff them - for all Australians. Elizabeth Baldwin explains why. https://buff.ly/3Yto0Qu #auspol #bangamblingads #gamblingban #gambling

Negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount often benefit the wealthiest Australians. Curbing these property taxes could boost the Budget bottom line by billions and help first homebuyers get on the property ladder. Our latest podcast with housing experts Brendan Coates and Matthew Bowes makes the case for reform. https://buff.ly/3NgJ9qN #auspol #ausecon #housing #negativegearing #CGT

Whether you get potentially life-saving drugs shouldn’t depend on where you live or how wealthy you are. In his latest article for The Conversation, Peter Breadon explains why people are missing out on COVID antivirals, and what the federal government can do to meet patients' needs. https://buff.ly/3XNvBrG #auspol #healthpolicy #health #COVID