This fall, I got an e-mail from a guy named JM Simpson who'd read things I'd written about homelessness. He mentioned he was a photojournalist in Olympia and that he'd been photographing the unhoused population there. He wanted to share some work with me . . . (1)

Grattan changes minds

Correspondence between Alan Kohler and Grattan Institute experts Brendan Coates & Joey Moloney on Australia’s housing crisis

grattan.edu.au/news/putting-a… #auspol #ausecon #policy

Fact: The superannuation performance test has delivered much-improved member outcomes.
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Strong migration means Australia's working-age population is now well above the pre-pandemic trend.

Fantastic explainer on the merits of stamp duty reform by Matt Wade in the SMH and Age today.

There are few policies that can make us richer, and make housing more affordable, at the same time.

smh.com.au/business/the-e…

‘The closest thing you get to a unity ticket in economics is that stamp duty is bad’

Brendan Coates from Grattan Institute in today’s The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

theage.com.au/business/the-e… #auspol #ausecon #housing #tax

The biggest threat to Australians’ retirement incomes is the inadequacy of income support for renters. Nearly half of renting retirees live in poverty & more will rent in future

See our Grattan Institute submission to the Senate Economics References Committee: grattan.edu.au/news/repairing…

We need more social housing. But don't expect super funds to foot the bill. In the end, government – that is, taxpayers – will always pay.

My latest for Grattan Institute with Joey Moloney: theconversation.com/lets-not-kid-o….

‘As the Grattan Institute’s Brendan Coates and Kate Griffiths have reminded us, the big loser from the Stage 3 tax cuts – whether the original or the revised version – is the budget’

Ross Gittins on why the Stage 3 tax cuts are irresponsible

smh.com.au/business/the-e… #auspol #ausecon

2024 is shaping up as the year of the renter. Labor needs to do more if it wants to keep their vote.

Joey Moloney and I outline a roadmap for federal housing policy in Guardian Australia.

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That’s not tax reform, THIS would be tax reform – my latest piece with Brendan Coates Grattan Institute #auspol theconversation.com/labors-stage-3… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand