‘Retirees can be in Potts Point or Toorak with a $5 million house and receive the same pension as a person in a $500,000 unit in Bendigo or Bathurst.’   Grattan Institute retirement incomes expert Brendan Coates in the Financial Review   afr.com/politics/feder…   #auspol #inequality

Why super should be on the tax reform table Persuasive speech and charts by Brendan Coates from Grattan Institute at today’s tax forum in Parliament House #auspol #ausecon #retirement #pensions Allegra Spender grattan.edu.au/news/why-super…

Barnaby Joyce ‘gave three main reasons for Australia dumping the net-zero target, all of which are wrong’ smh.com.au/environment/cl… #auspol #ClimateEmergency

A productivity agenda for Australia The Grattan Institute submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable grattan.edu.au/news/a-product… #auspol #ausecon #tax #work

Specialist fee shock is a thing... Here's what to do about it. By Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin from Grattan Institute in today's The Australian theaustralian.com.au/health/medical… #auspol #Doctors

A beloved bayside beach is about to change forever – unless you speak up now Me in the latest The Westsider on how a precious part of Melbourne is under threat from overdevelopment #springst #Williamstown thewestsider.com.au/williamstown-b…

"The music after goals is not my thing at all. Ask me what I would change in the AFL, that's it." 🗣️ Chris Scott (hates the Macarena)

Where did the idea of music after goals come from? Who decided it enhanced our game? It’s yet another commercial banality imposed on us by the AFL marketing department

Vale David Dale, one of the SMH's wittiest writers, a bon vivant & pioneer of the Stay in Touch column. As Bulletin editor, he created "The 100 Most Appalling People in Australia" list. Owner K. Packer fired him for his "gratuitous impertinence"- the very thing I will miss most.

Australia, we need to talk about carbon pricing Analysis by Grattan Institute energy and climate change policy expert Alison Reeve in today’s Financial Review grattan.edu.au/news/australia… #auspol #electricity

‘It would be a mistake to think Artificial Intelligence can be a substitute for strong writing, reading, and mathematical reasoning skills.’ Grattan Institute education policy guru Jordana Hunter on the rise of AI in schools afr.com/policy/health-… #auspol #teachers #students

‘If we want children to learn more, we need to improve the quality of classroom teaching.’   Jordana Hunter and Amy Haywood from Grattan Institute in today’s Financial Review   grattan.edu.au/news/look-to-c…   #auspol #teachers #schools

How bullshit took over the world By Stuart Jeffries afr.com/life-and-luxur… #Trump #Boris #etc

A superb Patrick Eagar picture of Dennis Lillee bowling, England v Australia, Leeds, August 14th 1975

So Putin is an expert on the Democratic election process ? He has played Trump like a fiddle. We seem to manage okay with postal voting here.

"Vladimir Putin played Donald Trump like a Stradivarius violin" WATCH: ABC’s Americas Editor John Lyons provides his analysis of Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin. #ABCInsiders #auspol

Tax is the talk of the town today. Here’s Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally’s speech to the Economic Reform Roundtable on ‘A Better Tax System’ grattan.edu.au/news/a-better-… #auspol #ausecon #wages #super #carbon #GST

‘The Grattan Institute CEO Aruna Sathanapally explained to the Roundtable how younger people pay much more tax than older people even if they have an identical income’ Peter Hartcher on the ‘Holy hell!’ moment in the Cabinet room this week #auspol #reform theage.com.au/politics/feder…

AFR's top story at this moment raises a question: Who's Wilson?

I know that’s not Trump, and I’m pretty sure it’s not Lisa Cook… #auspol #media