Impact Economics and Policy in the Media
Impact Economics and Policy is regularly in the media, either due to our reports receiving coverage or our experts contributing to the national policy debate. Below we provide some recent examples of coverage.
Ahead of the 2024-25 Budget our Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson addressed the National Press Club as part of the Women in Economics annual pre-budget event. Dr Jackson discussed the importance of addressing economic inclusion to lift long term productivity and economic prosperity…
Impact Economics Senior Manager Brad Ruting and former Productivity Commission Deputy Chair Karen Chester co-wrote an opinion piece in the AFR...
Senior Manager Brad Ruting and Director of Economic Security and Governance Dr Emily Millane published an opinion piece in the AFR on how a thicket of rules around retirement planning means making it easier for super funds to provide guidance will not be as transformational as some seem to think.
Dr Emily Millane’s opinion piece in The Age explored why the money is once again on a Melbourne Cup rate rise from the Reserve Bank of Australia as the latest data points to an economy running much hotter than hoped…
Impact Economics Director or Economic Security and Governance Emily Millane joins ABC News to discuss the potential for rate rises to place extra financial stress on families…
Impact Economics Education Lead Julie Sonnemann joined with Jordana Hunter from the Grattan Institute to outline how the literacy gap is growing for kids whose parents…
Julie Sonnemann’s most recent article in The Conversation outlines how small group tutoring presents an opportunity to boost learning and bridge learning gaps…
Federal budgets always get a big build up, and the first budget of a new government has even more expectations riding on it than normal. It's the big opportunity to frame the…
Impact Economics and Policy’s lead economist Dr Angela Jackson joined a panel on the final day of the Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra on the levers available to lift workforce…
The Reserve Bank of Australia has dished out another interest rate rise, increasing it by 0.5% to 1.35%. Dr Angela Jackson is the lead economist at Impact Economics and…
Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson and Lead Education Julie Sonnemann published an opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review on the recent announcement by the…
Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson appeared in 7.30 Report two part special on Cost of Living, presented by Alan Kohler…
Opinion Article, The Age: First-home buyers hit by double-whammy cost of living hikes. Impact Economics and Policy research appeared in this article for The…
Lead Economist Dr Angela Jackson writes in The Age about the proposal to cut the excise on beer in the upcoming Budget. Taxation and the pricing of alcohol plays an important role in…