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Brendan Coates
Brendan Coates is Household Finances Program Director at the Grattan Institute.
National affairs
The pension is here to stay (and that’s a good thing)
Brendan Coates
30 November 2020
The government’s retirement income review has challenged outmoded views about superannuation
National affairs
Unfinished business in a business-friendly budget
Brendan Coates
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
National affairs
If franking credits and negative gearing didn’t exist, no one would invent them
Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood
14 May 2019
Election 2019
| Turn the argument around the other way, and the defenders of the status quo are on even shakier ground
Books & arts
Why houses cost too much
Brendan Coates
11 February 2019
Books
| A blind spot among economists has helped price housing out of reach
Books & arts
The real story of Labor’s dividend imputation reforms
Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood
3 February 2019
Grattan Institute researchers show who wins and who loses from Labor’s hotly debated tax policy
National affairs
The (reassuring) truth about retirement incomes
Brendan Coates & John Daley
9 November 2018
Despite what the industry is saying, we don’t need to lift the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent
National affairs
Built on good fortune, relying on luck
Brendan Coates & Danielle Wood
9 May 2018
To deliver tax cuts and budget surpluses the treasurer will need to stay lucky
National affairs
Not so super
Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire
29 April 2018
Increasing the Superannuation Guarantee will help the rich at the expense of the poor
National affairs
The conventional wisdom is wrong: building more housing does help low-income earners
Brendan Coates & Trent Wiltshire
22 February 2018
Flawed research has fuelled a mistaken view of the best way to assist less well-off households
National affairs
There’s no silver bullet when it comes to housing affordability
Brendan Coates
12 January 2018
Treasury’s advice on negative gearing shows why tax reforms alone won’t solve the housing affordability crisis
National affairs
What comes after the housing boom?
Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire
29 May 2017
It’s not so much the banks’ balance sheets we should be worried about, it’s the economy-wide impact of much larger household debts
National affairs
Another lost opportunity for housing affordability
Brendan Coates & John Daley
10 May 2017
The budget highlights the government’s preference for cosmetic rather than consequential changes in housing policy
National affairs
Options for housing affordability: the good, the bad and the cosmetic
Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire
1 May 2017
Governments are favouring the easy but ineffectual options for reform
National affairs
Why should we care about housing affordability?
Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire
27 April 2017
In the first of two articles, the Grattan Institute describes the profound effects of housing costs across the economy.