Brendan Coates

Background

About Brendan Coates

I am the Program Director for Economic Policy at the Grattan Institute, a public policy think tank based in Melbourne, Australia. My research focuses on tax reform, economic and budget policy, retirement incomes and superannuation, workforce participation, housing and land use planning, and financial regulation. I regularly appear in print and electronic media as a recognised expert commentator on issues such as housing affordability, tax reform, retirement incomes, superannuation, cities and budget policy. Also a regular co-host of the Grattan policy podcast: https://grattan.edu.au/tax-podcast/podcasts/. Before Grattan, I worked as a macro-financial economist with the World Bank in Indonesia and Latin America, and prior to that, undertook a number of roles with the Australian Treasury.