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Australia’s budgets are under pressure. Debt is rising, interest bills are climbing, and the costs of an ageing population and climate change are getting bigger. So how did we get here? And what would it take to fix it? The biggest challenges now sit in state budgets, and the GST is no longer doing the job it was designed to do. In this podcast, Grattan Economic Prosperity Deputy Program Director Erin-Lea Brown talks to Senior Associate Matthew Bowes about our report, Budget reboot: How to fund Australia’s future, which sets out a plan to repair budgets through stronger fiscal rules, a bigger and broader GST, and a new deal between federal and state governments. Read our report: grattan.edu.au/report/budget-reboot-how-to-fund-australias-future/ Thanks for listening to the Grattan Podcast. Our research, reports and analysis are freely available thanks to the donations of listeners like you. Please consider making a regular or one-off donation at grattan.edu.au/donate. You can follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram, and sign up to our newsletter on our website to stay up to date with Grattan’s news. Thanks again for listening. Instagram: www.instagram.com/grattaninstitute/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/grattan-institute/