Grattan Institute

The Melbourne-based institute is non-aligned, defining itself as contributing "to public policy in Australia as a liberal democracy in a globalised economy."

Through the course of 2005 this idea was fleshed out by several people in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, including discussions with a number of Australia’s corporate leaders.

At the end of 2005 the Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, met with the Federal Treasurer Peter Costello to define the theme for the think tank: Australia as a liberal democracy in a globalised economy.

[citation needed] In April 2008, Commonwealth and Victorian Governments announced matching funding, along with support in kind from the University of Melbourne.

[6] Upon his departure in July 2020, Danielle Wood (economist) served as Grattan Institute CEO until she was appointed to chair the Productivity Commission in November 2023.