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Podcast: Follow the Money

AUKUS and the nuclear submarine debacle

September 22, 2021 featuring Allan Behm, Ben Oquist and Ebony Bennett

Media Release

Serious Integrity Concerns Around Australia’s ‘Junk’ Carbon Credits

September 22, 2021

Majority of Canberrans support Light Rail extension to Woden

September 19, 2021

Opinion

The ultimate alchemy: transforming Pandora’s box into a can of worms

September 17, 2021 by Allan Behm in The Canberra Times

SA Should Delay EV Tax as Victoria Hit by High Court Challenge

September 16, 2021

Latest Research

Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food, Climate Change

Questionable integrity: Non-additionality in the Emissions Reduction Fund’s Avoided Deforestation Method

September 22, 2021 by Annica Schoo, Polly Hemming and Richie Merzian

Nuclear, Security

Scott Morrison’s giant nuclear election ploy

September 20, 2021 by Allan Behm

Poll Position – Essential Insights

14 September 2021

September 17, 2021

QLD

Fossil Fuel Mining

Last Roll of the Dice: Submission on the Winchester South EIS economic assessment

September 15, 2021 by Rod Campbell and Tony Shields

Climate Change, Electricity Markets & the Grid, Energy from Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Transport

National Energy Emissions Audit: September 2021

Providing a comprehensive, up-to-date indication of trends in Australia’s energy combustion emissions

September 15, 2021 by Hugh Saddler