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Upper Hunter Polling: Majority of Voters Agree with Turnbull Call for Moratorium on New Coal Mines

April 13, 2021

Podcast: Follow the Money

What women want

March 25, 2021

Latest news

Opinion

How can NSW allow new coalmines while committing to net zero emissions? It’s bizarre

April 19, 2021 by Richard Denniss in The Guardian

Opinion

Australia’s recovery has not been gas-fired

April 17, 2021 by Ben Oquist in The Canberra Times

Why we should pause approvals of new coal mines

April 16, 2021 featuring Ebony Bennett and Richard Denniss

Upper Hunter Polling: Majority of Voters Agree with Turnbull Call for Moratorium on New Coal Mines

April 13, 2021

NSW’s $10 Billion Annual Climate Bill: Coal Exporters Should Pay, Not Households & Business

April 12, 2021

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Latest Research

Climate Change, Environment & Jobs, Fossil Fuel Mining

Polling: Upper Hunter – Moratorium on New Coal Mines in the Hunter

April 13, 2021

Climate Change, Energy from Fossil Fuels, Transport

Submission on the Future Fuels Discussion Paper

April 6, 2021 by Audrey Quicke

Retirement, Social Security & Welfare, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Rich Men and Tax Concessions

How certain tax concessions are widening the gender and wealth divide

April 5, 2021 by Matt Grudnoff and Eliza Littleton

Society & Culture, Wellbeing & Happiness

Polling: Voluntary assisted dying and the Territories

April 4, 2021

International Relations

Get out of the diplomatic freezer: Bring back the Chinese students

April 1, 2021 by Melissa Conley Tyler and Allan Behm

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