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Events

Richard Denniss Book Tour

We are incredibly excited to announce that our Chief Economist, Richard Denniss, has updated and expanded his 2016 book Econobabble.

Media Release

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 by Ebony Bennett and Eliza Littleton

Latest news

Opinion

This Anzac Day, lest we forget the brave Afghans who supported our military venture

April 23, 2021 by Allan Behm in Sydney Morning Herald

Media Release

New US Climate Target Leaves Australia 875 Million Tonnes Behind

April 22, 2021

Under pressure

April 22, 2021 featuring Ebony Bennett and Eloise Carr

Media Release

Dalai Lama and Australia’s Peter Doherty among 101 Nobel Laureates Calling for End to Coal, Gas Expansion

April 22, 2021

25 Organisations Open Letter: Victoria EV Tax Worst EV Policy in the World

April 22, 2021

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Latest Research

Climate Change, Energy from Fossil Fuels

Short term ambition: 2030 targets for the US and Australia

April 22, 2021 by Hannah Melville-Rea and Alia Armistead

Climate Change, Energy from Fossil Fuels, Environment & Jobs

Wrong way, go back

Why the Gas-fired Recovery plan will fail to reduce energy prices or create jobs but will increase emissions

April 20, 2021 by Mark Ogge

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

All research