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Anne Kantor AO 1935-2022

In memory of Anne Kantor

Anne Kantor's life was a study of distinguished service to the community. Effective philanthropy and working to build a better future was in Anne's DNA.

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Revenue Summit 2022

Tax is the price we pay to live in a civilised society, but in contemporary Australia, we rarely ask how much civilisation we would like to buy. We need to talk about tax, and the best way to collect it.

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Make fossil fuel producers pay climate disaster levy

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought more frequent and more extreme. The Australia Institute is proposing a National Climate Disaster Fund, funded by a levy of $1 per tonne of all coal gas and oil produced in Australia to help pay for some of the increasing costs of these climate disasters.

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It's perfectly legal to lie in a political ad. It shouldn't be

Australians want advertising to be truthful and transparent. Regulating the truth is not impossible. But we face an upcoming federal election in which fake news and misleading claims about political opponents will only further erode trust in government.

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Dodgy carbon credits & dirty hydrogen are expanding demand for gas and coal

Unless we produce zero emissions hydrogen, restore quality to our credits and genuinely reduce emissions, Australia is just fuelling a net zero fraud.