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Revenue Summit 2025
Australian Parliament House

This year the Australia Institute’s Revenue Summit brings together economists and leading experts to discuss revenue options to meet Australia’s spending needs.

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Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing

A climate damage compensation levy on coal and gas exports from Australia could raise billions of dollars every year to pay the costs of climate change, without raising prices in Australia.

Media Release

Local governments face soaring cost of climate change

Local government revenue is not keeping pace with the rapidly rising costs of climate change, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute.

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Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS

Australia has an opportunity to get out of the AUKUS security pact. We should take it.

New Limited Series Podcast!

What's the Big Idea? podcast with Paul Barclay

Host Paul Barclay asks bold thinkers about how we can change Australia for the better. Based on the best-selling book.

The Australia Institute is one of the country’s most influential public policy think tanks. Based in Canberra, we conduct high impact research that combines rigorous fact-driven material with cutting-edge communication strategies.

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Imagine if a business or federal department acted like this. Here’s why unis get away it

by Richard Denniss in The Canberra Times

Opinion

As fascism rears its ugly head, we are trapped between the craven and the unwilling

by Amy Remeikis in The New Daily

An aerial shot of Woodside's North-West Shelf gas plant in Karratha, WA taken on Thursday, April 17, 2008. Tropical cyclones off Australia's north west coast, shut downs and maturing fields have curtailed Woodside Petroleum Ltd's oil and gas production and sales for the first quarter of 2008.

Podcast: Follow the Money

Big Gas’ greed is killing Australian manufacturers

featuring Mark Ogge and Ebony Bennett

Response to Massive Missile Attack, January 2, 2024

Podcast: After America

Even war must have limits

featuring Allan Behm and Angus Blackman

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to Australian Attorney-General Michele Rowland during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, September 4, 2025.

Podcast: Follow the Money

No right to know?

featuring Bill Browne and Ebony Bennett

Featured Research

Climate Change

Costs of climate-driven disasters and local government revenue

by Rod Campbell

Climate Change, Education & Training, Fossil Fuel Mining

Fossil-fuelled universities

by Rod Campbell, Morgan Harrington and Skye Predavec

Fossil Fuel Mining, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Submission to the Gas Market Review

by Mark Ogge

Governance & Government Agencies

Advantages of incumbency

MP and senator entitlements in 2025

by Skye Predavec and Bill Browne

Energy from Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Mining

Impact of gas exports on Australian energy prices

Allowing unrestricted gas exports from the east coast of Australia has resulted in domestic wholesale gas prices more than tripling and electricity prices doubling.

by Mark Ogge, Matt Saunders and Rod Campbell

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