Politics in the Pub
March 2025
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Big Gas is taking the piss… and what to do about it.
If you’ve paid any tax at all in the last decade, you’ve paid more than the global gas giants exporting our gas from Queensland have ever paid in company income tax. These corporations export two thirds of the gas produced in eastern Australia, selling it for tens of billions of dollars annually. They use more
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Politics in the Pub: Budget Wrap 2025
Join Dr Richard Denniss and Matt Grudnoff in conversation with Ebony Bennett for their analysis of the 2025-2026 Federal Budget. Who wins? Who loses out? What’s hiding in the budget papers, and what do you need to know? SPEAKERS: Dr Richard Denniss – Executive Director, The Australia Institute Ebony Bennett – Deputy Director, The Australia Institute
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Past Politics in the Pub recordings
Who’s doing the heavy lifting?
David Richardson, Matt Grudnoff & Ben Oquist
Renewable Energy Target
Matt Grudnoff
Secrets of the Trade – The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Richard Denniss & Tom Warne-Smith
Voluntary Euthanasia
Philip Nitschke
40 Years on the Campaign Trail
Jack Waterford AM
Is Australia a Good Global Citizen?
Tim Costello
Online democracy
Simon Sheikh & Sam McLean
Are Baby Boomers stealing Gen Y’s future?
Dr Marcia Keegan & Richard Denniss
Asylum seeker policy 20 years on
Father Frank Brennan
Canberra’s Housing Stress
Adrian Pisarki, Roslyn Dundas & Andrew MacKenzie
Animals Australia
Lyn White
Why do our broadsheets have such narrow debates?
Richard Denniss
An Unwinnable War
Karen Middleton
Vision for a sustainable Canberra
Professor Barbara Norman
OzHarvest
Ronni Kahn
Does Australia ride on the miner’s back?
Richard Denniss