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A time for Bravery
What happens when Australians are courageous?

A new book from Australia Institute Press — Inviting some of Australia and the world's leading thinkers to make a case for a braver more courageous future.

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Vantage Point Issue 3
Aiming Higher

The time has come for a reckoning in the Australian higher education.

Petition

End Government Secrecy

Add your name to the petition now to call on the Albanese Government to end government secrecy.

Petition

Fix our gas export problem

Big gas is taking the piss and Australian governments are letting them. It has to stop.

Opinion

The great gas rip off: how the government can stop us all getting burned

It is hard to understate what a complete disaster unlimited gas exports have been for Australian households and business.

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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.

Parliament House

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Opinion

Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it

by Morgan Harrington in The New Daily

Media Release

Labor giving billion-dollar cost of COP to Pacific would show genuine climate leadership

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen speak to media during a press conference in Sydney, Thursday, September 18, 2025.

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The only thing that can save the environment is stopping new gas and coal

Opinion

When ‘common sense’ cuts are code for a cruel con job

by Amy Remeikis in The New Daily

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November 2025 Media Highlights

Featured Research

Digital Technology & the Internet, Media, Society & Culture

Reversing the decline of Australian music

Australia’s ‘one way valve’ dilemma

by Will Page and Morgan Harrington

Fossil Fuel Mining, International Relations

Australia Last: The failure of Australian gas policy

by Matt Saunders and Richard Denniss

Climate Change, International Relations

Foreign aid and climate finance, Australia’s dismal track record

Despite talk and agreements, developing nations are effectively receiving no climate finance from Australia, or any other nation.

by Matt Saunders and Richard Denniss

Education & Training, Corporate Governance

Letter to the Editor – Uni has plenty to take into account

by Richard Denniss

Elections, Politics & Parties, Governance & Government Agencies

Polling – Cash For Access

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Webinar, Australia's Biggest Book Club

A Time for Bravery with Craig Foster AM & Amy Remeikis

Join Craig Foster AM and Amy Remeikis discussing their contributions to A Time for Bravery, from Australia Institute Press

Fri, Jan 30, 2026 11:00 am AEDT Zoom

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Webinar, Policy School

Policy School – How to make a parliamentary submission and appear at an inquiry

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 11:00 am AEDT Zoom