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Richard Denniss Book Tour

Richard Denniss explores the contradiction between centrism and evidence that sits at the heart of democratic debate in Australia.

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Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

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.

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ACTU plan would fix gas policy mess and raise $12.5b for Australians

Australia Institute analysis submitted to the federal government’s Gas Market Review shows the ACTU proposal for a 25% tax on gas exports would end the gas shortages being engineered by the gas industry.

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GST Reform
How to stop the states being short-changed

A simple solution to the impact of rising inequality on the decline in GST growth would be for the Commonwealth to collect new taxes to add to the pool of revenue the Commonwealth provides to the states.

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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.

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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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Is population growth driving the housing crisis? Here’s the reality

by Matt Grudnoff in The New Daily

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Expensive, publicly-funded Carbon Capture & Storage is barely visible in new emissions data

by Ketan Joshi

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SA algal bloom underlines urgent need for National Climate Disaster Fund

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ACTU plan would fix gas policy mess and raise $12.5b for Australians

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Media Highlights August 2025

Featured Research

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

Macroeconomics