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Landslide Labor win out of proportion to primary vote

by Skye Predavec

Labor won nearly two-thirds of all the seats in the House of Representatives with just over a third of first preferences.

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Coal Mine Tracker

Since May 2022, the Federal Environment Minister has approved 12 new coal mines or expansions.

There are 31 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval.

If approved, the lifetime emissions from all 43 projects would be equivalent to keeping all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations operating for an additional 100 years.

×100 years

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The Wrap: Australia doesn’t need a strong Opposition, but it does need a strong Parliament “Australia is an ‘elective dictatorship’, an ominous term coined in the 1990s by David Hamer. Mr Hamer was a Liberal parliamentarian who served in both houses of Parliament (he was an MP and a senator). His point was that, between

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Inequality creates insecurity and, as the United States is demonstrating right now, that insecurity can have devasting consequences for democracy. On this episode of Follow the Money, Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz joins Ebony Bennett and Dr Richard Denniss to discuss why Australia should get a better return for its natural resources, the power of corporations to mark up prices and push down wages, and why democracies should collect more corporate tax. This episode was recorded live on Wednesday 11 February 2026. What we owe the water: It's time for a fossil fuel treaty by Kumi Naidoo (https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/what-we-owe-the-water-vantage-point-issue-4)  is available now for just $19.95. Use the code 'PODVP' at checkout to get free shipping. You can also subscribe to the Vantage Point series (https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/vantage-point-subscription) to get four essays a year on some of the most pressing issues facing Australia and the world. Guest: Joseph E Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate economist and Professor, Columbia University // @josephestiglitz (https://bsky.app/profile/josephestiglitz.bsky.social) Guest: Richard Denniss, co-Chief Executive Officer, the Australia Institute // @richarddenniss (https://bsky.app/profile/richarddenniss.bsky.social) Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebonybennett (https://bsky.app/profile/ebonybennett.bsky.social) Show notes: The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-price-of-inequality-9780718197384) by Joseph E Stiglitz (June 2013) Australia’s great gas giveaway: how Australia gives gas to multinational corporations for free (https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/australias-great-gas-giveaway/) by Mark Ogge, Rod Campbell and Piers Verstegan, the Australia Institute (May 2024) The capital gains discount and negative gearing benefit the rich and destroy housing affordability (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-capital-gains-discount-and-negative-gearing-benefit-the-rich-and-destroy-housing-affordability/) by Jack Thrower, the Australia Institute (February 2025) Trump’s Big Bill makes America more dangerous while enriching a few (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/trumps-big-bill-makes-america-more-dangerous-while-enriching-a-few/) , After America, the Australia Institute (July 2025) Theme music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au (mailto:podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au) . Support Follow the Money: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
Joseph Stiglitz on super profits, capital gains and why corporate tax is good for democracy
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Joseph Stiglitz on super profits, capital gains and why corporate tax is good for democracy

"Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry & provides free education. Australia subsidises its fossil fuel industry & charges kids a fortune to go to university" – Dr Richard Denniss It doesn't have to be this way. Add your name to the petition to fix our gas export problem. Link on our website!
Norway taxes fossil fuels & provides free education. Australia can too.
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Norway taxes fossil fuels & provides free education. Australia can too.

"There's a reason that it's been hard to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. "It's because they weren't attacked when Iran, Iraq, Libya & Ukraine were." Former Obama & Biden nuclear advisor Jon Wolfsthal discusses Trump's chaotic nuclear diplomacy & why "nuclear weapons are back". Listen to After America now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 https://theaus.in/4akbeKe Get our latest analysis sent to you via our fortnightly newsletter! 📧 https://theaus.in/newsletter_signup Help us make more videos like this by becoming a supporter: ❤️ https://theaus.in/donateYT
"Nuclear weapons are back": how Trump is helping revive the nuclear arms race
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"Nuclear weapons are back": how Trump is helping revive the nuclear arms race

By removing guardrails around nuclear weapons, the Trump administration is making the world a far more dangerous place. On this episode of After America, Jon B Wolfsthal, former Special Assistant to President Obama for National Security Affairs, joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the expiry of the New START nuclear weapons treaty between the United States and Russia, AUKUS and Australia’s nuclear capabilities, and why “nuclear weapons are back with avengeance”. This discussion was recorded on Thursday 12 February 2026 Australian time. The latest Vantage Point essay, What we owe the water: It's time for a fossil fuel treaty by Kumi Naidoo (https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/what-we-owe-the-water-vantage-point-issue-4) , is available now for $19.95. Use the code 'PODVP' at checkout to get free shipping. Guest: Jon B Wolfsthal, former Director of Global Risk, Federation of American Scientists // @jonatomic (https://bsky.app/profile/jonatomic.bsky.social) Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @emmashortis (https://bsky.app/profile/emmashortis.bsky.social) Show notes: Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions (https://theconversation.com/trump-has-scrapped-the-long-standing-legal-basis-for-tackling-climate-emissions-275921) by Robyn Eckersley, The Conversation (February 2026) It is now 85 seconds to midnight (https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/) , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (February 2026) The nuclear option (https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-nuclear-option/) , After America, the Australia Institute (December 2025) Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au (https://theausinstitute-my.sharepoint.com/qnap-nas-tai.tai.local/NAS_Media&Marketing/Podcast/After%20America/Episode%20descriptions/podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au) . Support After America: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
The “president of peace” is helping revive the nuclear arms race
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The “president of peace” is helping revive the nuclear arms race

A 25 per cent tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year. Meanwhile, Aussies pay more tax on beer than the gas industry pay on gas exports. Sign our petition to end the gas export scam: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem_b
A 25 per cent tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year.
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A 25 per cent tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year.

Join Niki Savva, award-winning political commentator, and author of Earthquake: The Election That Shook Australia; Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute; and Dr Richard Denniss, Co–Chief Executive Officer at The Australia Institute, as they discuss Niki’s new book, Earthquake: The Election That Shook Australia. Labor’s landslide victory in May 2025 wreaked havoc across the political landscape. It triggered ministerial assassinations, trashed reputations, destroyed careers and fractured the Coalition. It took the Liberal Party to the brink of extinction and turned Anthony Albanese into a Labor hero. When the Coalition government lost government in 2022 after nine years in office, it was tempting to portray the loss as merely a personal repudiation of Scott Morrison. Then, when opposition leader Peter Dutton torpedoed the referendum on establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, his standing as a political leader improved, while Anthony Albanese’s nosedived. That was when, according to Niki Savva, the Coalition thought it had the upcoming election in the bag. But Niki had noticed the ground shifting: the emergence of teal independents and the long-term threat they presented the Liberals; the false dawn of Peter Dutton saying no to the Voice to Parliament; and the overlooked reality, even back in August 2023, that, ‘The 2022 federal election result was no ordinary defeat … it delivered last rites to the broad-church party that Robert Menzies created.’ Book signings will be followed by the formalities and copies of Earthquake: the election that shook Australia will be available for purchase on that night. SPEAKERS: Niki Savva — Award-winning political commentator and author of Earthquake: The Election That Shook Australia Amy Remeikis – Chief Political Analyst, The Australia Institute Dr Richard Denniss – co-Chief Executive Officer, The Australia Institute When Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm AEDT
Politics in the Pub: Earthquake
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Politics in the Pub: Earthquake