Artificial intelligence dominates the latest Intergenerational Report – but are multi-decade predictions about the rapidly changing technology any more than just a stab in the dark?

Since time immemorial, governments of all ideological persuasions have regulated harmful forms of speech, including laws addressing fraud, terrorism, child sexual abuse, death threats, rape threats, inciting racist violence, and inciting sexual assault.

It’s not all men, but it’s almost always men.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been publicly warned that his proposed Digital Duty of Care laws won’t keep Australians safe.

Detailed new analysis of the Victorian Opposition’s plan to bring the state budget into surplus within six years reveals significant flaws and uncosted proposals which could make Victoria’s fiscal position worse.

After years of scandals, it’s time to break up Australia’s ‘big four’ consultancy firms.

Profits are surging and living standards are not. Will the AI boom be any different?

A new submission from The Australia Institute argues that the scandal-plagued big four consulting businesses should be broken up in order to separate their audit and consulting arms. 

As the unethical conduct of consulting firm KPMG continues to be exposed, today the Senate will continue its questioning of current and former partners and staff.

Fragile men in government and tech are supercharging misogyny in the United States and beyond.

Faced with an entirely new type of president, the Australian government insists on playing an old game by the old rules.

A gas export tax, as proposed by the ACTU and supported by The Australia Institute, would raise an estimated $17 billion a year that could be invested into services like health, disability care, aged care, and education.

Former Washington Post journalist Anna Fifield reflects on her time at the paper, the state of American media, and New Zealand’s role in the world.

The tech industry talks about huge investment in Australia. That sounds great, but who’ll actually benefit?

Richard Denniss and Amy Remeikis discuss the dramatic changes in Australia’s political landscape since Labor’s landslide election victory.

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, in a heat wave, delayed by storms, Donald Trump gave a very Donald Trump speech.

As scandal-prone consulting firm KPMG fronts a parliamentary inquiry today, The Australia Institute has calculated that the government’s $653 million in contracts with KPMG could instead employ 2,200 public servants for two years. 

Dishonest political campaign advertisements – like those falsely claiming a party will introduce a new tax or cut a government service – could be outlawed in time for next year’s NSW election, if a new petition is successful. The petition to the Legislative Assembly is calling on the NSW Parliament to implement truth in political advertising laws, like those

The resignation of Commissioner Paul Brereton is an opportunity for the National Anti-Corruption Commission to make a fresh start under new leadership, according to transparency experts.

In an ironic act of secrecy, a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request by The Australia Institute has exposed how the Attorney General’s Department deliberately avoided scrutiny of the government’s bungled attempt to change the nation’s FOI laws.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on The Australia Institute to be “fair dinkum” about its calls for a 25% gas tax. Today, The Australia Institute has taken out full-page advertisements in newspapers around the country to remind the Prime Minister that there’s nothing more fair dinkum than getting a fair price for Australian gas to pay for essential

The Australia Institute has taken out a full-page advertisement in today’s Adelaide Advertiser to remind South Australians that Premier Peter Malinauskas’ decision to overturn the state’s ban on gas fracking is not only irresponsible, but also unnecessary. Co-CEO of The Australia Institute, Dr Richard Denniss, said everyone from former Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to current One Nation

Six months out from an election, Victoria has been left with no political donation laws after the High Court ruled them unconstitutional.

Leading civil society organisations have signed an open letter, published today in The Age, calling on the Victorian Parliament to prioritise transparency, fairness and freedom when legislating new political donation and election campaigning laws.

After major missteps, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is falling well short of the gold standard for integrity bodies.

The retirement of ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury marks the end of his 18-year period in the ACT Legislative Assembly, making him the world’s longest-ever serving balance of power MP in a Westminster democracy.

With the final result of the South Australian election expected next week, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals the true scale of the taxpayer-funded payments political parties and candidates will receive thanks to rushed changes to the state’s political donation laws.