Woodside records mega war profits while Australians pay through the nose
The drawn-out war in the Middle East has enabled Woodside to significantly increase gas prices, which The Australia Institute estimates has driven the company’s profit up by around $1.3 billion in three months compared to the same time last year.
Waking up to reality? How Europe’s responding to Trump 2.0
The United States keeps telling us what an unreliable ally it is. Are European governments now getting the message?
Jim Chalmers on reform and taking on the far right
Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlines the big challenges facing Australia and the importance of changing the status quo – a situation that is clearly not working for many Australians.
Turning point. New analysis reveals tax changes are reversing 25 years of housing policy failure.
Australia on the verge of “biggest improvement in housing affordability in 50 years”
Tax reform is not just about cuts. There’s another side of the coin to consider
Australia, we need to talk about revenue.
Younger Australians “locked out” as intergenerational housing divide grows
Australia is a rich country, but for many younger Australians, the ability to share in that prosperity is increasingly out of reach.
New world, same Reserve Bank
There’s a war on Iran choking global oil supplies, an artificial intelligence boom, and a US president torpedoing the global trading system, but inflation simply MUST be normal, according to the RBA.
Big Gas still taking the piss: New data shows zero tax paid by major exporters
New data released by the Australian Taxation Office this morning reveals many of the multinational companies exporting tens of billions of dollars worth of Australian gas are paying little or no corporate tax.
September 2026
“No data to support this rate rise” – RBA inflicts more unnecessary pain to fix something it can’t control
There is no data to justify the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to raise interest rates today, according to the Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.
Will Australia “keep up and succeed”? Lessons from the Intergenerational Report
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?
New television ad reminds Australians that while they struggle, Big Gas is still taking the piss
The Australia Institute has produced a sequel to its popular Big Gas is Taking the Piss ad campaign. Launched today, the video reminds Australians that every week the Albanese Government delays implementing a 25% gas export tax, the nation loses $350 million, which could be spent on hospitals, schools, roads, the NDIS and dozens of
A shocking number of Australians on Jobseeker are dying – it doesn’t have to be this way
By lifting the rate of Jobseeker, the Australian government could save lives.
Australia built an illness system, not a health system
Soaring specialist costs, an increasingly complex system, and Australians getting sicker for longer suggest all is not well in Australian health care.
Social media is part of the issue, but the problem is sexist views already exist
It’s not all men, but it’s almost always men.
Removing extra subsidies for older Australians with private health insurance would improve health system – submission
A Parliamentary Inquiry has been told a plan to scrap the extra private health insurance rebates given to older Australians would make the nation’s health system fairer.
The cost-of-living lesson for the government in early super access debate
Early super access proposals would ultimately make people worse off – but the government could do more to help Australians currently in need.
The nasty secret buried in Australian workers’ contracts
Non-compete clauses suppress wages, reduce productivity and stifle innovation. Now, the federal government is looking to ban them for most workers.
“Implausible” – Victorian Opposition budget claims don’t add up: new analysis
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.
EVs driving “discretionary” spending, so will the RBA slam the brakes?
Australia’s economy is not overheating, so why are experts predicting a rate hike?
The quarter of a trillion dollar shortfall leaving states and territories scrambling
New research by The Australia Institute reveals that states and territories have been short-changed more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in GST revenue since the tax was introduced.
August 2026
Will the data centre “boom” make us better off?
Profits are surging and living standards are not. Will the AI boom be any different?
Millions delay or skip appointments as specialist care become too expensive for many Australians – new research
A submission to a Parliamentary Inquiry by The Australia Institute reveals that seeing a specialist in Australia is now more impacted by a patient’s ability to pay than their medical need.
The housing crisis is far from over
The government took on housing investor tax concessions to bring prices down, but more action is needed to address the rental affordability crisis.
The quiet disaster hurting Australians just as much as high prices and interest rates
New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals the devastating impact falling real wages is having on Australian workers.
Wage earners falling behind as major corporations rake it in
The latest data show real wages are going backwards, but Reserve Bank keeps seeing ghosts.
How the gas industry tricked Australia with Richard Denniss
Australians have been dudded by the gas industry. It’s past time governments admitted it.
Forget the age of enlightenment. This is the age of ‘enshittification’
Does it ever seem to you like you’re paying the same amount for a service, but the service you’re getting is worse?
KPMG being paid millions to advise government on whistleblowers, while facing claims it crushed one of its own
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.
Should superannuation be used to control inflation?
Interest rates are the bluntest, sharpest tool. Is there a better way?
Stop dodgy koala-for-coal carbon offsets deal
Federal Parliament should disallow a controversial new method for making carbon credits, according to a working paper released by the Australia Institute today. The working paper by University College London Associate Professor Fergus Green takes aim at a proposal by the NSW government to sell carbon credits in return for creating a national park to
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