New research by The Australia Institute reveals rural and regional electorates, particularly those currently held by the National Party, would be the largest beneficiaries of proposed reforms to the Low-Income Tax Offset (LITO).

A conference claiming to be “Australia’s premier carbon capture and storage (CCS) event”, which began in Melbourne yesterday, is less about climate action and more about subsidies for fossil fuel industries, according to The Australia Institute.

New polling conducted by the RedBridge Group reveals strong nationwide support for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports, an idea supported by the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

By removing guardrails around nuclear weapons, the Trump administration is making the world a far more dangerous place.

Another summer, another round of devastation: homes lost, communities evacuated, lives upended.

Traditional custodians are fighting back against climate-destroying gas developments being rammed through by Canadian governments.

With the federal government seeking a new way to fix Australia’s self-inflicted “gas crisis”, Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports would solve the problem. The research shows a tax, proposed by the ACTU and supported by the Greens, would increase supply and cut energy bills for Australians. It would also raise around $17 billion

The Albanese government could soon intervene to start fixing one of the biggest ongoing public policy fiascos in this country’s history: Australia’s rampant, uncontrolled gas export industry.

The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens’ amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity. The most important contribution Australia can make to stabilising our climate is committing to no new gas and no new coal. It’s time for Resources Minister Madeleine King, Climate

Everybody knows the Albanese government has it easy in Parliament.

Former South Australian Premier, the Hon. Mike Rann AC, has criticised the “almost tax‑free” gas exports driving billion‑dollar profits for the fossil fuel industry in Australia.

Protecting Australia’s incredible natural environment from bad policy, spurred on corporate interests and a hostile media, can sometimes feel like an impossible task. But sometimes, people power wins out.

The Western Australian government’s claim that its domestic gas production is helping Asia’s clean energy transition has been undermined in a leaked report – which it commissioned.

New Australia Institute analysis shows that over the past five years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years.

Australia’s natural environment is in crisis and its wealth is disappearing into the hands of a few powerful fossil fuel companies – but it doesn’t have to be this way.

When Donald Trump posted an AI video of himself in a plane, spraying crap all over Americans, I couldn’t help but admire his transparency about the way he treats the American people.

A letter from the Australian government to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, obtained by The Australia Institute under Freedom of Information, misleads UNESCO to allay concerns about the damage industrial salmon farming is doing to Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage.  

After a decade-long delay for a detailed report into the state of the Tasmanian environment, the state government seems to have again pulled the handbrake on protecting the state’s natural wonders.

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing. 

Queensland taxpayers have missed out on almost $400 million because Adani sold coal at mates rates to Indian customers, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

Environment laws that don’t stop new gas and coal are like putting screen doors on a submarine.

Corporate tax transparency data released yesterday by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows, once again, that multinational gas exporters are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.