With no national regulator, Australia’s multibillion-dollar online gambling industry is effectively regulated by a Northern Territory body with no full-time staff, says Independent MLA Justine Davis.

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.

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?

A new suite of legislation aims to ensure that Australia doesn’t fund, arm or invest in illegal settlements, war crimes or genocide – but the federal government has blocked an inquiry into the bills.

As NSW parliamentarians consider their positions on gun law reform, research shows the urgent need to reduce gun numbers.

By lifting the rate of Jobseeker, the Australian government could save lives.

Soaring specialist costs, an increasingly complex system, and Australians getting sicker for longer suggest all is not well in Australian health care.

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.

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.

Early super access proposals would ultimately make people worse off – but the government could do more to help Australians currently in need.

Australia’s economy is not overheating, so why are experts predicting a rate hike?

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

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 government took on housing investor tax concessions to bring prices down, but more action is needed to address the rental affordability crisis.

The latest data show real wages are going backwards, but Reserve Bank keeps seeing ghosts.

Does it ever seem to you like you’re paying the same amount for a service, but the service you’re getting is worse?

Major gambling companies won $5 billion from Australian punters in 2023-24, yet told the Australian Taxation Office that they made next-to-no profit, according to New research released by The Australia Institute today.

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.

Interest rates are the bluntest, sharpest tool. Is there a better way?

The federal government’s response to the Murphy inquiry into online gambling harms has been “appalling”, says Andrew Wilkie MP.

The Australian government constantly talks up the international rules-based order – but its willingness to uphold the principles that underpin it is inconsistent at best.

A new report from The Australia Institute has found young Australians’ mental health has declined sharply. The decline coincides with increased economic pressure faced young Australians, especially around housing, education, health costs and income support. Since 2001, tertiary education fees have increased by 150%, rent and out-of-pocket medical expenses have doubled, while minimum wage rose by

A new poll conducted on behalf of The Australia Institute reveals overwhelming support to improve the living and working conditions of Pacific Islander workers in Australia.