Coalition offers crash course on staying in opposition for forever
If the Coalition’s aim is to stay in opposition, it’s doing a bang-up job.
A broken university system is letting Australia down
Poor governance, poor policy and decades of neoliberalism have broken Australia’s university sector, with devastating consequences for students and the country.
Australians believe universities are too expensive and not doing their job: polling
New Australia Institute polling research shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think most university degrees are too expensive.
Every four hours a gun is stolen in Australia: New research
There was a random shooting in inner-west Sydney. Police officers were killed in regional Victoria. Shootings in Queensland are becoming common enough that they barely make the news.
October 2025
Every four hours, a gun is stolen in Australia
More than 2,000 guns are stolen every year in Australia, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
Australian journalism prizes ‘objectivity’ over truth
The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press.
There is no financial crisis at the University of Newcastle: New analysis
New analysis from The Australia Institute shows the University of Newcastle has generated surpluses and seen its net assets grow significantly.
Underfunded and painfully slow – is the Tasmanian government serious about protecting the state’s natural wonders and its people?
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.
No peace without accountability: Sydney Peace Laureate Navi Pillay
Donald Trump may have declared the war on Gaza over, but a welcome-but-shaky ceasefire and lasting peace are not the same thing.
Watered-down super tax won’t address inequality
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has today announced a significantly weaker superannuation tax plan than the one he promised two years ago.
A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts
The leadership of the Australian National University (ANU) has been claiming it is in financial crisis, with the former vice-chancellor declaring the institution was living beyond its means.
Housing affordability to get worse as big corporates do annual tax magic
Renting a place to live is getting more expensive and house price rises are tipped to accelerate.
The housing market just got more cooked
The federal government’s policy enabling five per cent house deposits is just a backdoor first homebuyer’s grant that’ll pump up prices.
Don’t believe the spin. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art.
The ABC’s report that a top statistician quit a study into whether Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant was destroying the Murujuga rock art after the WA government misrepresented its findings, is extremely concerning. The gas industry-funded report, which was sat on for months for being released a week before federal Environment Minister Murray Watt said he
First Nations and Pacific Leaders call Climate Crisis Summit after month of government failures
First Nations, Pacific climate leaders and the community have announced a Climate Crisis Summit in Canberra on Monday 27 October, in response to a month of devastating climate decisions from the Albanese Government.
The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus
New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.
Know China, know its people. Australians should get to know the real China.
To mark China’s National Day, The Australia Institute is urging Australians to get to know the real China, starting with seven fascinating, relatable life stories.
Governments keep making our housing crisis worse – and they’ve just done it again
Back in 2003, then prime minister John Howard spoke to ABC radio Brisbane and made the infamous claim that no one was approaching him on the street to complain about their house prices going up.
September 2025
RBA banks on higher unemployment, more pain
Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep interest rates on hold will force more Australians into unemployment and, ultimately, into poverty.
Investing in joy. How to save our declining arts sector – submission
Australian artists, writers, musicians and other creative industries helped the nation survive the COVID pandemic, yet they’ve been left to decline, according to a submission by The Australia Institute.
The biggest risk to Australia’s economy
A new report outlines the grave consequences of climate change for the Australian economy – so why is the government still approving fossil fuel projects?
The mindless menace of violence
Instead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division.
Bell’s departure is overdue, but this crisis is not all her fault. Here’s why
Genevieve Bell, vice-chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU), has announced her resignation. Many will welcome this news.
Robodebt and super tax: Rob the poor, feed the rich?
When our most vulnerable are treated with suspicion, and our wealthiest get massive tax cuts, what does that say about our priorities?
Yes, Minister. The secret haggling behind the destruction of an ancient treasure.
It tells you a lot about who wields power in Australia that Woodside is being allowed to haggle in secret over the conditions of the North West Shelf expansion
As fascism rears its ugly head, we are trapped between the craven and the unwilling
Let’s take a bit of a look at responsibility shall we?
Imagine if a business or federal department acted like this. Here’s why unis get away it
The leaders of Australian universities are enjoying the best of both worlds when it comes to the way they are regulated, but students are getting the worst.
Will AI kill traditional media?
With large language models threatening to swamp Australia’s traditional media, a little bit of government funding could go a long way to protect public interest journalism.
Proposed changes to Freedom Of Information scheme don’t add up
New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem.
“I’m not a dictator”: how Trump is consolidating executive power
Trump is behaving like “an emperor”, enabled by insufficient checks and balances on the power of the Oval Office.
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