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).

Workers are being unfairly punished for increasing inflation, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.

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.

A scheme designed to help the economies of Pacific Island nations while filling labour shortages in Australia is putting workers at risk of modern slavery, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.

By its own standards, today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates from 3.6 percent to 3.85 percent seems rushed and inconsistent.

The Australian Electoral Commission has today released its political contributions data for 2024-25, which reveals the major political parties raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year. 

As the 2026 school year gets underway, new research by The Australia Institute reveals that Australia is the most expensive place in the developed world for families to send a child to high school.

On the eve of this year’s Triple J Hottest 100, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals a bleak outlook for Australian music, and also how to fix it.

The Albanese government’s new gun laws, which passed the federal parliament with the support of the Greens and crossbench, will make all Australians safer. 

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The Albanese Government’s announcement of a gas reserve for Australians is an acknowledgement that there is no gas shortage, and that excessive exports have driven up energy prices for Australians. The Gas Market Review Report acknowledges that unrestricted exports linked Australian prices to world prices, tripling the cost of gas on Australia’s east coast over

The Centre for Future Work was established by the Australia Institute in 2016 to conduct and publish progressive economic research on work, employment, and labour markets. Supported by the Australian Union movement, the centre produced cutting edge research and led the national conversation on economic issues facing working people: including the future of jobs, wages

Skilled health workers from Pacific Island countries are being poached to plug Australia’s shortage of care workers, leaving the health systems in their home countries on the brink of collapse, according to new research.

Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep interest rates on hold shows the RBA doesn’t really know which way inflation is trending.

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 algorithms of global music streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Amazon and Apple are killing Australian music, according to a new report by a former Spotify executive. As Australians celebrate the nation’s extraordinary artists to mark AusMusic T-Shirt Day today, the report reveals that the number of artists featured on music streaming giants has fallen by

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

Australia Institute research into 20 of Australia’s largest corporations has found that over half the value of their reported contributions to the community were dubious, leading to overinflated claims of generosity in the private sector.

The Australia Institute is calling on the Albanese Government to redirect the billion dollars saved by not hosting COP31 to Pacific nations.

New research by the Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has revealed a disturbing new twist when it comes to unpaid overtime in Australia.

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.