In his budget reply speech, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton confirmed what Australia Institute research has long shown – the gas export industry is hurting Australians.

Peter Dutton’s plan to force gas giants to divert gas to the domestic market won’t solve the manufactured shortages we have in this country – or bring down prices for local households or consumers. 

Sydney voters care about fish deaths and the impact of commercial fishing in Tasmania, according to a new poll.  

This is a dark day for two of Australia’s greatest treasures: the environment and our democracy.

Peter Dutton says he’ll approve the North West Shelf (NWS) gas expansion within 30 days if he wins the election.

This pre-election budget is designed to annoy as few people as possible. 

Ten years ago, Anthony Albanese launched a passionate defence of the laws which are designed to protect Australia’s environment.

New research from The Australia Institute has found that state and federal governments have given $15 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and major consumers in the 2024-25 financial year.

The Federal Government and Opposition are proposing to weaken environmental protections and stop community groups from protecting nature.

Australia’s universities are plummeting down international rankings while charging students more than ever for their degrees.

With a federal election just around the corner, new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals 63 billion reasons why our next Parliament should improve the nation’s tax system.

Documents released today under Freedom of Information reveal advice to the federal government that salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour should be comprehensively assessed under national environment law, for its impact on the endangered Maugean skate and the harbour’s World Heritage value. The advice was provided in November 2023 as the ‘likely outcome’ of reconsidering a 2012

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) will this week release its annual Gas Statement of Opportunities.

Ten years after former Treasurer Joe Hockey advised Australians to get “a good job that pays good money” to buy a house, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals just how bad that advice actually was.

On Wednesday 12 March, the High Court of Australia is scheduled to hand down a decision on the case Commonwealth of Australia v. Yunupingu (on behalf of the Gumatj Clan or Estate Group) & Ors.

Ordinary Australians are paying the massive costs of more frequent and extreme floods caused by a handful of global fossil fuels corporations, including the coal and gas export giants operating in Australia.

To mark International Women’s Day, The Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has identified five key issues facing working women in 2025.
From debt to diversity, AI to pay … Program Director Fiona Macdonald and Senior Researcher Lisa Heap tell us what to expect following sweeping changes to policies impacting women in the US and the looming election here.

Struggling families who ditch their home and contents insurance would lose three-quarters of their wealth if their home was destroyed, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

Australia’s biggest private health insurers are making billions but, at the same time, crying poor so they’re allowed to hike premiums.

Ever since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s letter pledging to protect the foreign-owned salmon industry at the expense of world heritage wilderness, an ecological disaster has unfolded in Tasmania.

More Australians consider US President Donald Trump a greater threat to world peace than Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping.