Medicare is failing regional and remote Australians, with rural people getting sicker and dying younger than their city counterparts, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

Any decision from the Albanese Government to delay the implementation of a 25% gas export tax will cost the Australian public over a billion dollars per month, The Australia Institute has warned.

A new poll conducted for The Australia Institute reveals a significant gulf between the experiences of young women and older men when they see a doctor in Australia.

While dealing with political problems over gas in Australia, federal government representatives are also attending the world’s first meeting to transition away from fossil fuels.

New Australia Institute research published today shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing its imports of Australian gas than the Australian Government makes from the export of our gas. Key findings: Japan has imposed a tax on oil and gas imports since 1978, expanding the tax to cover coal in 2003. Over the last

The High Court has ruled that Victoria’s political donation caps are unconstitutional because they include a “nominated entities” loophole which the major parties can exploit. 

Australia’s gas exporters pay little tax or royalties, employ few people, push up gas and electricity prices and worsen the climate crisis, a Senate Inquiry has been told.

Every week the federal government delays implementing a 25% gas export tax costs the Australian public around $350 million in revenue, new research from The Australia Institute reveals.

New Australia Institute research warns that Australia’s democracy is being stretched thin, with each MP now representing almost four times as many people as at Federation.

Updated analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that a fair and appropriate increase to the minimum wage, and accompanying increases to award rates, would not have a significant effect on inflation.

New polling conducted for the Australia Institute reveals broad support for reducing the perks which give property investors a significant advantage over owner-occupiers in the property market. Even Liberal voters are ready to scrap the capital gains tax discount introduced by the Howard government in1999, which has enabled investors to pay tax on just half of what

A hearing will be held at Parliament House today, looking at ways to attract more donations to the struggling arts sector, as part of a Parliamentary Inquiry into Arts and Cultural Philanthropy.

Five news polls conducted for The Australia Institute reveal an overwhelming majority of Australians want a gas export tax to fund improvements in services like health and aged care.

Extraordinary new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that if the Albanese government had introduced a 25% gas export tax after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it would have raised more than 63 billion dollars.

The Reserve Bank’s decision to raise interest rates today will inflict more unnecessary pain on households struggling with a long-running cost-of-living crisis and soaring fuel prices. 

The Iran conflict is driving up fuel prices across the world, which will flow through to food and other necessities for Australian households. It is also generating vast profits for the handful of largely foreign owned companies exporting Australia’s gas.

New polling conducted for The Australia Institute reveals broad support for access to abortion services, despite anti-abortion rhetoric ahead of the South Australian election and Farrer by-election.

Hundreds of thousands of gun owners have no genuine reason to have a firearm according to analysis released today by The Australia Institute.

Australian state and federal governments provided $16.3 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and major users in 2025-26, according to new research from The Australia Institute.

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals the impact the war in the Middle East is likely to have on Australian households – and recommends policies to limit the hardship.

Exploitation and poor living conditions have led an estimated 7000 people to walk away from the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.

Polling conducted for The Australia Institute reveals One Nation narrowly leads Independent Michelle Milthorpe in Farrer on primary votes, but that may not be enough to secure the once-safe Liberal seat.

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.