Of Australia’s 37 public universities, 26 take money from fossil fuel companies, according to new research released today by The Australia Institute.

Australia Institute analysis submitted to the federal government’s Gas Market Review shows the ACTU proposal for a 25% tax on gas exports would end the gas shortages being engineered by the gas industry, cut gas prices, and deliver $12.5 billion revenue windfall for Australian industry and households.

The algal bloom wreaking havoc on the South Australian coastline and economy underlines the urgent need for a National Climate Disaster Fund.

New Australia Institute research has identified three simple tax reforms which would raise an extra 70 billion dollars a year without hurting low or middle-income Australians.

The Australia Institute welcomes the Tasmanian Liberal Party’s promise to conduct an independent study into the salmon industry, pausing marine expansion while the review is carried out. 

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has used changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to allow the continuation of commercial salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour.

New analysis from The Australia Institute underlines the impact of climate change on the economy and productivity ahead of next week’s Economic Reform Roundtable.

A new report on Australia’s standard of living has found that low real wages, underfunded public services and skyrocketing prices have left many families experiencing hardship and hopelessness.

The Australia Institute welcomes the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut interest rates today, but borrowers are still at least 0.25% behind where they should be.

Analysis by The Australia Institute shows ACTU Secretary Sally McManus’s call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports to replace the “broken” Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) would raise around $12.5 billion annually, enough to triple the Australian government’s housing expenditure.

New research by The Australia Institute reveals there is little evidence of a “productivity crisis” in Australia, despite claims to the contrary from business leaders and politicians. 

When Treasurer Jim Chalmers brings the nation’s economic leaders together next month, don’t be surprised if big business pushes – yet again – to cut the company tax rate.

This morning, the media is reporting that the federal government has been advised that the budget cannot be fixed without raising taxes and cutting spending, and that its housing target is unachievable.

New Australia Institute research shows that if the GST had kept up with economic growth, as it was intended to do, states and territories would have received an additional $231 billion in revenue in the time since it was introduced. That includes $22 billion in lost revenue in 2023-24 alone. The decline of GST revenue has

The Reserve Bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold at 3.85% means more unnecessary suffering for Australian borrowers.

Australia Institute research shows simple reforms to the GST would deliver a much-needed budget boost to Tasmania.

The role of Monash University in greenwashing the activities of Woodside and other fossil fuel companies has been revealed by journalist Royce Kurmelovs in climate-focused publication Drilled and Crikey. Kurmelovs’ report reinforces Australia Institute research highlighting the crisis of integrity in the governance of Australia’s universities. Upcoming Australia Institute research will further outline Monash and other universities’

Australia’s scandal-plagued university sector has today suffered another significant blow, with many slipping further down the QS World University Rankings. The rankings of 70% of Australian universities have fallen, following revelations about a lack of accountability and scrutiny, poor financial management, exorbitant Vice-Chancellor salaries and lavish spending on consultants and corporate travel. The Australia Institute has suggested an

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that, following the recent federal election, there are now more women than ever in Australia’s nine parliaments, but the coalition’s so-called “women problem” remains. 

Cutting the company tax rate would do nothing to boost productivity and cost ordinary Australians, in terms of reduced spending on other services, according to a submission to the Productivity Commission by The Australia Institute.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to reduce the generosity of superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy is popular among voters, especially those the Liberal party says it wants to win back, according to a new poll conducted for The Australia Institute. 

France has become the first country in the world to tax ultra-fast fashion brands like Temu and Shein.

There’s a common-sense decision the federal government could make today that would help the transition to renewable energy and save taxpayers billions of dollars a year.

Today’s decision by the Fair Work Commission to deliver a wage rise of 3.5% delivers appropriate reward to Australia’s lowest-paid workers. 

At a time when floods, fires and storms are growing in severity and frequency, new research by The Australia Institute reveals millions of Australians would face financial ruin if their home was impacted by a natural disaster.

There’s a simple reform the federal government could introduce to bring house prices down, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute. 

Today’s decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points is long-overdue good news for struggling home buyers. 

Labor and the Coalition went to the election with the same policy position on Tasmania’s salmon industry: support at any cost.