With an unfolding ecological disaster in Tasmania, salmon farmers have a duty to protect Australian families from diseased, dying or dead fish.

The rising concentration of property and investment assets in the hands of wealthier Australians is making housing crisis worse and deepening economic divides.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s letter to the Tasmanian salmon industry, promising new federal environmental laws to protect the foreign-owned businesses, sets a dangerous precedent and undermines government process.

Today’s long-overdue decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates is a good start.

The Australia Institute is inviting politicians and candidates to show they are willing to listen to the science and pledge their support for protecting the critically endangered Maugean skate. Several politicians and federal election candidates have publicly endorsed the petition, including: Andrew Wilkie MP, Independent Member for Clark Senator Nick McKim, Australian Greens Peter George,

As Australia enters a new school year, a submission from The Australia Institute highlights the growing disparity between public and private school funding, revealing that taxpayers are helping fund lavish private school facilities and the high salaries of private school principals. In a submission to a New South Wales inquiry into private school profits, the

The federal government’s stalled changes to superannuation rules would make the nation’s super system fairer, at a time when so many Australians are doing it tough.

A $10,000 fine issued to Santos for a large oil spill off the coast of Western Australia is little more than a slap on the wrist for the multi-billion-dollar gas company. But it’s a slap in the face for anyone concerned with protecting Australia’s natural environment.

The Australia Institute surveyed 1,009 Australians between 13 and 15 November 2024 about their attitudes to future property prices. The margin of error is ±3%. Key findings: About as many Australians want property prices to decrease in the future (36%) as want them to increase (33%). One in five (18%) want them to stay the

The Australia Institute is calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia to meet in January, before its next scheduled meeting on February 17-18, 2025.

Coal royalties do little to fund schools, hospitals, teachers or nurses, despite frequent claims to the contrary from politicians and the mining industry, new research from The Australia Institute has found.

Companies are funding political parties and political campaigns through well-resourced lobby groups. But this spending may not be in shareholders’ – or the public’s – best interests, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

The Reserve Bank of Australia had a great opportunity to give Australians – and the nation’s sluggish economy – something both desperately needed before Christmas. But, once again, the RBA has failed. By leaving interest rates on hold at 4.35%, the Reserve Bank has failed to do what is right for Australians. It has failed

The Australia Institute has launched a petition encouraging Australians to support Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to keep her promise of no more animal extinctions under her watch.

South Australian public servants are 10% worse off now than they were five years ago, despite the state’s booming economy, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

More than a quarter (27%) of Australians will this year get a Christmas present they’ll never use or wear.

Just 24 hours after The Australia Institute exposed the salmon lobby’s lies in the debate over fish farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour, more misinformation has been spread by those with a vested interest.

The NSW Government is currently spending significantly more public money promoting coal than helping regional communities’ transition away from it, according to new research by the Australia Institute.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek vowed that there would be no more extinctions under her watch. But the Australian Workers Union has vowed that no species is more important than a single job.

New research from The Australia Institute shows that older, sicker and lower-income Australians are at greater risk during heatwaves (days over 35° Celsius).

From the humble backyard vegetable patch to herb gardens on the kitchen windowsill – 9 million Australians are now growing their own food, according to new research from The Australia Institute, in partnership with Grow It Local.

Over 30,000 people from Pacific Island nations and Timor Leste work in Australia on temporary visas as part of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) visa scheme, which a new report calls “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery”.

Despite new Right to Disconnect laws coming into force earlier this year, new research reveals Australians are still working an average five weeks’ unpaid overtime each year.