Australia’s bloated universities are plagued with scandal and struggling under the weight of their own poor governance and financial mismanagement. 

Australia’s universities spend hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, marketing and consultants, while cutting costs, staff and courses, according to new research by The Australia Institute. 

It’s widely predicted that Saturday’s federal election will be decided by voters feeling the cost-of-living squeeze in the outer suburbs of our capital cities.

There were three significant housing reforms announced yesterday – just one will increase supply and bring down prices. The other two will make things worse.

New research by The Australia Institute has found the slow death of newspapers in Australia has led to a plunge in media diversity and local storytelling.

Extraordinary new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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

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

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.

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.

Many of Australia’s most renowned artists, writers and musicians are calling on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to stop the destruction of one of world’s most important artworks and cultural heritage sites, the Murujuga petroglyphs in Western Australia.

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

New findings released today reveal alarming trends in firearm ownership across Australia, showing that the number of guns in private hands has grown significantly since the Port Arthur massacre, and regulation across states and territories is failing to keep pace with community expectations. Key Findings: There are more guns in Australia than there were before the Port Arthur

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 group of Australian leaders, including several Members of Parliament, have written to outgoing US President Joe Biden, urging him to grant a full and unconditional pardon to Julian Assange.

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

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.

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.

After a weekend which saw 170 people arrested for briefly delaying ships at the world’s biggest coal port, new polling research by The Australia Institute reveals the vast majority (79%) of Australians support the right to protest.

A new report shines a light on the skyrocketing cost of a university education in Australia, with students skipping meals, living in poverty and forced to work full time while also studying full time.

Australia’s “broken” superannuation and pension systems are condemning a growing number of retirees to financial misery in their sunset years. More than one in five Australians live in poverty when they retire. And that number is growing. With housing affordability at an all-time low, many Australians now face the brutal double whammy of going through