Media Releases
June 2025
A new tax to help Australians kick their fast fashion addiction
France has become the first country in the world to tax ultra-fast fashion brands like Temu and Shein.
AUKUS review a golden opportunity to escape a disastrous deal
Donald Trump’s review of AUKUS, announced overnight, is a chance to escape what was always going to be a disastrous deal for Australia.
Time to wind back taxpayer-funded diesel for mining giants
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.
Limit gas exports to save smelter
As Rio Tinto’s Tomago aluminium smelter requests a government bailout, The Australia Institute has linked the struggles of the smelter to unrestricted gas exports.
Minimum wage rise appropriate reward for low-paid workers
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.
May 2025
As Murray Watt signs the death warrant for an ancient treasure, The Australia Institute launches a heartbreaking Murujuga documentary
The federal government has signed the death warrant for Australia’s most significant ancient artistic treasure, the Indigenous rock art at Murujuga in north Western Australia.
Gas export approval puts gas corporations before Australians
The approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project shows that the re-elected Albanese Government prioritises gas corporations over Australians.
Gas companies in Queensland still not paying tax
New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that ten years after gas exports from Queensland began, most of the companies involved have never paid a cent in company tax.
More than 70% of Australians saw misleading ads during the election campaign – poll
A new poll conducted for The Australia Institute has found that 72% of voters saw misleading political advertisements during the recent election campaign, with well over half of those exposed to misleading ads every day.
Betting the house. The huge number of Australians at risk of losing everything they own.
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.
A new understanding of Chinese foreign policy
Information about China’s foreign policy – particularly on issues like the trade war with the US, Australia’s position on Taiwan and the war in Ukraine – is often misleading, with much of the meaning and nuance lost in translation.
Woodside’s WA gas export expansion emissions greater than all Australia’s coal power stations
New Australia Institute research shows emissions from Western Australia’s gas exports are 182 million tonnes CO2e annually, which is:
War Crimes: Where do Responsibility and Accountability Start and End? Are Senior Military Commanders Liable and Culpable?
MUST-READ EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE BEN ROBERTS-SMITH JUDGEMENT
A simple reform to help owner-occupiers compete with investors in the housing market
There’s a simple reform the federal government could introduce to bring house prices down, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute.
Australians still hurting. RBA should keep cutting.
Today’s decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points is long-overdue good news for struggling home buyers.
Energy Australia apology and admissions expose dodgy offsets
The days of big polluters using dodgy carbon offsets to greenwash their products are numbered.
Bellowing from the sidelines. The declining influence of Australia’s traditional media.
The days of media moguls deciding Australian elections are over, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
State sponsored greenwashing misleading consumers and failing businesses
Civil litigation over alleged greenwashing by Energy Australia reveals the Australian government is failing to protect consumers and businesses from misleading claims and harmful practices.
“Out of control” Vice-Chancellor pay must be reined in – submission.
It’s time to cap the “out of control” salaries paid to Vice Chancellors at Australian universities, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute.
The opportunity of a lifetime. The first big test for the newly elected government.
Dozens of Australia’s leading climate and conservation groups have written an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging him to put a more ambitious climate policy at the heart of his government’s plans for its second term.
29 years on, Australia’s gun laws still fall short of John Howard’s pledge
Tomorrow marks the 29th anniversary of the day John Howard announced sweeping changes to Australia’s gun control laws in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre.
Why Labor’s re-election is “no moment to celebrate” for Pacific family
Australia’s Pacific neighbors say the re-election of the Albanese government is “not a moment to celebrate”.
Election result shows the Tasmanian salmon industry is still on the nose
Labor and the Coalition went to the election with the same policy position on Tasmania’s salmon industry: support at any cost.
Australians see review and scrutiny role for Australian Senate as Greens likely to hold sole balance of power
At last Saturday’s election, the Albanese Labor Government won a large majority and a historically significant swing towards it, but seven in ten Australians still expect the Senate to review every government policy on its merits.
Poll: In response to Trump tariffs, more than half now want a more independent foreign policy
A new poll has found that 54.2% of Australians want a more independent foreign policy.
Open letter calls on newly elected Parliament to introduce Whistleblower Protection Authority, sustained funding for integrity agencies to protect from government pressure.
Integrity experts, including former judges, ombudsmen and leading academics, have signed an open letter, coordinated by The Australia Institute and Fairer Future and published today in The Canberra Times, calling on the newly elected Parliament of Australia to address weaknesses in Australian political integrity. The open letter warns that a decade of decline in agencies
Most Australians think too much gas is exported and want gas exports taxed
A majority of Australians support the idea that gas exports should be taxed, a policy proposed by both the Liberal Party and the Greens during the election campaign, regardless of who they think proposed the idea.
Polling: Majority of Australians support power-sharing parliament
Most Independent / Other voters support crossbench to negotiate for best outcomes for nation and electorate
What a power-sharing parliament may hold
Over the course of the election campaign, there’s been a lot of fear-mongering around the prospect of a “hung parliament” or “minority government”.
Trashing a treasure. 28 days after the election, the Australian government faces a critical test of its priorities
Just 28 days after tomorrow’s federal election, the government faces a critical decision, which will send a message to the world about its priorities.
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