A cut in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 75% below 2005 levels would have broadly aligned with the science and strengthened Australia’s bid to host the 2026 United Nations climate conference.

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Just three days after approving an extension of one of the largest fossil fuel export projects in the world, the North West Shelf, the National Climate Risk Assessment reveals the devastating consequences facing Australia. 

Australia Institute analysis shows today’s final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations. 

The ACT would be wrong to copy new election finance rules which have been proposed federally and in South Australia, according to a submission to a Parliamentary Inquiry into last year’s territory election.

Local government revenue is not keeping pace with the rapidly rising costs of climate change, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute.

New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem.  

It‘s been revealed that Santos’ Darwin LNG gas export terminal has been leaking large amounts of climate-destroying methane gas for 20 years – and gas companies and governments have failed to act. This confirms The Australia Institute’s long-held concern that methane emissions are grossly underestimated and Australia’s regulators have been captured by the gas industry. The reporting

After a chilly winter, Australians are about to be hit with their winter heating bills. New analysis by The Australia Institute has found that a bit of red tape might have kept us warmer and kept our power bills down.

New emissions data reveals the abject failure of an overhyped carbon capture and storage (CCS)  project, which cost Australian taxpayers $15 million.

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

New research by The Australia Institute has found that federal MPs and Senators are entitled to over $3 million in pay, resources and perks over a three-year election cycle.

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 analysis by The Australia Institute reveals Victoria does not have a gas shortage, with the state producing more gas than it uses and consumption at its lowest level since the 1980s.

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.

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals how the nation’s biggest polluters are making a mockery of Australia’s key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism.

The Western Australian Museum’s decision to allow Woodside Energy’s sponsorship of Science Week risks undermining the museum’s scientific integrity.

As Tasmania’s newly elected politicians jostle to form government, new analysis from The Australia Institute shows that a deal to address integrity would be popular among election-weary voters. 

A Parliamentary Inquiry into proposed “right to hunt” laws in New South Wales has been told that allowing hunting as a means of controlling feral animal numbers could backfire terribly.

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.

The Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has urged the federal government to take charge of transitioning hundreds of workers into secure employment when the Eraring Power Station shuts down.

Australians overwhelmingly want to keep political parties out of the postal voting process, according to new polling conducted for The Australia Institute. 

New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.

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.