With the election just days away, there has been a total lack of focus on the most vulnerable in our society.

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. 

As Peter Dutton announces a Coalition government would scrap tax breaks for people who buy electric vehicles, The Australia Institute has called for him to scrap the ridiculous tax break for people who buy big utes. 

With less than two weeks to go in the election campaign, both major parties have done little to address the deficiencies in our tax system, which distort the housing market, worsen inequality, promote the use of fossil fuels and encourage damaging behavior.

New research by The Australia Institute highlights that Australia has a gas export problem, reinforcing the cross-party consensus that has emerged during the election campaign.

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

Australia is one of the largest exporters of mineral resources in the world, but Australians have never received their fair share of the profits from selling those resources.

Shocking new revelations about Tasmanian salmon should leave all Australians feeling sick to the stomach.

The Australia Institute calls on the Reserve Bank of Australia to reconvene its monetary policy board immediately, rather than wait until May, to deliver the rate cuts Australians need now. 

Minimum and award wages should grow by 5 to 9 per cent this year

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.

The Australia Institute supports the call for a real wage increase for those on the minimum wage and award wages.

Today’s decision to keep interest rates on hold is more political than if the RBA had cut rates.

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

This pre-election budget is designed to annoy as few people as possible. 

Ten years ago, Anthony Albanese launched a passionate defence of the laws which are designed to protect Australia’s environment.

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

With a federal election just around the corner, new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals 63 billion reasons why our next Parliament should improve the nation’s tax system.

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.

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