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

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has given an early Christmas present to coal companies by approving three new mine expansions – Caval Ridge (Qld), Boggabri mine (NSW) and Lake Vermont (Qld).

Resources Minister Madeleine King’s latest opinion piece in News Corp newspapers serves the interests of gas corporations at a time when Australians are struggling with an expensive Christmas.

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.

The Federal Coalition’s revival of Scott Morrison’s Gas Fired Recovery is likely to increase emissions and keep gas prices high.

A group of Pacific Island Elders, including two former leaders, have written an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, urging them to stop approving new fossil fuel projects.

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.

Today’s announcement on nuclear is a distraction from Australia’s ongoing fossil fuel use and production.

Experts say the move is a disaster for the climate, WA cultural heritage and energy prices.

New research from The Australia Institute shines a light on how much the nation’s two biggest energy retailers are gouging from Australian consumers.

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.

The Western Australian government’s approval of exports of the state’s onshore domestic gas reserves in 2020 has exposed Western Australians to high global prices, leading to a tripling of wholesale prices in WA’s domestic gas and electricity markets.

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.

Australia was one of the first countries to present oral pleadings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) overnight, as the court began to examine what countries are legally required to do to combat climate change and what is their responsibility to assist nations most affected.

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

One year on from the commencement of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 reconsideration of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour, new research released by The Australia Institute today shows a majority of Australians continue to support stopping fish farming where it risks the extinction of the Maugean skate.

The breakdown in talks between the government and Coalition over major changes to Australia’s electoral laws provides the perfect opportunity for further scrutiny of the proposed changes.

A decision by the Western Australian government to approve Woodside’s 50-year North West Shelf (NWS) Extension would add up to 4.3 billion tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere and lock in exposure to high global gas prices indefinitely, increasing energy costs for WA households and businesses.

With the South Australian House of Assembly considering dramatic changes to electoral law this week, The Australia Institute warns the process has been rushed and the legislation is compromised and unfair.

A vast majority of Australians (70%) believe the nation’s biggest polluters should pay for the damage they do to the environment and the role they play in climate change.

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.

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”.