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Should Australia ban fossil fuel advertising?
A tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising would be a decisive win for Australia – and the climate.
Over 30 organisations urge the Rockliff government to release Tasmania’s decade-overdue State of the Environment Report
Tasmania’s Government has failed to publish a State of the Environment Report since 2009,
despite having a legal obligation to do so every five years.
Why Queensland is Miles ahead of the game
Canberra doesn’t really have a fossil fuel industry, which perhaps explains why we lead the country in decarbonising our economy.
Muddled answers and outright lies: what the Biden-Trump debate says about the dire state of US politics
There are no parallels for the first debate of the 2024 US presidential election cycle.
As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny
The sham of Australia’s climate change policy has been made clear in the past two weeks.
Off the Charts
Wages are clearly not driving inflation as new data shows wage growth is falling
With wage growth already falling, further interest rate rises would only serve to punish workers who are already suffering.
The tax stats show the gender pay remains widespread across almost all occupations
The 2021-22 taxations statistics show that men have a higher average salary in 96% of all occupations
.Coal Mine Tracker
Since May 2022, the Federal Environment Minister has approved 4 new coal mines or expansions.
There are 28 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval.
If approved, the lifetime emissions from all 32 projects would be equivalent to keeping all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations operating for an additional 95 years.
Hunter Valley Mine Watch
No new coal mines are needed in the Hunter Valley. Avoiding dangerous climate change requires keeping coal in the ground, and with the world moving away from coal as an energy source new coal mines will simply compete with existing coal mines for a declining market.
Total coal production gap
Rehabilitation cost shortfall
HeatWatch
HeatWatch puts current Australian research about temperature increases due to global warming into context, using data from the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO.
Adelaide: HeatWatch projects up to 49 days over 35°C per year by 2090
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Why no seat is 'safe' anymore
![Talk of ‘coalitions of chaos’ or ‘maverick’ independents ignores the historical reality that power sharing has been a feature of parliaments as long as they have existed.
Independents are a distinctive feature of the Australian political landscape, and for some voters they clearly offer something different to the political parties.
Political commentators and strategists who focus on the two-party ‘horse race’, neglecting the growing minor party and independent vote, will increasingly be caught out by seat upsets.
Executive Director Richard Denniss explains
Read the report: https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/power-sharing-in-australian-parliament/
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![The Anne Kantor Fellowships are a graduate-style program that provides on-the-job training to equip and encourage new voices in Australia's future policy and democratic debates.
The Australia Institute runs two Fellowship programs: The Anne Kantor Fellowship (General) and the Anne Kantor Young Women Environmentalists Fellowship.
Here are our fellows from 2024, Olivia, Vivien, Yasmine, Adam, Corinne and Maddie and a quick look at their aspirations for this year.
To find out more about the Fellowship and apply, go to https://www.annekantorfellowship.org.au/
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