New Australia Institute polling research shows most Australians, regardless of who they vote for, think most university degrees are too expensive.

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to leave interest rates on hold may come as no surprise, but it’s still a huge disappointment for mortgage holders at a time when key indicators show so many are struggling.

Westpac has today announced a full-year profit of $10 billion before tax for the financial year ending on 30 September, 2025. Westpac is one of Australia’s “big four” banks, which together control 72% of all loans to Australian residents. By market capitalisation, Westpac ranks as Australia’s fifth largest listed company and third largest bank. Westpac

Plenty of big tech companies are losing money on their artificial intelligence investments, begging the question: do people actually want the products?

Australia’s natural environment is in crisis and its wealth is disappearing into the hands of a few powerful fossil fuel companies – but it doesn’t have to be this way.

When Donald Trump posted an AI video of himself in a plane, spraying crap all over Americans, I couldn’t help but admire his transparency about the way he treats the American people.

People have been queuing for gold and it’s giving toilet paper in 2020.

New analysis from The Australia Institute shows the University of Newcastle has generated surpluses and seen its net assets grow significantly.

A letter from the Australian government to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, obtained by The Australia Institute under Freedom of Information, misleads UNESCO to allay concerns about the damage industrial salmon farming is doing to Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage.  

After a decade-long delay for a detailed report into the state of the Tasmanian environment, the state government seems to have again pulled the handbrake on protecting the state’s natural wonders.

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing. 

The global economic outlook is “dim” according to a new report, driven by uncertainty over Trump’s economic and trade policies.

Queensland taxpayers have missed out on almost $400 million because Adani sold coal at mates rates to Indian customers, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

Environment laws that don’t stop new gas and coal are like putting screen doors on a submarine.

As Trump and his officials look at invoking the Insurrection Act, the administration is using the ongoing government shutdown to lay off workers and consolidate power.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has today announced a significantly weaker superannuation tax plan than the one he promised two years ago.

“Single JobSeeker [payment] just hit $400 a week. Let me know how you’d go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid.” This comment, from the people behind Nobody Deserves Poverty, points to the ignored cruelty at the heart of one of Australia’s most shameful open secrets. The mutual obligations system –

The leadership of the Australian National University (ANU) has been claiming it is in financial crisis, with the former vice-chancellor declaring the institution was living beyond its means.

Renting a place to live is getting more expensive and house price rises are tipped to accelerate.

If Australia just collected the OECD average in tax, the government would have an extra $130 billion a year to spend on essential services like health and education.

Corporate tax transparency data released yesterday by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows, once again, that multinational gas exporters are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.

The federal government’s policy enabling five per cent house deposits is just a backdoor first homebuyer’s grant that’ll pump up prices.

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Back in 2003, then prime minister John Howard spoke to ABC radio Brisbane and made the infamous claim that no one was approaching him on the street to complain about their house prices going up.

Today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep interest rates on hold will force more Australians into unemployment and, ultimately, into poverty.

The RBA’s failures have real consequences. It should go back and closely reread the recommendations of the RBA review, particularly the ones that encourage it to open up to new and diverse viewpoints.

Scott Morrison’s GST deal with Western Australia stuffed the system, but there are plenty of ways the Government could make it better.

Australian artists, writers, musicians and other creative industries helped the nation survive the COVID pandemic, yet they’ve been left to decline, according to a submission by The Australia Institute.

A new report outlines the grave consequences of climate change for the Australian economy – so why is the government still approving fossil fuel projects?