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Chasing a chimera: The political dream of AUKUS that consumes reality
For the sake of taxpayers, let’s hope that the Audit Office is inspecting the AUKUS books closely. Australian money is flushing into the US submarine construction system – a billion US dollars so far, with another billion by year’s end. What will Australia have to show for it? Nothing. Except, of course, for a lot of international
Who’s going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again?
A “March for Australia” rally sounds benign, but people who plan to attend the “March for Australia” rallies around the country on Sunday will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
Is population growth driving the housing crisis? Here’s the reality
Population growth is in the news again. The usual suspects are trying to whip up a scare campaign about immigration. So, let’s look at the actual numbers and put them into context.
Expensive, publicly-funded Carbon Capture & Storage is barely visible in new emissions data
Buried deep in Australia new emissions data release is this nugget, in the ‘revisions’ section: “Fugitive sector emissions decreased 2.2% over the year to March 2025, mainly driven by reductions in natural gas venting emissions from new carbon capture and storage activities and a decline in production across both surface and underground coal mining. Estimates
Media Highlights August 2025
August was another busy month at the Australia Institute! With Parliament sitting, the economic roundtable and more, there was already a lot going on! And we were still releasing new research, holding events, press conferences, the list goes on. Watch a select highlight of content and media from the Australia Institute in August 2025.
Off the Charts
Landslide Labor win out of proportion to primary vote
Labor won nearly two-thirds of all the seats in the House of Representatives with just over a third of first preferences.
When targeting inflation, the RBA misses more often than it hits
With the fight against high inflation now over, will the Reserve Bank fail to learn the lessons of the past and allow inflation to fall below 2%?
Coal Mine Tracker
Since May 2022, the Federal Environment Minister has approved 10 new coal mines or expansions.
There are 30 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval.
If approved, the lifetime emissions from all 40 projects would be equivalent to keeping all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations operating for an additional 100 years.
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