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Sending our love to Helen Haines

The violent attack on Helen Haines is deeply shocking and distressing and The Australia Institute joins the rest of country in sending her love and our very best wishes as she remains in critical condition. Helen is a tireless advocate for her community, and our thoughts are with Helen, her family and her community right

When it comes to international law, we can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk?

by Ebony Bennett in The Canberra Times

Australia is once again pushing for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, alongside Finland and Mongolia, because ‘a safer world is one governed by rules, not power and force alone’. While Australia consistently talks the talk on supporting the international rules-based order, it only walks the walk occasionally. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made

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Landslide Labor win out of proportion to primary vote

by Skye Predavec

Labor won nearly two-thirds of all the seats in the House of Representatives with just over a third of first preferences.

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Coal Mine Tracker

Since May 2022, the Federal Environment Minister has approved 12 new coal mines or expansions.

There are 31 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval.

If approved, the lifetime emissions from all 43 projects would be equivalent to keeping all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations operating for an additional 100 years.

×100 years

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Showing up where we’re not expected | Between the Lines

From our CEOs – with Leanne Minshull Every morning, straight after Wordle, I open my media monitoring email to see where The Australia Institute has appeared across TV, radio and news sites. Yesterday morning, I checked my media monitoring to find more than 200 mentions of our work out in the world. This is on

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On this episode of Follow the Money, Amy Remeikis, Greg Jericho and Ebony Bennett discuss violence, decency and dissent in Australia’s democracy following the alleged violent attack on Dr Helen Haines MP, who remains in critical condition in hospital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday 21 October. 1800RESPECT is the national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service. Call 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732, chat online or video call via their website. If you or anyone you know needs help, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or online at www.lifeline.org.au. Guest: Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst, the Australia Institute // @amyremeikis Guest: Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute // @grogsgamut Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebonybennett Get our latest analysis sent to you via our fortnightly newsletter! 📧 https://theaus.in/newsletter_signup Help us make more videos like this by becoming a supporter: ❤️ https://theaus.in/donateYT No place for violence in Australian democracy | Follow the Money

No place for violence in Australian democracy | Follow the Money

Special guest Alex Fein from Redbridge sits on a lot of focus groups, and the same issues keep coming up over and over as sore points for Australians. Join Alex and co-CEO Richard Denniss in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?” to examine the biggest issues. Listen wherever you listen to your podcasts! Buy Richard’s latest Vantage Point essay on our website! The Australian people are angry, so what are they most angry about?

The Australian people are angry, so what are they most angry about?

We are so locked into believing that the market must not be questioned that we just assume everything is happening as it should, but right now Australians are suffering from a cost-of-living crisis while gas exporters post record profits. Read the full article on the Guardian website! Buy Richard’s latest Vantage Point essay “More Fool Me: How the Gas Industry Tricked Australia” from our website! Sign our petition calling for a plebiscite for a 25% gas export tax via our website too! During a cost of living crisis gas exporters are posting record profits

During a cost of living crisis gas exporters are posting record profits

“This Labor government needs to stop listening to the gas lobby and start listening to the Australian people who are demanding a tax on gas exports.” – Senator Barbara Pocock AM at the Revenue Summit last week. Buy Richard’s latest Vantage Point essay “More Fool Me: How the Gas Industry Tricked Australia” from our website! Sign our petition calling for a plebiscite for a 25% gas export tax via our website too! This government needs to stop listening to the gas lobby and listen to the Australian people

This government needs to stop listening to the gas lobby and listen to the Australian people

In this week’s special episode of “What’s the Point?”, co-CEO Richard Denniss interviews Redbridge researcher and pollster Alex Fein, asking her exactly what Australians are so angry about. Listen wherever you listen to your podcasts! Buy Richard’s latest Vantage Point essay "More Fool Me: How the Gas Industry Tricked Australia" from our website! We have a lot of good people in bad information environments

We have a lot of good people in bad information environments