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A time for Bravery
What happens when Australians are courageous?

A new book from Australia Institute Press — Inviting some of Australia and the world's leading thinkers to make a case for a braver more courageous future.

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Vantage Point Issue 3
Aiming Higher

The time has come for a reckoning in the Australian higher education.

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Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas

Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now!

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Fix our gas export problem

Big gas is taking the piss and Australian governments are letting them. It has to stop.

Opinion

Who needs world-changing, life-saving science when you’ve got rugby league?

If you’ve ever used Aerogard, the announcement this week that CSIRO would cut another 350 jobs should alarm you.

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Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS

Australia has an opportunity to get out of the AUKUS security pact. We should take it.

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Labor giving billion-dollar cost of COP to Pacific would show genuine climate leadership

Opinion

Why it’s the perfect time for the Albanese government to defy the mining lobbies

by Rod Campbell in The New Daily

Mike Rann: Gas lobby using “tobacco tactics” to keep polluting, tax breaks

Opinion

Australia’s health system is in intensive care, and the GST flatline is to blame

by Richard Denniss in The New Daily

Opinion

Power for its own sake, and to hell with courage – Labor has lost its way

by Amy Remeikis in The New Daily

Featured Research

Climate Change, International Relations

Foreign aid and climate finance, Australia’s dismal track record

Despite talk and agreements, developing nations are effectively receiving no climate finance from Australia, or any other nation.

by Matt Saunders and Richard Denniss

Education & Training, Corporate Governance

Letter to the Editor – Uni has plenty to take into account

by Richard Denniss

International Relations, Security

Polling – Australia-US Security

Elections, Politics & Parties, Governance & Government Agencies

Polling – Cash For Access

Fossil Fuel Mining, International Relations

Australia Last: The failure of Australian gas policy

by Matt Saunders and Richard Denniss

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