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Pulling the cotton over your eyes
The current level of floodplain harvesting is inconsistent with legislation. Reducing the practice to lawful levels could be done with minimal economic impact due to the export-oriented and capital-intensive nature…
Submission: Senate inquiry into greenwashing
It is no accident that there are no credible policies or regulatory measures to address rising emissions by industry in Australia. Nor is it an accident that there are no…
Have your say in the EPBC Act review of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour
UPDATE: Two of the four endangered Maugean skates have died in the captive breeding program designed to prevent their extinction. With fewer than 1000 skates left, it’s more important than…
No 46 March 2006
Drug Law Reform by Andrew Macintosh Skip Dipping by Emma Rush The Dirty Politics of Climate Change by Clive Hamilton Gagging the CSIRO by Roslyn Beeby Bugging Legislation by Cameron…
Australia’s unaccounted for emissions could cause Paris target failure
A new report by the University of Melbourne Energy Institute has found that unmeasured methane leakage and fugitive emissions from unconventional gasfields could cause Australia to fail its Paris climate…
Productivity - lazy workers or lazy analysis? - NL Sept 2012
This edition of The Australia Institute’s newsletter features: Productivity – lazy workers or lazy analysis? David Richardson Gina’s call a bit rich Dr Richard Denniss Exposing the great sunscreen cover-up…
NL July 2011
This edition of the Institute’s newsletter looks at: ‘Closing the Gap 2011’; Silencing dissent in Environment Victoria; The rise of online retail; The macroeconomics of online shopping; The future of…
Nuclear power stations from the Sunshine Coast to the Central Coast?
Proponents of a new debate about the role of nuclear power stations in Australia should start with a discussion about their location, said The Australia Institute….
No 48 September 2006
Who listens to Alan Jones by Clive Hamilton Indonesia’s nuclear plans Are fossil fuel companies ‘capturing’ our universities? by Christian Downie School vouchers: update by Andrew Macintosh History wars and…