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October 2023
University Councils, Transparency and the Adelaide University Merger
Accountability at Australia’s public universities
Howard-era reforms to higher education have led to a lack of transparency and democratic accountability within the councils that govern Australia’s public universities.
May 2023
Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2023
Federal and state government assistance to fossil fuel producers and major users in 2022–23
In 2022–23, Australian Federal and state governments provided a total of $11.1 billion worth of spending and tax breaks to assist fossil fuel industries.
February 2017
An own coal?
With exports to key markets declining, Indonesia’s huge coal industry is pinning its hopes on expansion of domestic coal use. Current policy would triple numbers of coal-fired power stations and ignore Indonesia’s huge renewable energy potential.