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Red Imported Fire Ants and Australian households If allowed to spread across Australia, red imported fire ants could cost Australian households $1.08 billion in medical, veterinary and management costs every year. Costs...

by Anara Watson and Rod Campbell

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by Bill Browne

October 30, 2025

Submission – Queensland Energy Roadmap Submission to the state parliamentary inquiry into the Queensland Energy Roadmap Amendment Bill 2025

by Matt Grudnoff and Rod Campbell

October 23, 2024

Polling – Queensland Labor policies Key results The Australia Institute surveyed a representative sample of 1,041 Queensland residents about whether they support 12 policies introduced by the Queensland...

The Australia Institute

October 10, 2024

Refining Fines Addressing the inequality of traffic penalties in Australia

by Olivia Chollet, Jack Thrower and Alice Grundy

September 30, 2024

Impact of fire ants in Queensland electorates Red imported fire ants are one of the world’s most invasive pest species and attempts to eradicate them from South East Queensland are currently under-resourced....

by Minh Ngoc Le and Rod Campbell

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Lake Vermont-Meadowbrook Coal Mine Extension Submission on environmental impact statement

by Rod Campbell

December 20, 2022

Move on, nothing to see here Submission on the revised EIS for the Winchester South project

by Rod Campbell and Tony Shields

October 21, 2022

Submission on draft terms of reference for Valeria Coal Project environmental impact statement The Australia Institute made a submission to the Queensland Coordinator-General’s consultation on terms of reference for the Valeria Coal Project environmental impact...

by Rod Campbell

October 11, 2022

One-term state and territory governments in Australia Received wisdom suggests that one-term governments are rare in Australia. New governments benefit from incumbency, the “sophomore surge” and perhaps a reluctance among...

by Bill Browne

April 11, 2022

Waratah Coal v Youth Verdict court case Economic evidence and judgement

by Rod Campbell and Andrew Tessler

September 15, 2021

Last Roll of the Dice: Submission on the Winchester South EIS economic assessment The Australia Institute made a submission on the Winchester South coal mine environmental impact statement. Winchester South is a marginal project. The economic assessment,...

by Rod Campbell and Tony Shields

August 31, 2021

Pulling the cotton over your eyes Submission to NSW Legislative Council inquiry into floodplain harvesting

by Rod Campbell and Kate McBride

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Submission to the inquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,000 Australians in May 2021 about their social and emotional states since the height of the COVID-19...

by Liam Carter

February 1, 2021

Audit of strategic water purchases Submission to Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

by Rod Campbell and Maryanne Slattery

January 15, 2021

Foreign Interference through Social Media: Submission The Australia Institute welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media....

by Bill Browne

December 10, 2020

Polling – Truth in political advertising in Queensland New research from The Australia Institute has shown that a significant majority of Queensland voters want to see truth in political advertising laws introduced at a state...

The Australia Institute

December 8, 2020

Submission to Energy Security Board Renewable Energy Zones consultation paper Submission made to the Energy Security Board's proposed framework for the planning of renewable energy zones (REZ) within state jurisdictions in the National Electricity...

by Linda Connor, Dan Cass and Rebecca Pearse

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Post 2025 Market Design Consultation Paper Submission

by Dan Cass

October 2, 2020

Public Service in Challenging Times The Economic and Social Value of Public Sector Work in Queensland

by Dan Nahum

August 18, 2020

A little more valuation, a little less redaction, please Analysis of unredacted CondamineBalonne water valuation documents

by Maryanne Slattery and Rod Campbell

July 21, 2020

Poverty in the age of coronavirus: State Breakdowns The Australia Institute modelled the impacts that removing the coronavirus supplement would have on the number of people in poverty. The national results and an explanation...

by Matt Grudnoff

May 30, 2020

Polling – State border closures due to COVID-19

The Australia Institute

February 13, 2020

Coal comfort

by Bill Browne

January 20, 2020

Rough Estimates Analysis of Senate Estimates documents on Australia’s most controversial water

by Maryanne Slattery and Rod Campbell

December 17, 2019

The Basin Files The maladministration of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Volume 2

by Maryanne Slattery, Agatha Court and Rod Campbell

October 30, 2019

Strategic failure Submission on procurement of strategic water entitlements

by Maryanne Slattery and Rod Campbell

September 27, 2019

Monopoly money Adani’s subsidised rail monopoly

by Rod Campbell and Tom Swann

September 5, 2019

Polling – Water and agriculture policy

The Australia Institute

August 21, 2019

Submission: Socio-economic conditions in the Murray Darling Basin The Australia Institute made a submission to the Independent Assessment of Social and Economic Conditions in the Murray-Darling Basin. The socio-economic conditions of the...

by Rod Campbell and Maryanne Slattery

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