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June 26, 2026

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

March 28, 2025

Red Imported Fire Ants and Australian electorates If allowed to spread across Australia, fire ants could cost households $1.03 billion, cause 570,800 medical visits and 30 deaths every year. The electorates most likely to be impacted are Durack (WA), Mayo (SA), Blair (QLD) and O’Connor (WA). Eradicating fire ants should be a major budget and policy priority.

by Rod Campbell and Minh Ngoc Le

March 27, 2025

Polling – Salmon farming and environment in Tasmania The Australia Institute commissioned uComms, which surveyed 860 Australians living in Sydney between 17 and 18 March 2025 on environmental issues and salmon farming in...

The Australia Institute

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

August 16, 2018

Inquiry into trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn The Australia Institute made a submission to the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement inquiry into trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn. The proposal to ban domestic trade...

by Rod Campbell

September 14, 2012

Out for a Duck An analysis of the economics of duck hunting in Victoria

by Rod Campbell, Richard Denniss and David Baker

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