August 12, 2026

Koalas for Coal How the Improved Native Forest Management Method Ties Koala Protection to Fossil Fuel Expansion

by Fergus Green

December 4, 2024

Submission to the Strategic Review of kunanyi/Mount Wellington The Australia Institute Tasmania welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Strategic Review of Kunanyi/Mount Wellington and to respond to the discussion paper, A...

by Eloise Carr

May 17, 2024

No delay, no excuses, no carbon offsets Submission to the NSW Koala Strategy Review

by Adam Gottschalk and Polly Hemming

April 19, 2024

Submission on restart of Redbank Power Station The Australia Institute made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Housing on the proposal to convert the defunct Redbank coal-fired power...

by Rod Campbell and Stephen Long

April 9, 2024

Polling Research: Ending native forest logging across Australia The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,008 Australians about an end to native forest logging on public land....

The Australia Institute

March 15, 2024

Polling – Tasmanian Election Issues Australia Institute polling research shows a majority of Tasmanian voters support action on integrity in politics, salmon farming, forestry, and housing affordability....

The Australia Institute

November 29, 2023

Jobs and Trees Changing employment in Tasmanian towns

by Andrew Bakonyi and Rod Campbell

November 10, 2023

Ending native forest logging without market mechanisms Four examples of successful forestry transitions without market mechanisms

by Andrew Bakonyi

February 26, 2020

The opportunity for Australia’s native forests

by Jennifer Sanger, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Russell Warman, Bill Browne and Leanne Minshull

October 28, 2019

Voters still back a Takanya/Tarkine national park over logging

The Australia Institute

August 16, 2019

Polling – Logging and bushfires

The Australia Institute

April 18, 2019

Polling – SA Climate ambition New research from The Australia Institute, released just weeks out from the Federal Election, shows that a majority of South Australian voters want the government to...

The Australia Institute

April 17, 2019

Polling – Support for climate action across states

The Australia Institute

December 12, 2016

Barking up the wrong trees The Forest Products Commission (FPC) is a statutory body wholly owned by the Western Australian government. Its primary function is to conduct forestry activities on a...

by Tom Swann and Bill Browne

March 22, 2016

Money doesn’t grow on trees The Forestry Corporation of NSW (‘Forestry Corporation’ or ‘the Corporation’) is a state-owned corporation that manages more than two million hectares of commercial native...

by Rod Campbell and Richard McKeon

May 15, 2015

Do we need to burn forests to save the environment The Renewable Energy Target (RET) requires electricity retailers to purchase a specified amount of renewable energy (the target) from certified generators of renewable...

by Richard Denniss

December 17, 2013

Chipping away at Tasmania’s future For several decades, Tasmania’s economic performance has been significantly below the rest of Australia. In 2012-13, Tasmania’s gross state product (GSP) was the second...

by Andrew Macintosh

July 8, 2013

Logging or carbon credits For several decades, the alternative commercial and economic uses and management of Australia’s native forests have generated considerable debate. In the past five years,...

by Frances Perkins and Andrew Macintosh

May 25, 2013

The Australian native forest sector: Causes of decline and prospects for the future Australia's native forest sector has experienced a significant contraction over the past five years. This is reflected in log production from native forests: roundwood...

by Andrew Macintosh

December 14, 2012

Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012: Who is the winner? On 22 November 2012, the timber industry and environmental non-government organisations released the Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012 (TFA). The agreement includes a number...

by Andrew Macintosh

December 3, 2012

Carbon credits from Western Australia’s multiple use public native forests: a first pass assessment The object of this report was to analyse the carbon credits that could be generated by stopping all harvesting in the public native forests covered by the Conservation...

by Andrew Macintosh

August 13, 2012

Survey results – Perception versus reality: Forestry in Tasmania

The Australia Institute

November 1, 2010

Rough Trade: How Australia’s trade policies contribute to illegal logging in the Pacific Region The Australian Government is not doing enough to ensure that Australian imports of forestry products are consistent with the goals of Australian aid programs and stated...

by Caroline Hoisington

May 6, 2010

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries: A cautionary tale from Australia If a binding agreement can be reached on a post-2012 international climate regime, it is likely to include a market-based instrument for reducing emissions from...

by Andrew Macintosh

December 18, 2006

Heating up: bushfires and climate change

by Christian Downie

January 1, 2000

Land-use change and Australia’s Kyoto target Submission No. 4 to the Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming...

by Clive Hamilton

April 1, 1997

Ecological Tax Reform in Australia: Using taxes and public spending to protect the environment without hurting the economy While there is firm public support for stronger environmental protection, action on these issues in the past has been seriously constrained by the belief by governments that...

by Clive Hamilton, Tor Hundloe and John Quiggin

November 1, 1995

Logging and water This paper considers the impacts of logging in forests on the quantity and quality of water available for users. It also considers the economic implications of the effect of...

by John Dargavel, Clive Hamilton and Pat O'Shaughnessy

The Australia Institute

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Koalas for Coal How the Improved Native Forest Management Method Ties Koala Protection to Fossil Fuel Expansion

Submission to the Strategic Review of kunanyi/Mount Wellington The Australia Institute Tasmania welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Strategic Review of Kunanyi/Mount Wellington and to respond to the discussion paper, A...

No delay, no excuses, no carbon offsets Submission to the NSW Koala Strategy Review

Submission on restart of Redbank Power Station The Australia Institute made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Housing on the proposal to convert the defunct Redbank coal-fired power...

Polling Research: Ending native forest logging across Australia The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,008 Australians about an end to native forest logging on public land....

Polling – Tasmanian Election Issues Australia Institute polling research shows a majority of Tasmanian voters support action on integrity in politics, salmon farming, forestry, and housing affordability....

Jobs and Trees Changing employment in Tasmanian towns

Ending native forest logging without market mechanisms Four examples of successful forestry transitions without market mechanisms

The opportunity for Australia’s native forests

Voters still back a Takanya/Tarkine national park over logging

Polling – Logging and bushfires

Polling – SA Climate ambition New research from The Australia Institute, released just weeks out from the Federal Election, shows that a majority of South Australian voters want the government to...

Polling – Support for climate action across states

Barking up the wrong trees The Forest Products Commission (FPC) is a statutory body wholly owned by the Western Australian government. Its primary function is to conduct forestry activities on a...

Money doesn’t grow on trees The Forestry Corporation of NSW (‘Forestry Corporation’ or ‘the Corporation’) is a state-owned corporation that manages more than two million hectares of commercial native...

Do we need to burn forests to save the environment The Renewable Energy Target (RET) requires electricity retailers to purchase a specified amount of renewable energy (the target) from certified generators of renewable...

Chipping away at Tasmania’s future For several decades, Tasmania’s economic performance has been significantly below the rest of Australia. In 2012-13, Tasmania’s gross state product (GSP) was the second...

Logging or carbon credits For several decades, the alternative commercial and economic uses and management of Australia’s native forests have generated considerable debate. In the past five years,...

The Australian native forest sector: Causes of decline and prospects for the future Australia's native forest sector has experienced a significant contraction over the past five years. This is reflected in log production from native forests: roundwood...

Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012: Who is the winner? On 22 November 2012, the timber industry and environmental non-government organisations released the Tasmanian Forest Agreement 2012 (TFA). The agreement includes a number...

Carbon credits from Western Australia’s multiple use public native forests: a first pass assessment The object of this report was to analyse the carbon credits that could be generated by stopping all harvesting in the public native forests covered by the Conservation...

Survey results – Perception versus reality: Forestry in Tasmania

Rough Trade: How Australia’s trade policies contribute to illegal logging in the Pacific Region The Australian Government is not doing enough to ensure that Australian imports of forestry products are consistent with the goals of Australian aid programs and stated...

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries: A cautionary tale from Australia If a binding agreement can be reached on a post-2012 international climate regime, it is likely to include a market-based instrument for reducing emissions from...

Heating up: bushfires and climate change

Land-use change and Australia’s Kyoto target Submission No. 4 to the Senate Environment References Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Response to Global Warming...

Ecological Tax Reform in Australia: Using taxes and public spending to protect the environment without hurting the economy While there is firm public support for stronger environmental protection, action on these issues in the past has been seriously constrained by the belief by governments that...

Logging and water This paper considers the impacts of logging in forests on the quantity and quality of water available for users. It also considers the economic implications of the effect of...

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