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Adequacy of Newstart - Submission
‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary…
Coal in Kingaroy
A coal project proposed near Kingaroy, Queensland, is unlikely to provide benefit in a local economy based on services and agriculture. It imposes uncertainty and costs on other industries and…
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, this debate has sharpened as the…
Go Away, Please: The social and economic impact of intrusive marketing
This paper looks at the attitudes of Australians towards telemarketing in the light of the dubious success of the Do Not Call Register. By and large direct marketing is not…
Federal Climate Ministers Debate
The Australia Institute has invited Federal Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Hon. Angus Taylor MP and Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Hon. Chris Bowen MP to…
Unpacking the 2022-23 Federal Budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveils his first budget on Tuesday 25 October 2022. Billed as a ‘bread and butter’ budget to deliver on Labor’s election commitments, it will also include a…
Narrabri Gas Project
Rough Estimates
Recently released documents show that the vendors in an $80 million water sale had repeatedly offered far lower prices to the Commonwealth but these offers were rejected as ‘not value…
The Basin Files
Tolerate Unemployment, but Blame the Unemployed
In a comprehensive critique of unemployment and monetary policy in Australia, Senior Research Fellow David Richardson shows there is no stable statistical basis for the assumption that inflation will accelerate…