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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14h

Gas exports have meant Australian households and businesses have paid billions of dollars more for energy over the last decade.

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Gas exports have tripled Australian gas prices and doubled electricity prices

New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14h

Steel and aluminium manufacturers are feeling the effects of high gas prices driven up by exports.

Australia Institute research shows gas exports have TRIPLED Aus gas prices and DOUBLED electricity prices.

📺 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett on ABC News Breakfast
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h

Our gas expert and Principal Advisor @markogge.bsky.social joins this webinar next week to talk about LNG expansion, tune in if you can!

International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 1d

What does #LNG expansion mean for Canadian households & businesses?

Join experts from @americanprogress.bsky.social,
@australiainstitute.org.au, & @pembina.org as they share insights from the U.S. & Australia + how these cases can inform Canadian policy.

Register: www.iisd.org/events/econo...

Webinar. Economic Risks of Canada's LNG Expansion: Case studies from Australia and the U.S. Tuesday, October 14, 2025. 4:00 p.m. Ottawa. 10:00 p.m. Geneva. Speakers: Ian Sanderson, Pembina Institute; Mark Ogge, Australia Institute; and Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Center for American Progress.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h

Allowing unrestricted gas exports from the east coast of Australia has resulted in domestic wholesale gas prices more than tripling and electricity prices doubling, our research found.

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Gas exports have tripled Australian gas prices and doubled electricity prices

New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h

Ed Husic, Labor MP, made some great points on Afternoon Briefing yesterday.

"The reason why prices are so high is because we export a phenomenal amount of gas."

We can remedy supply constraints without opening new gas projects by diverting uncontracted gas to the domestic market.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

The ABC reports that extreme weather costs Australians more each decade and, as a country, we have some of the highest per capita economic and insurance losses in the world.

This is why we need a climate compensation levy on fossil fuel exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

Betting on the weather emerges as a solution as insurance costs skyrocket

Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

The Black Summer bushfires cost Australians over $50 billion.

As we enter another high-risk bushfire season, we shouldn't wait for the next disaster to act.

The Government could put a climate disaster levy on gas & coal exports to help pay for the damage.

Add your name: theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

The new research also shows that it's government inefficiency, not the number of requests, behind the growing cost of the FOI system.

Read the full report for more ⤵️
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Government’s FOI changes could cover up the next Robodebt - new research

Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Insti...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Great to see our research being used in Parliament!

Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

"The Attorney-General’s Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government."

Great article from @dholmesnoise.bsky.social in @themandarin.bsky.social today, covering the latest.

Estimates find no evidence of automated FOI applications

The Attorney-General's Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government.

www.themandarin.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Our research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem.

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Proposed changes to Freedom Of Information scheme don't add up

New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI reque...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

The Government justified a clamp down on freedom of information requests by claiming an increase in malicious and automated FOI attempts. Only problem is, there's no evidence of such a thing.

Our research showed that the number of FOI requests has not increased, but processing time has. 🔗⤵️ #auspol

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 2d

Opinion | Crikey has compiled a list of all the questions that should be asked at Senate estimates. Let the art of the non-answer begin!

Here's a list of questions for Senate estimates that will probably, definitely, not be asked

We’ve compiled a short list of the questions that could be asked at estimates, but probably won’t be.

www.crikey.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Dr Shortis discusses Trump and Netanyahu's 20-point peace plan for Gaza - which did not include Palestinians in the negotiating process - on the latest episode of After America.

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🔊
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Trump’s plan no path to lasting peace

After several failed attempts at brokering a ceasefire, President Donald Trump, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a 20-point peace plan for Gaza.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Listen to the full The World Today episode here ⤵️
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

More US National Guard deployments - ABC listen

In the US President's latest crackdown on home soil, 200 National Guard troops will be re-deployed from California to Oregon.

www.abc.net.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

"What I think Noem and Trump are doing is deliberately trying to inflame those protests rather than defuse them."

Listen to International & Security Affairs Director Dr Emma Shortis discuss Trump deploying the National Guard on ABC's The World Today.

#auspol @emmashortis.bsky.social

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Get your ticket here! ⤵️
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Registration - Third National Forum on Australia's Wellbeing: Community, Business, and Government - Ann Harding Conference Centre

National Forum on Australia's Wellbeing Australia wellbeing conference Wellbeing in action An economy that enables people community business and nature to thrive

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Catch co-CEO Richard Denniss at the Third National Forum on Australia's Wellbeing!

Richard and other experts will discuss policies to enable people and the planet to thrive! 🌏

📅21-23 October 2025
📍Ann Harding Conference Centre, Canberra

Get your ticket! ⏬ #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does.

The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.

It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Read more about the devastating revelations in the Climate Risk Assessment ⤵️
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Devastating climate risk assessment shows fossil fuel exports must end

Just three days after approving an extension of one of the largest fossil fuel export projects in the world, the North West Shelf, the National Climate Risk Assessment reveals the devastating conseque...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Fossil fuel producers should pay for the damage they are creating, not ordinary Australians.

Add your name to the call for a climate disaster levy
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

"What this report says is that flooding will be so common in large parts of Australia, you will not be able to insure.

"You can only insure against unlikely events."

-co-CEO Richard Denniss appearing at the Senate Environment Committee
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Proposed changes to Australia’s FOI laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, our new research shows.

The PM described Robodebt as a “gross betrayal and human tragedy”, yet his government plans to make cabinet documents harder to access. #auspol

Government’s FOI changes could cover up the next Robodebt - new research

Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Insti...

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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · 2d

The Australian Government gives foreign owned gas corporates our gas for free, so they can export it to Japan who on-sell it for a profit while Australians face shortages.

Now our Resources Minister reckons we are going it for world peace

lol

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Australian gas keeps the peace in Indo-Pacific: King

Any future east coast reservation will have no impact on crucial supply to Asia, the resources minister has assured her Japanese counterparts.

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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 2d

The proposed $50 fee per FOI request will make it harder to get information out of government, but do practically nothing to reduce the overall cost of the scheme.

Cost recovery (assuming $50 fee) would raise less than $500,000, against a scheme that cost $86 million last year.

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