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The Australia Institute is a leading think-tank based in Canberra http://australiainstitute.tv | Authorised by E Bennett, The Australia Institute, Canberra 2603
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"In Australia, we subsidise the fossil fuel industry. We give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni."

See more of Richard Denniss on Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYxzRNfC6k
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Climate change will create jobs, but rebuilding what’s been destroyed is not progress, writes co-CEO Richard Denniss in The Point.
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Read the full op-ed➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251203-rebuilding-after-climate-chaos-creates-jobs-but-isnt-economic-progress
December 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.

Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
December 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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In Australia, about one in six children lives in poverty, nearly a million overall, writes Jack Thrower, Senior Economist at The Australia Institute.

Read more on The Point.

https://thepoint.com.au/explainers/251223-australias-season-of-generosity-and-kindness-doesnt-extend-to-kids-in-poverty
Australia’s ‘season of generosity and kindness’ doesn’t extend to kids in poverty
How can Australia solve the issue of child poverty?
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December 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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“The Government has acknowledged there is no gas shortage and exports are the problem, said Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute.

Read more: https://thepoint.com.au/news/251223-federal-government-announces-gas-reservation-policy
Federal Government announces gas reservation policy
80 per cent of Australia’s gas is currently exported – including two thirds of gas produced on the east coast. This has
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December 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Tax data released with this years' MYEFO shows Australia's highest income earners continue to receive the vast bulk of tax benefits.

Not good news for people who might be feeling the pinch before Christmas.

📺co-CEO Richard Denniss on Today
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December 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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There are more than four million guns in Australia, and Australia Institute research shows that a gun is stolen every four hours.

📺 Research Director Rod Campbell on CNN
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December 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.

Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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The latest list of Australia’s planned resource and energy projects has revealed that as of 31 October 2025 there were 432 major resource and energy projects under development in Australia, up from 407 projects a year earlier.

Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. 'Shorter America' is a series where Dr Emma Shortis keeps you up to date with trusted news and analysis on America.

Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/news/251219-shorter-america-this-week
December 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The people most vulnerable to extreme heat either live below the poverty line, have a long-term health issue, and/or are aged 65 and older.

Read Morgan Harrington's full piece on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/news/251218-extreme-heat-inflames-inequality
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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For ten years gas exporters have been telling anyone who will listen that the fix for the east coast gas market they broke is the one that serves their own interest - opening new gas fields.

Read Harriet Kater's full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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“[Australia gives] more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni." – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute

✍️ Add your name to the petition urging the government to fix the gas export scam: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The release of the mid-year fiscal and economic outlook (MYEFO) has revealed the cost of changes to superannuation tax concessions and the PRRT’s ongoing failure to deliver fair returns to Australians.

Read Greg Jericho's full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/251217-...
December 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Few issues unite progressive and conservative voters. Ending corruption is one of the few exceptions.

Read Helen Haines' full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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As the community begins to grapple with the horror and tragedy of the Bondi shootings on Sunday, children will likely have questions. Parents may also be wondering how to talk to their little kids and teenagers about what happened.

Read the full article on The Point: thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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After mass violence such as the Bondi beach terror attack, distress does not stop with those directly affected.

Read the full article on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/explainers/251217-after-mass-violence-trauma-spreads-socially-here-are-3-ways-you-can-help-reduce-it
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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While terror reigned on Australia's most famous beach, local heroes stepped up by putting themselves in harm's way to protect innocent strangers.

Read the full article on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/news/251215-best-of-our-character-heroes-save-lives-in-shooting
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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“Existing tax settings allow for (and in some ways facilitate) growing inequality, mounting evidence shows the role of inequality in reducing economic growth,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.

Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/report/submi...
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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There are more than four million guns in Australia and Australia Institute research shows that a gun is stolen every four hours.

Read more on our research into firearms here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/firearm-theft-in-australia/
December 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.

Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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At COP30, the Albanese Government signed on to support a global agreement to phase out fossil fuels.

Now, just a few weeks later, the government is allowing gas companies to explore for new offshore gas.

It’s like we are being gaslit.

Read more on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Four years ago, Malcolm Turnbull was dumped from the NSW Net Zero Commission for suggesting a moratorium on new coal mines.

Today, they say he was right.

📖 Read more: theaus.in/4q6vC6B
🎧 Listen to our 2021 webinar: theaus.in/44mDF6Q
✍️ Sign our petition to stop new coal mines: theaus.in/4ps0iiG
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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The NSW Government’s own Net Zero Commission has pointed out the obvious – NSW can’t meet its climate targets while it approves new coal mines.

✍️ Sign our petition to stop new coal mines: https://www.nonewcoalmines.org.au/
December 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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“That’s what drives us to do trips such as this to investigate and follow that money because that is dirty money and it is killing our people and it is adding to the destruction of this planet." - Hereditary Chief Na’Moks, Wet’suwet’en Nation

Read the full article: thepoint.com.au/news/251211-...
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM