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Dr Richard Denniss
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Co-CEO at The Australia Institute

Economist, Author of books and writer of columns often for Saturday Paper, The Monthly & The New Daily (previously The Guardian, Australian Financial Review)

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Richard Denniss is an Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, who is the Executive Director of The Australia Institute. and a former Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University in Canberra. .. more

Economics 33%
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 8h
One day we should chat re prehistory of UNFCCC. obligations were to have been placed on fossil fuel producer countries not consumers…argument for consumption accounting were weak but the producer countries were more motivated…now oz gets to sell iron ore & coal to china &blame them for the emisisons

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Dumbe Blonde @dumbeblonde.bsky.social · 8h
Pretty funny that the party who fights culcha wars for Aussie flag thongs in supermarkets on Australia Day sold our gas to tax dodging foreign owned multinationals so you pay more. How very patriotic

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 16h
Pauline Hanson’s use of the Burqa speaks volumes about her and the kind of country she wants

But Senator Fatima Payman’s essay on bravery speaks volumes about the need for quite a different Australia

Please read and share if your want to cleanse people’s feeds…

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The Floor I Crossed Was Between Fear and Freedom
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h
"Government investment in social housing is helping stabilise rents" Wow, who knew? (oh, yeah everyone). My column #ThePoint
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Government investment in social housing is helping stabilise rents
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Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer, Karen O’Leary

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 20h
The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS

Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics

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Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 20h
Peter Costello is to blame for our health crisis. He promised the states his GST was a growth tax that would provide sustainable funding for states but its failing

But we don’t have to increase the GST its time to tax gas and give the $s to the states

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Australia’s health system is in intensive care, and the GST flatline is to blame
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Reposted by Richard Denniss, William F. Lamb, Georg Weizsäcker

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position

A lil thread 🧵
a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 1d
The best way to keep up with whats going on in parliament is to follow @amyremeikis.bsky.social live blog

Its going to be a big final sitting week

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The Point Live: Coalition continues to tank as parliament enters its final week
The Coalition is now at 42 to Labor's 58 in the Newspoll two-party preferred measure after dumping net zero and naming immigration as its next target. Meanwhile Labor pushes to pass it's mining frien...
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 1d
48 years ago today.

November 24, 1977 – Canberra Times reports “all coal” plan would “flood US cities”

Dr Peter Fong, of Emory University in a paper delivered to the American Physical Society said an all-coal policy would be "tantamount to suicide".

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November 24, 1977 - Canberra Times reports "all coal" plan would "flood US cities" - All Our Yesterdays
On this day, November 24 in 1978, the Canberra Times ran a story “All coal plan to flood cities”, based on a UPI wire story about an American Physical Society meeting the day before in Florida where D...
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 2d
Great, send me an email at [email protected] if you’d like to chat

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d
You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers

Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them

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Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d
Agree re lack of ‘enforcement’ but thats often a deliberate decision by the regulators…a great excuse for doing nothing. Do you think regulatory changes post opal towers unnecessary?

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d
Id love to hear more if you ever felt like it. Im keen to expose the failings of our regulatory appraoch - its become systemic

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d
Good regulation is good for productivity growth. Lack of regulation is driving inefficiency.

Poorly regulated building markets led to debacles like the cracking in Opal Towers and flammable cladding being expensively replaced across the country

My column

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Cutting red tape shows that when we ‘trust the market’ taxpayers usually end up footing the bill
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d
What if we took the billions saved by not hosting the COP and gave it to the Pacific who we keep saying the COP was supposed to help? #climate

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COP failure delivers a billion dollar opportunity to finally deliver for Pacific family
New analysis of Australia's foreign aid spending recommends a more direct way to help our Pacific neighbours, following the failure to win the right to host next year’s COP climate talks.
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 4d
Agree. Im talking about the ones who are signing off on schemes that are designed to fail…

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 4d
The same public servants who created the rules for the ‘market’ for aged care, child care, disability care and water in the Murray River are now pretending they will do a good job of making a ‘market’ for biodiversity…what could go wrong
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Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss breaks down the problem with offsets at a Senate Inquiry into proposed changes to the Environment Protection Reform Bill.

Sign the petition calling on the government to fix our broken environment laws nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 4d
The mining lobby is weak right now.

Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social

Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.

My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
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It's the perfect time for the government to defy the mining lobbies
Long-gone are the days when the mining industry could claim to have the power to topple prime ministers and governments.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d
Brave policy can be great politics.

With brave climate leadership, Anthony Albanese could leave a lasting legacy similar to Bob Hawke with Medicare and Paul Keating with compulsory superannuation, says former South Australian Premier Mike Rann. #auspol

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Photo of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese NEW EPISODE | Mike Rann: how Albanese can leave a brave climate legacy Listen to Follow the Money via the link or wherever you get your podcasts

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d
Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss breaks down the problem with offsets at a Senate Inquiry into proposed changes to the Environment Protection Reform Bill.

Sign the petition calling on the government to fix our broken environment laws nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 6d
As the number of votes for major parties continues to slide, and ‘the coalition’ find it harder to agree what to coalesce around, the legal and rhetorical meaning of ‘the opposition’ is evolving rapidly…great piece by @browne90.bsky.social

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If the Opposition is not the alternative government, what is the point of it?
With Victoria on its third Oppostion Leader in a year, and speculation about pressure on the Federal and NSW Liberals, we're left wondering: what makes an Opposition Government?
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 6d
Wow, former Qld Treasurer Cameron Dick provided the details of the 2017 royalty agreement with Adani for the first time yesterday.

Value - up to $500m. @australiainstitute.org.au estimate of $385m was conservative. #qldpol
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 6d
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…

Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
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CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 6d
Australian governments just never tire of finding new ways to give our money to the fossil fuel industry…
rodcampbell.bsky.social Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 6d
Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.

Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.

Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 6d
Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.

Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.

Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 7d
Former Labor premier calls out the gas industry for using tobacco industry tactics to delay climate action. Thanks Mike Rann for telling it like it is

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Gas lobby using tobacco tactics, former SA Premier warns
The fossil fuel sector is using “tobacco industry tactics” to maintain a bipartisan commitment to supporting gas expansion in Australia, former South Ausralian Labor Premier Mike Rann has said.
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Reposted by Euan G. Ritchie, Adrian Vickers

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 7d
Australia doesn’t have a gas shortage…& neither does one of our biggest export customers.

Not only does Japan onsell huge amounts of our gas to other countries, Japanese consumers have cheaper electricity than most Australians

Well done Aus Government. Good job
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Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
The broken nature of Australia energy market has been highlighted by a report that Japanese households pay less for electricity than Australians do, despite Japanese electricity being reliant on Austr...
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Reposted by Richard Denniss, Karen O’Leary

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 7d
"The average mortgage pays $200,000 in profit over its life to the banks," says Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute.

You can read more on good ideas for economic reform on The Point.

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 7d
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…

what could go wrong?

Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature

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How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 8d
Um..has anyone told Albo that we were already proposing to co-host the COP with the Pacific…
#climate