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Dr Richard Denniss

@richarddenniss.bsky.social

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Executive Director 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)

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

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 1d

A climatologist, an economist and a social scientist walk into a Royal Society of Victoria lecture theatre.
A discussion about the future of our society in a climate changed world.
Myself, Dr Richard Dennis @richarddenniss.bsky.social and Prof. Lucas Walsh
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

Event: A trio of commentators at the Royal Society of Victoria tackles: 'What is Australia Risking? Future Impacts of Climate Change'

Podcast Episode · Climate Conversations · 09/10/2025 · 1h 46m

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

New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets.

#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn't bode well that the article's entirely focused on politics & development & devoid of any mention of why we need strong EPBC laws!

No mention of uncontrolled land clearing, biodiversity crisis, climate impacts..oh & the DCCEEW page on National Environmental Standards was removed🤔

Archived👇

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 2d

Yup…

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d

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 · 4d

"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

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 5d

Most days…

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll be presenting on the NCRA with my friend Prof. Lucas Walsh and economist Richard Dennis @richarddenniss.bsky.social at the Royal Society of Victoria this Tuesday 6pm - come on down
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

New Australia Institute analysis reveals the supposed 'financial crisis' at the Australian National University is a lie.

The ANU had a $90 million SURPLUS in 2024!

📺 Richard Denniss, co-Chief Executive Officer appearing on WIN News

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

New government data confirms what everyone already knew...multinational gas exporters are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.

"People are getting increasingly sick of it."

🔊Richard Denniss, co-CEO, the Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

🔴 Santos Limited has racked up a 10th straight year of zero corporate tax payments from $48 billion in sales.

🔴 Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd paid zero corporate tax for the 6th year running, from $43 billion in sales.

Add your name to make the gas industry pay their fair share > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 9d

David Pope in Canberra Times

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 9d

New Australia Institute analysis shows the ANU had a $90 million profit in 2024 and INCREASED the value of its net assets...

All while the ANU was claiming a budget crisis to justify staff cuts!

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 9d

The Australian National University has been crying poor to justify cutting staff, while hiding millions in profit.

"They'll tell you the $170 million they got in investment returns, $16 million in donations, and $40 million in other expenditure shouldn't count."

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 9d

Big congrats to Santos Ltd!!

10 years. $46.7 billion in sales.

ZERO TAX

New ATO data out today.
@markogge.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
data.gov.au/data/dataset...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 9d

The ANU says it's in crisis. Does this look like a financial crisis to you?

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 9d

Important new independent analysis from David Richardson and @richarddenniss.bsky.social at @australiainstitute.org.au

They argue that ANU’s books “appear designed to present a ‘crisis’ that is contradicted by the audited financial statements.”

australiainstitute.org.au/report/cooki...

Cooking the books at the Australian National University - An analysis of the ANU accounts

Audited financial statements show that the ANU made a ‘profit’ of $90 million in 2024 and $136 million in 2023. Despite such strong financial results, ANU

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 9d

ANU has cut courses & 100s of staff, with a supposed "operating deficit" used to justify it.

However our research found that ANU had a $90m surplus in 2024 in the audited accounts.

“It's not clear why a Govt owned not-for-profit would be seeking to generate a surplus" – @richarddenniss.bsky.social

The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 9d

“In a research paper from the @australiainstitute.org.au called *Cooking the books at the Australian National University*, David Richardson and @richarddenniss.bsky.social said the ANU's argument about its unhealthy financial position was "flimsy".”

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907948...

'Cooking the books': national think tank questions ANU finances

'They should make clear how they use such donations.'

www.canberratimes.com.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10d

‘Anyone worried about the cost of the NDIS rising should be a lot more worried about what's in this Climate Risk Assessment.’

‘Someone is going to pay for the houses that get destroyed.’

- Richard Denniss co-Chief Executive Officer

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 11d

September 30, 1991 – Hawke’s ministers * "Ecologically Sustainable Development"

"the heads of the ESD working groups warned that the community must be more closely involved if the plan to write sustainable policies for resource-based industries was to succeed"

allouryesterdays.info/2025/09/29/s...

Thirty four years ago, on this day, September 30, 1991,

The cost of repairing damage to the environment must be included in the price of resources, the Federal Government was told yesterday.

The message was delivered to senior ministers during a private meeting with the heads of the Government’s working groups on ecologically sustainable development.

They warned that the community must be more closely involved if the plan to write sustainable policies for resource-based industries was to succeed.

The working group heads put their views directly to ministers and the Prime Minister, shortly before Mr Hawke had talks with representatives of business, unions, and green groups.

1991 Peake,R. 1991. Report Backs Green Levy On Consumers. The Age, 1 October, p.18.

The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was 355ppm. As of 2025, when this post was published, it is 430ppm. This matters because the more carbon dioxide in the air, the more heat gets trapped. The more heat, the more extreme weather events. You can make it more complicated than that if you want, but really, it’s not. Fwiw, I have a tattoo of the Keeling Curve on my left forearm.

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 12d

Phew:) which one?

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 14d

🤯'Mr Albanese emphasised the middle path in governing'
@richarddenniss.bsky.social @alicektg.bsky.social
(today's The W.E. Australian)

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

There's no point in our governments setting 'ambitious' emissions reduction targets if they won't actually take reducing emissions seriously.

Expanding fossil fuels and relying on bogus carbon credits is NOT taking it seriously.

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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

‘The way that the media deals with the climate is it’s an environmental story and it’s a future story. Whereas this is a housing story, a cost-of-living story, an inequality story, a role of government story…’

- Richard Denniss, Executive Director

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 15d

Sorry to be frustrating

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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 16d

The Aus Institute's @richarddenniss.bsky.social talked to Leon Compton about this issue last year -- noting that Tas MPs still well paid by Australian standards.

"There's no magic formula" to decide MP pay, but without indexation it gets arbitrarily smaller over time. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Should Tasmanian politicians get a pay rise? - ABC listen

They haven't had one since 2018.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17d

Join us next Thursday with some of the nation’s leading thinkers as they share a big idea for a better Australia.

@juliannes.bsky.social
@thomasmayo.bsky.social
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@alicektg.bsky.social

Free webinar, RSVP here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18d

The "sensible centre" is not the same as evidence-based policy.

With online gambling, junk food advertising or incarcerating children, evidence of harm is clear, but centrist positions are defined by politics rather than evidence.

This Friday, join @richarddenniss.bsky.social for a free webinar ⤵️

Dead Centre with Richard Denniss

The sensible centre. Evidence-based policy. These are not the same. In fact, they are at odds with each other. The scientific evidence tells us that building new gas, oil and coal mines will cause cat...

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