Adam Gottschalk
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social
Researcher: climate, energy, environment
Formerly @australiainstitute.org.au
Formerly @australiainstitute.org.au
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The costs of climate are increasing and will hit local governments hard, our new research shows.
Rather than communities being forced to pay the escalating costs of repair work after fires, floods and storms, we could put a levy on gas and coal exports to help pay for the costs of climate change.
Rather than communities being forced to pay the escalating costs of repair work after fires, floods and storms, we could put a levy on gas and coal exports to help pay for the costs of climate change.
Local governments face soaring cost of climate change
Local government revenue is not keeping pace with the rapidly rising costs of climate change, according to new analysis by The Australia Institute.
australiainstitute.org.au
September 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The costs of climate are increasing and will hit local governments hard, our new research shows.
Rather than communities being forced to pay the escalating costs of repair work after fires, floods and storms, we could put a levy on gas and coal exports to help pay for the costs of climate change.
Rather than communities being forced to pay the escalating costs of repair work after fires, floods and storms, we could put a levy on gas and coal exports to help pay for the costs of climate change.
Coal royalties are a tiny part of NSW Government revenue, despite what the industry might tell you
"NSW produces a lot of coal but the public, who own the coal, get hardly anything from it.
All while coal companies reap enormous profits."
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social, Anne Kantor Fellow, explains that coal royalties are a tiny part of NSW Govt revenue ⤵️
All while coal companies reap enormous profits."
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social, Anne Kantor Fellow, explains that coal royalties are a tiny part of NSW Govt revenue ⤵️
January 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Coal royalties are a tiny part of NSW Government revenue, despite what the industry might tell you
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There's been some worry about the Aussie dollar falling, but don't panic just yet.
As Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on the latest Dollars & Sense, it's a lot to do with Trump's tariffs, and is NOT a reason to delay a rate cut.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social #auspol
As Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on the latest Dollars & Sense, it's a lot to do with Trump's tariffs, and is NOT a reason to delay a rate cut.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social #auspol
January 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There's been some worry about the Aussie dollar falling, but don't panic just yet.
As Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on the latest Dollars & Sense, it's a lot to do with Trump's tariffs, and is NOT a reason to delay a rate cut.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social #auspol
As Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on the latest Dollars & Sense, it's a lot to do with Trump's tariffs, and is NOT a reason to delay a rate cut.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
@adamchalksitup.bsky.social #auspol
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The first Dollars & Sense pod of the year is up - with guest co-host @adamchalksitup.bsky.social
Talkin' exchange rates, interest rates and how I chose a bad time to visit the USA
australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
Talkin' exchange rates, interest rates and how I chose a bad time to visit the USA
australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
Okay, it’s not ALL Greg’s fault
Just some things.
australiainstitute.org.au
January 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The first Dollars & Sense pod of the year is up - with guest co-host @adamchalksitup.bsky.social
Talkin' exchange rates, interest rates and how I chose a bad time to visit the USA
australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
Talkin' exchange rates, interest rates and how I chose a bad time to visit the USA
australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
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Okay @grogsgamut.bsky.social, maybe we overstated things...
Also, Dollars & Sense is back for 2025. 🥳
Listen via the link (or wherever you get your podcasts).
🎧 australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
Also, Dollars & Sense is back for 2025. 🥳
Listen via the link (or wherever you get your podcasts).
🎧 australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
January 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Okay @grogsgamut.bsky.social, maybe we overstated things...
Also, Dollars & Sense is back for 2025. 🥳
Listen via the link (or wherever you get your podcasts).
🎧 australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
Also, Dollars & Sense is back for 2025. 🥳
Listen via the link (or wherever you get your podcasts).
🎧 australiainstitute.org.au/post/okay-it...
Dollars & Sense is back at it for 2025.
This week, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @adamchalksitup.bsky.social discuss
💵 why the Aussie dollar is falling
🛃 Trump's tariffs +
🏘️ whether a rate cut could be on the way
Episode out tonight - subscribe to Dollars & Sense now, wherever you get your podcasts.
This week, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @adamchalksitup.bsky.social discuss
💵 why the Aussie dollar is falling
🛃 Trump's tariffs +
🏘️ whether a rate cut could be on the way
Episode out tonight - subscribe to Dollars & Sense now, wherever you get your podcasts.
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Charging giant vehicles more to park seems like common sense public policy to me
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w...
Parisians Vote to Triple Parking Fees for Big S.U.V.s and Other Hefty Cars
The city authorities say that large cars pollute more and are dangerous for pedestrians. Opponents say the mayor is on a crusade against motorists.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Charging giant vehicles more to park seems like common sense public policy to me
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w...
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2025 is set to be a big year.
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
January 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
2025 is set to be a big year.
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
Want to keep up with the latest research, analysis, and commentary from our whole team?
Here's a handy starter pack:
go.bsky.app/NYdgWKn #auspol
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"The NSW Government is far more focused on promoting coal than helping communities move away from it." - Rod Campbell, Research Director
Read the research from Evie Simpson, @adamchalksitup.bsky.social & @rodcampbell.bsky.social:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/nsw-gov... #auspol #climate
Read the research from Evie Simpson, @adamchalksitup.bsky.social & @rodcampbell.bsky.social:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/nsw-gov... #auspol #climate
December 5, 2024 at 3:46 AM
"The NSW Government is far more focused on promoting coal than helping communities move away from it." - Rod Campbell, Research Director
Read the research from Evie Simpson, @adamchalksitup.bsky.social & @rodcampbell.bsky.social:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/nsw-gov... #auspol #climate
Read the research from Evie Simpson, @adamchalksitup.bsky.social & @rodcampbell.bsky.social:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/nsw-gov... #auspol #climate
The NSW Gov is greenwashing coal by funding carbon capture and storage #nswpol
New report out today w/ @rodcampbell.bsky.social & Evie Simpson:
New report out today w/ @rodcampbell.bsky.social & Evie Simpson:
A stark contrast in NSW government funding priorities:
Public subsidies for coal research & promotion far exceed funding to support regional communities in the transition away from coal.
This undermines NSW emissions reduction efforts & the future of these communities. #nswpol
Public subsidies for coal research & promotion far exceed funding to support regional communities in the transition away from coal.
This undermines NSW emissions reduction efforts & the future of these communities. #nswpol
December 5, 2024 at 3:53 AM
The NSW Gov is greenwashing coal by funding carbon capture and storage #nswpol
New report out today w/ @rodcampbell.bsky.social & Evie Simpson:
New report out today w/ @rodcampbell.bsky.social & Evie Simpson:
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imagine if behind the curtain, the ACCC was just coles + woolies, and they decided to give themselves big fat taxpayer grants and to squeeze aldi + IGA out of the market!
…well, labor + the coalition are doing something very similar to indies + minor parties.
it basically #FinancialGerrymandering.
…well, labor + the coalition are doing something very similar to indies + minor parties.
it basically #FinancialGerrymandering.
"Labor & Coalition politicians are rushing through legislation without proper scrutiny, that will deliver tens of millions of dollars in additional public funding for the major parties, while tilting the playing field against independents & minor parties."
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
Move over Colesworth. There are some bigger rip-off artists in town
Casting a vote is a bit like going to the supermarket now.
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 25, 2024 at 6:40 PM
imagine if behind the curtain, the ACCC was just coles + woolies, and they decided to give themselves big fat taxpayer grants and to squeeze aldi + IGA out of the market!
…well, labor + the coalition are doing something very similar to indies + minor parties.
it basically #FinancialGerrymandering.
…well, labor + the coalition are doing something very similar to indies + minor parties.
it basically #FinancialGerrymandering.
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Here's some homework ;)
November 27, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Here's some homework ;)
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"The one thing that will not be maintained in the next 10-20 years is the status quo."
Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social on the moral choices that Australia must make in the face of climate change at #climateintegrity Summit 2024 #auspol
Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social on the moral choices that Australia must make in the face of climate change at #climateintegrity Summit 2024 #auspol
November 25, 2024 at 12:55 AM
"The one thing that will not be maintained in the next 10-20 years is the status quo."
Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social on the moral choices that Australia must make in the face of climate change at #climateintegrity Summit 2024 #auspol
Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social on the moral choices that Australia must make in the face of climate change at #climateintegrity Summit 2024 #auspol
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They should really stop letting me write the titles for these...
Anyway go sub to the @australiainstitute.org.au newsletter, now with extra @amyremeikis.bsky.social !!
Free, fortnightly-ish > theaus.in/newsletter_s...
Anyway go sub to the @australiainstitute.org.au newsletter, now with extra @amyremeikis.bsky.social !!
Free, fortnightly-ish > theaus.in/newsletter_s...
November 22, 2024 at 12:08 AM
They should really stop letting me write the titles for these...
Anyway go sub to the @australiainstitute.org.au newsletter, now with extra @amyremeikis.bsky.social !!
Free, fortnightly-ish > theaus.in/newsletter_s...
Anyway go sub to the @australiainstitute.org.au newsletter, now with extra @amyremeikis.bsky.social !!
Free, fortnightly-ish > theaus.in/newsletter_s...
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There is widespread support for banning gambling ads on free-to-air media. The main objection is free-to-air networks can’t afford to lose the $$.
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains, there's a simple solution. A 2% levy on gambling revenue could more than replace all the lost ad income. #auspol
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains, there's a simple solution. A 2% levy on gambling revenue could more than replace all the lost ad income. #auspol
November 22, 2024 at 2:01 AM
There is widespread support for banning gambling ads on free-to-air media. The main objection is free-to-air networks can’t afford to lose the $$.
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains, there's a simple solution. A 2% levy on gambling revenue could more than replace all the lost ad income. #auspol
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains, there's a simple solution. A 2% levy on gambling revenue could more than replace all the lost ad income. #auspol
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Here are 8 things you need to know about the Government's electoral reform bill, and 8 ideas to make it better, from our Director of Democracy & Accountability, Bill Browne.
@browne90.bsky.social #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/eight-t...
@browne90.bsky.social #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/eight-t...
Eight things you need to know about the Government’s plan to change Australian elections
And eight ideas to improve it
australiainstitute.org.au
November 21, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Here are 8 things you need to know about the Government's electoral reform bill, and 8 ideas to make it better, from our Director of Democracy & Accountability, Bill Browne.
@browne90.bsky.social #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/eight-t...
@browne90.bsky.social #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/post/eight-t...
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A constant defence of fossil fuel suppliers is "don't attack them, they're just meeting demand for their products", which is ultra-naive LinkedIn-Men absurdity
The suppliers of fossil fuels create demand for their product: through politics, marketing, economics and often just flat-out corruption
The suppliers of fossil fuels create demand for their product: through politics, marketing, economics and often just flat-out corruption
![Among the ideas raised during early discussions was the possibility of building airports in Africa, which would in turn boost the need for oil on the continent. “It costs you X million dollars and you’ve got a guarantee of however many flights, [and] you’re the guy that’s supplying the fuel oil,” the source said. Other ideas generated by the oil sustainability program, though not necessarily by McKinsey, include working with an automaker to produce a cheap car that can be sold in emerging markets to give “an oil uplift for the kingdom” and to fast-track commercial supersonic air travel, explicitly because it consumes three times more jet fuel than normal aircraft, according to presentations obtained from program officials as part of the CCR’s undercover reporting. It’s unclear specifically what ideas McKinsey’s consultants advised on.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/bafkreigous5hphoa72f4g22pcjufyaf44f2adayii33bihnoeykoaydrxy@jpeg)
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 PM
A constant defence of fossil fuel suppliers is "don't attack them, they're just meeting demand for their products", which is ultra-naive LinkedIn-Men absurdity
The suppliers of fossil fuels create demand for their product: through politics, marketing, economics and often just flat-out corruption
The suppliers of fossil fuels create demand for their product: through politics, marketing, economics and often just flat-out corruption
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When you're teaming up to rush through electoral reforms you know are undemocratic:
theaustralian.com.au/nation/peter...
theaustralian.com.au/nation/peter...
November 20, 2024 at 12:35 AM
When you're teaming up to rush through electoral reforms you know are undemocratic:
theaustralian.com.au/nation/peter...
theaustralian.com.au/nation/peter...
Rushed donation reforms are a major party stitch-up that exclude independents and minor parties.
Democracy is too important to risk (case in point: the US).
Sign this petition to put pressure on the gov to send the reforms to a parliamentary inquiry.
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Democracy is too important to risk (case in point: the US).
Sign this petition to put pressure on the gov to send the reforms to a parliamentary inquiry.
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SIGN NOW: Protect our elections!
Changes to democracy are too important to be rushed through parliament.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
November 20, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Rushed donation reforms are a major party stitch-up that exclude independents and minor parties.
Democracy is too important to risk (case in point: the US).
Sign this petition to put pressure on the gov to send the reforms to a parliamentary inquiry.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
Democracy is too important to risk (case in point: the US).
Sign this petition to put pressure on the gov to send the reforms to a parliamentary inquiry.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...
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Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin
Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin
Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory
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Donald Trump’s nomination for energy secretary has connections to fracking operations for gas in the Beetaloo basin in the Northern Territory.
Chris Wright is the chief executive of Liberty Energy, a company that provides services to the oil and gas industry across North America.
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin
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For someone who spends a lot of time online, not much surprises me. But this headline was not one I expected to see today.
@theonion.com buys InfoWars.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
@theonion.com buys InfoWars.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
November 14, 2024 at 11:30 PM
For someone who spends a lot of time online, not much surprises me. But this headline was not one I expected to see today.
@theonion.com buys InfoWars.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
@theonion.com buys InfoWars.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Hi lovely 🦋 folks.
We're really excited about our new book. It features over 30 leading thinkers from Australia and around the world, sharing their big ideas to make the world better.
Preordering a copy is one of the best ways you can support our work, check it out!
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We're really excited about our new book. It features over 30 leading thinkers from Australia and around the world, sharing their big ideas to make the world better.
Preordering a copy is one of the best ways you can support our work, check it out!
▶️ theaus.in/preorder_big...
November 13, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Hi lovely 🦋 folks.
We're really excited about our new book. It features over 30 leading thinkers from Australia and around the world, sharing their big ideas to make the world better.
Preordering a copy is one of the best ways you can support our work, check it out!
▶️ theaus.in/preorder_big...
We're really excited about our new book. It features over 30 leading thinkers from Australia and around the world, sharing their big ideas to make the world better.
Preordering a copy is one of the best ways you can support our work, check it out!
▶️ theaus.in/preorder_big...
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NSW, Australia's most populous state, is forecast to fall well short of emissions reduction goals for 2030,2035 and 2050 (let alone the total carbon budget), a government agency says. #cop29
www.productivity.nsw.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.productivity.nsw.gov.au/sites/defaul...
November 14, 2024 at 10:40 PM
NSW, Australia's most populous state, is forecast to fall well short of emissions reduction goals for 2030,2035 and 2050 (let alone the total carbon budget), a government agency says. #cop29
www.productivity.nsw.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.productivity.nsw.gov.au/sites/defaul...