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“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss.

Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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“The Albanese Government is promising to transition away from fossil fuels by expanding the production of fossil gas,” writes @ketanjoshi.co in @thepointau.bsky.social

Read more ➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251125-australias-gas-bonanza-is-for-corporate-super-profits-not-climate-superheroes
January 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.

Meanwhile, multinational gas companies get 56% of our gas for free and then export it overseas.

Sign the petition: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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As climate disasters become more frequent, fewer Australians will be able to insure their homes.

Add your name to the call for a climate disaster levy ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisasterlevy
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports....You're not alone in thinking that Australia is getting taken for a ride."

Add your name to the petition: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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"Don't think for a minute you don't have power... don't think for a minute you can't make change." - Richard Denniss.

See more from the Climate Integrity Summit here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/event/climate_integrity_summit_2025/
December 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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"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 here: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251113-genuine-economic-reform-is-long-overdue
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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High fees, student dissatisfaction and repeated governance issues dominating the headlines have fuelled an intense political climate for universities.

Read an excerpt of Prof George Williams’ new Vantage Point essay on The Point ➡️ https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251105-misinformation-overload
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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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.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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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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
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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