Eloise Carr
@eloise-carr.bsky.social
Tasmanian Director at @australiainstitute.org.au
Favourite advice: you never regret a swim.
Favourite advice: you never regret a swim.
Tasmania decides: will the Upper House rescue the government?
Upper Houses have saved Governments, and with Tasmanian AFL stadium vote they might do it again
Sometimes, the best thing that can happen to a government is to lose a vote in Parliament. Doing so allows a government say, hand-on-heart, that it did everything that it could to fulfill its promises...
thepoint.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Tasmania decides: will the Upper House rescue the government?
This is happening in National Heritage waters of the Kimberley and Tassal/Cooke want to expand their operations! This is the same corporation, causing the same industrial fish farming problems as the salmon industry in Tasmania. See Environs Kimberley:
www.environskimberley.org.au/swinbourn_ta...
www.environskimberley.org.au/swinbourn_ta...
Mass fish kill at Tassal barramundi farm in WA's Cone Bay | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is happening in National Heritage waters of the Kimberley and Tassal/Cooke want to expand their operations! This is the same corporation, causing the same industrial fish farming problems as the salmon industry in Tasmania. See Environs Kimberley:
www.environskimberley.org.au/swinbourn_ta...
www.environskimberley.org.au/swinbourn_ta...
Standing room only at the community meeting calling on the Tasmanian Government to take salmon farms out of Long Bay on the Tasman Peninsula. This would be consistent with Recommendation 3 of the 2022 Parliamentary Inquiry, but the government refuses to implement this recommendation.
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Standing room only at the community meeting calling on the Tasmanian Government to take salmon farms out of Long Bay on the Tasman Peninsula. This would be consistent with Recommendation 3 of the 2022 Parliamentary Inquiry, but the government refuses to implement this recommendation.
So now the government thinks it’s ok for antibiotics to be found in wild fish 3km away from salmon pens.
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but maybe don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
So now the government thinks it’s ok for antibiotics to be found in wild fish 3km away from salmon pens.
Reposted by Eloise Carr
“The government is cherrypicking available science in its attempts to reassure UNESCO enough is being done to address the destruction of World Heritage caused by the salmon industry.
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
“The government is cherrypicking available science in its attempts to reassure UNESCO enough is being done to address the destruction of World Heritage caused by the salmon industry.
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
"This is simply not the case."
-Australia Institute Tasmania Director Eloise Carr
#auspol @eloise-carr.bsky.social
Here's some food for thought, especially for ALP backbenchers, thanks @richarddenniss.bsky.social
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Here's some food for thought, especially for ALP backbenchers, thanks @richarddenniss.bsky.social
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Sydney set for ‘blistering’ weather as record heat shifts east and winds forecast to blast southern Australia
Sydney set for ‘blistering’ weather as record heat shifts east and winds forecast to blast southern Australia
Temperatures forecast to reach 39C in the CBD as rain and damaging gusts up to 130km/h expected along Victoria’s south-west coast
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The weather bureau has forecast a “blistering day” for Sydney on Wednesday, with record-breaking heat shifting towards the east coast, while damaging winds whip through southern states.
On Tuesday, both New South Wales and Queensland recorded their hottest-ever October temperatures, the highest since records began in 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Sydney set for ‘blistering’ weather as record heat shifts east and winds forecast to blast southern Australia
Reposted by Eloise Carr
The Institute's Tasmania Director, @eloise-carr.bsky.social has called on the next commissioner to favour disclosure by providing more regular updates, publishing more reports, and holding public hearings in order to "change the culture of the Commission from the top".
Tasmania's integrity body finishes 2019 probe but report still secret
Seven years after allegations were made against a practitioner who was allegedly misusing public resources, Tasmania's Integrity Commission has finalised its investigation into the matter. However, th...
www.abc.net.au
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The Institute's Tasmania Director, @eloise-carr.bsky.social has called on the next commissioner to favour disclosure by providing more regular updates, publishing more reports, and holding public hearings in order to "change the culture of the Commission from the top".
"The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve" says the Guardian...
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve" says the Guardian...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
"The Attorney-General’s Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government."
Great article from @dholmesnoise.bsky.social in @themandarin.bsky.social today, covering the latest.
Great article from @dholmesnoise.bsky.social in @themandarin.bsky.social today, covering the latest.
Estimates find no evidence of automated FOI applications
The Attorney-General's Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government.
www.themandarin.com.au
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"The Attorney-General’s Department was unable to present evidence of the malicious and automated FOI requests alleged by the government."
Great article from @dholmesnoise.bsky.social in @themandarin.bsky.social today, covering the latest.
Great article from @dholmesnoise.bsky.social in @themandarin.bsky.social today, covering the latest.
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Our research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem.
Read:
Read:
Proposed changes to Freedom Of Information scheme don't add up
New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI reque...
australiainstitute.org.au
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Our research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem.
Read:
Read:
Reposted by Eloise Carr
The Government justified a clamp down on freedom of information requests by claiming an increase in malicious and automated FOI attempts. Only problem is, there's no evidence of such a thing.
Our research showed that the number of FOI requests has not increased, but processing time has. 🔗⤵️ #auspol
Our research showed that the number of FOI requests has not increased, but processing time has. 🔗⤵️ #auspol
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Government justified a clamp down on freedom of information requests by claiming an increase in malicious and automated FOI attempts. Only problem is, there's no evidence of such a thing.
Our research showed that the number of FOI requests has not increased, but processing time has. 🔗⤵️ #auspol
Our research showed that the number of FOI requests has not increased, but processing time has. 🔗⤵️ #auspol
Reposted by Eloise Carr
The new research also shows that it's government inefficiency, not the number of requests, behind the growing cost of the FOI system.
Read the full report for more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/governm...
Read the full report for more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/governm...
Government’s FOI changes could cover up the next Robodebt - new research
Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Insti...
australiainstitute.org.au
October 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The new research also shows that it's government inefficiency, not the number of requests, behind the growing cost of the FOI system.
Read the full report for more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/governm...
Read the full report for more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/governm...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Great to see our research being used in Parliament!
Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
October 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great to see our research being used in Parliament!
Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Reposted by Eloise Carr
It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does.
The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.
It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...
The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.
It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It doesn't matter if you don't believe in climate change. Your insurer does.
The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.
It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...
The more extreme climate events and disasters that occur around the world – the higher Australian insurance premiums will be.
It's why we're calling for compensation levy on gas & coal exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Dr Shortis discusses Trump and Netanyahu's 20-point peace plan for Gaza - which did not include Palestinians in the negotiating process - on the latest episode of After America.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🔊
australiainstitute.org.au/post/trumps-...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🔊
australiainstitute.org.au/post/trumps-...
Trump’s plan no path to lasting peace
After several failed attempts at brokering a ceasefire, President Donald Trump, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a 20-point peace plan for Gaza.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Dr Shortis discusses Trump and Netanyahu's 20-point peace plan for Gaza - which did not include Palestinians in the negotiating process - on the latest episode of After America.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🔊
australiainstitute.org.au/post/trumps-...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🔊
australiainstitute.org.au/post/trumps-...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
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...
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...
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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...
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...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Govt spent $101K of YOUR money on lawyers trying to keep a Maugean Skate brief from YOU. They lost the fight.
Instead of rethinking their resistance to transparency, @albomp.bsky.social’s solution to balancing the books is to charge citizens $40 to receive an erroneous #FOI decision. 🤦♂️ #auspol
Instead of rethinking their resistance to transparency, @albomp.bsky.social’s solution to balancing the books is to charge citizens $40 to receive an erroneous #FOI decision. 🤦♂️ #auspol
September 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Govt spent $101K of YOUR money on lawyers trying to keep a Maugean Skate brief from YOU. They lost the fight.
Instead of rethinking their resistance to transparency, @albomp.bsky.social’s solution to balancing the books is to charge citizens $40 to receive an erroneous #FOI decision. 🤦♂️ #auspol
Instead of rethinking their resistance to transparency, @albomp.bsky.social’s solution to balancing the books is to charge citizens $40 to receive an erroneous #FOI decision. 🤦♂️ #auspol
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Nearly one-fifth of Australia's domestic emissions comes from the process of extracting and shipping gas and coal for export.
With a new 2035 target imminent, this is an easy place for the Government to find real emissions reductions.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/nearly-...
With a new 2035 target imminent, this is an easy place for the Government to find real emissions reductions.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/nearly-...
September 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nearly one-fifth of Australia's domestic emissions comes from the process of extracting and shipping gas and coal for export.
With a new 2035 target imminent, this is an easy place for the Government to find real emissions reductions.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/nearly-...
With a new 2035 target imminent, this is an easy place for the Government to find real emissions reductions.
Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/nearly-...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Read Chief Economist Greg Jericho’s article in The Guardian to learn more:
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Read our report to learn the three simple steps which would raise $70 billion a year in extra tax:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Read our report to learn the three simple steps which would raise $70 billion a year in extra tax:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...
Capital gains for the rich and persistent gender pay gaps: what we can learn from the ATO’s annual tax statistics | Greg Jericho
Data shows negative gearing remains the favourite of high-income earners, while most Australians’ super balances fall short of what is needed for a ‘comfortable retirement’
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Read Chief Economist Greg Jericho’s article in The Guardian to learn more:
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Read our report to learn the three simple steps which would raise $70 billion a year in extra tax:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Read our report to learn the three simple steps which would raise $70 billion a year in extra tax:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Tax is an important part of our society so why did 91 millionaires pay no tax in 2022?
“Those 91 people earned over $1 million but had deductions so large they reduced the amount of tax they paid to zero.”
- Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
“Those 91 people earned over $1 million but had deductions so large they reduced the amount of tax they paid to zero.”
- Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Tax is an important part of our society so why did 91 millionaires pay no tax in 2022?
“Those 91 people earned over $1 million but had deductions so large they reduced the amount of tax they paid to zero.”
- Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
“Those 91 people earned over $1 million but had deductions so large they reduced the amount of tax they paid to zero.”
- Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Has the gas industry captured WA?
Perth, join us on Tuesday with @punterspolitics.bsky.social and
@markogge.bsky.social to talk all things gas. #auspol
Perth, join us on Tuesday with @punterspolitics.bsky.social and
@markogge.bsky.social to talk all things gas. #auspol
Cooked: Has the gas industry captured WA?
Get tickets on Humanitix - Cooked: Has the gas industry captured WA? hosted by The Australia Institute. WA Museum Boola Bardip, Francis Street, and, William St, Northbridge WA 6003, Australia. Tuesday...
events.humanitix.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Has the gas industry captured WA?
Perth, join us on Tuesday with @punterspolitics.bsky.social and
@markogge.bsky.social to talk all things gas. #auspol
Perth, join us on Tuesday with @punterspolitics.bsky.social and
@markogge.bsky.social to talk all things gas. #auspol
Reposted by Eloise Carr
Why doesn't big business in Australia invest more?
Because it's easier for oligopolies to just gouge their customers instead of taking a risk.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
Because it's easier for oligopolies to just gouge their customers instead of taking a risk.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
September 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Why doesn't big business in Australia invest more?
Because it's easier for oligopolies to just gouge their customers instead of taking a risk.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
Because it's easier for oligopolies to just gouge their customers instead of taking a risk.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
Reposted by Eloise Carr
I fought Scott Morrison on National Cabinet secrecy during the COVID pandemic. I won that fight because his secrecy declaration was inconsistent with the law. @albomp.bsky.social is smarter than Morrison - he’s trying to expand Cabinet secrecy by changing the law. #auspol
Albo's dangerous expansion of Cabinet secrecy - Michael West
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s proposed modifications of Freedom of Information laws are a huge secrecy grab and undermine democracy
michaelwest.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I fought Scott Morrison on National Cabinet secrecy during the COVID pandemic. I won that fight because his secrecy declaration was inconsistent with the law. @albomp.bsky.social is smarter than Morrison - he’s trying to expand Cabinet secrecy by changing the law. #auspol