TinDrum'Australia Institute found fossil fuel subsidies were now increasing at a more rapid pace than funding for the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS)'
Mojo ♻️Aussies pay more tax on a stubby than the gas barons pay on billions in exported LNG.
Senator Pocock is spot on: time to end the great gas giveaway. Slap a flat 25% tax on exports, rake in billions for housing, health, & renewables instead of letting multinationals leach our resources for peanuts.
Beer taxes > PRRT? That’s not a policy, that’s a scam. Fix it now!
Sign the petition & spread the word.
#Auspol #GasTax #EndTheScam #TaxTheRich #AustraliaInstitute #ResourceTax
Fred Nurk@roycerk2.bsky.social @[email protected] given that you're both writing for The Point, which is part of Australia Institute, might you know what Andrew Forrest is getting for his donation?
#AndrewForrest #Australia #AustraliaInstitute #thinktanks #humanrights #AtlasNetwork
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Aussies are stunned: Treasury just confirmed we’ll rake in $2.7B from beer excise in 2025-26… but only $1.5B from PRRT on our massive offshore gas exports. We’re one of the world’s biggest LNG exporters, yet multinational gas giants pay less tax than punters pay on a slab.
This is broken. Gas companies dodge super-profits tax with endless deductions while everyday drinkers get slugged. Time to fix PRRT, slap on real royalties or a flat export tax, and build a proper sovereign wealth fund for future generations—not corporate handouts.
Why are we taxing beer harder than billion-dollar gas rip-offs? Tax the extractors, not the exhausted.
#PRRT #GasTax #ResourceRent #AustraliaInstitute #TaxJustice #EndCorporateWelfare
Saji WeerasinghamLove a bit of Foz on his high horse.
Great discussion about bravery in human rights and media coverage.
A Time for Bravery with Craig Foster AM & Amy Remeikis
Dr Angelika HeurichThis is worth a read. Why the #AustraliaInstitute cancelled its support and funding of the #adelaidewritersfestival
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260109-engaging-with-people-you-disagree-with-is-part-of-democracy-silencing-authors-is-not
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260109-engaging-with-people-you-disagree-with-is-part-of-democracy-silencing-authors-is-not
Engaging with people you disagree with is part of democracy. Silencing authors is not.
The Australia Institute’s decision to withdraw its involvement in, and sponsorship of, Adelaide Writers’ Week was easy to make but raises difficult questions. As a research-based think tank, we thrive in the cut and thrust of disagreement, and we regularly participate in events, debates, and conversations with people we disagree with.
Richard Denniss
'Australia is rich. The average income per person is the 12th highest in the world, and despite our small population we are the world’s 15th biggest economy. Despite this, our business community remains determined to keep this one of the lowest taxed countries in the world, which makes those of us who rely on public schools, public hospitals and public transport feel poor'
#ausPol #economics #australiaInstitute
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/12/20/the-fight-chalmers-has-have
The fight Chalmers has to have
It’s a mark of Australia’s obsession with the state of our budget that we have this strange pre-Christmas tradition of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The numbers it contains this year are a gift for any treasurer: stronger revenues and smaller budget deficits. Who could want more? For a start, the millions of Australians struggling with the cost of health and childcare, most of whom couldn’t care less about the performance art of economic policy.
Maude Nificent#EnvironmentLaws #FossilFuels #ALP and #Coalition
the #AustraliaInstitute has launched a petition;
they say “Environment Minister Murray Watt is working on a deal to rewrite our federal environment laws. This is necessary, because everyone agrees our existing laws are failing.
But instead of working with the Greens and independents to strengthen them, Labor is seeking a deal with the Coalition. It means Australia’s new environment laws will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
What we need is strong environment laws that actually bring an end to new coal and gas projects.
Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now!
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“To the Hon. Murray Watt MP, Minister for the Environment --
The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.
Every new coal and gas mine damages nature. We urge you to strengthen – not weaken – Australia's environment laws.
https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_environment_laws_stop_new_coal_and_gas
I'm following #auspol and the parliamentary sitting week with the amazing Amy Remeikis, on the #AustraliaInstitute's new live blog #ThePoint if you'd like to join in, the link is:
https://live.thepoint.com.au
https://live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Federal government facing reality on fuel rationing, Liberals deal with SA fall out.
After panic buying created fuel shortages last week, the government must now find answers for actual supply interruptions. Meanwhile, the Liberals must deal with the fallout of the SA election. All the day's events, with factchecks, as it happens.
News Beep‘Your country is going to fail’
US President Donald Trump’s persistent questioning of the reality of climate change and his embrace of the fossil…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #AustraliaInstitute #BillHare #ClimateAnalytics #Climatechange #DonaldTrump #emissionsreduction #globalemissions #greenenergy #parisagreement #UNClimateChangeConference #ungeneralassembly
https://www.newsbeep.com/147491/
