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🚨🚨 BREAKING: 3 new coal mines approved 🚨🚨 “These approvals are inconsistent with Australia’s climate goals and reinforces our country’s reputation as one of the world’s major fossil fuel exporters," said Roderick Campbell Australia Institute Full statement: australiainstitute.org.au/post/coal-mine…

The benefits of negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount go overwhelmingly to the highest income earners. Over half the benefits go to the top 10%. They've worked together to destroy housing affordability. Time to scrap them. #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-capit…

This week the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese referred to a study cited by the Property Council of Australia as to why negative gearing should not be done. But as Greg Jericho writes, that 2019 report actually shows changes would *improve* housing affordability. australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-repor…

Where is your super invested? A new Australia Institute report in collaboration with @QuitNukes finds most of the top super funds are investing in nuclear weapons. Exclusive from Hannah Wootton in the AFR today: afr.com/wealth/superan…

Speeding fines: What might be a mosquito bite for the wealthy can be earth-shattering for the poor. Our new research outlines a fairer model for speeding fines based on a Finnish proportional fine system. 🧵 Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia… #auspol

As news comes that gas companies want to charge more for their gas because fewer people are using it, David Richardson finds that AGL are charging households THREE times more for gas than it charges businesses #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/agl-is-ch…

As ABC News reports today, our childcare system is too expensive and inaccessible for many families. But there is a way to fix it, where everybody wins ... most of all, our children.

Australia’s “broken” superannuation and pension systems are condemning a growing number of retirees to financial misery in their sunset years. New research from the Australia Institute shows how we can address it. 🧵 #auspol (1/5)

Early childhood education and care is good for kids, parents, and the economy. But increasing subsidies just seems to put more money in the pockets of for profit providers. But what if we did preschool education like we do school education? australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-fi…

Australians like to think we're an equal society, but as Matt Grudnoff shows - the poorer your postcode and the further you live from the city, the worse your health and life expectancy #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/research-…

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 #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/eight-thi…

My take on the latest legislation on housing affordability that passed as part of the mad rush in the Senate this week. More housing policy that will do nothing while the housing crisis gets worse. australiainstitute.org.au/post/two-new-h…

"All indications are that the RBA will wait again at this week’s meeting. They will repeat the mistake the RBA review called them out on a year and a half ago." The latest from Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist: australiainstitute.org.au/post/another-h… #auspol

Graeme Goodings NOW: Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist with The Australia Institute Matt Grudnoff Australia Institute says AGL and Origin are gouging their customers.

It's great to see the Government is willing to tackle childcare reform. Matt Grudnoff writes how you can do it, to bring real and lasting social and economic benefit to the country. 🧵

Trade wars are wars where you bomb your own country.

Housing Minister Clare O’Neil worried about red tape at state level making it uneconomic to build a home. We should increase supply but the federal government could look at something it can do to improve affordability, including this x.com/TheAusInstitut…

🚨 South Australia is missing out on $2 billion+ every year - money that should be funding our hospitals, schools, public housing, and transport. Why? The broken GST. 🏥🏫🏘️🚎 It’s time for bold reform - my latest piece in InDaily ⬇️ #auspol #saparli indailysa.com.au/news/opinion/2…