The Point

Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss has accused the Albanese government of watering down its gas reservation plan, warning the scheme 'probably won’t' lower prices for Australian households and businesses.

Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has claimed it’s a 'myth' that Australia gets less from its oil and gas resources than countries such as Norway and Qatar, despite figures showing the two nations reap substantially more public revenue from comparable LNG exports.

When direct subsidies and indirect costs are taken into account, private health insurance rebates cost the taxpayer more than $12 billion a year, yet there is little evidence to prove they achieve their primary goal of taking pressure off the public health system.

Three Greens Senators have crossed the floor to support a disallowance motion which would stop a new method to increase the supply of carbon credits. It comes after Greens Leader Senator Larissa Waters said her party would vote with the government this afternoon to allow the method.

On Tuesday, Bob Brown told ABC’s 730 that the NSW Government’s plan to make the creation of the Great Koala National Park dependent on being able to sell carbon credits “a scam”. And Bob Brown is right, these credits do not represent actual carbon abatement.

It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. “Shorter America” is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.

Seventeen thousand people voluntarily pay for a Melbourne radio station they could listen to for free. At a time when traditional media is shrinking and Big Tech algorithms increasingly decide what information audiences see, Melbourne radio station Triple R is showing there’s still strong demand for local, independent media.