Australia’s much-criticised carbon credit scheme has been dealt yet another blow, after the New South Wales Government announced its decision to bar coal and gas companies from buying offsets generated by the Great Koala National Park.
Young Australians who experience homelessness are far more likely to face financial hardship, poor mental health and disruptions to their education, with new research revealing the compounding disadvantage that comes with housing instability.
The good news is that headline inflation went down to 3.8%, (from 4% last month) with the trimmed mean (the inflation rate with the most volatile bits removed) unchanged at 3.6%. Both of these were below what the market and the RBA were predicting.
The renewed political debate over nuclear energy is a 'fake fight' aimed at distracting Australians from the continued expansion of gas and coal projects, according to Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss.
Speaking at the fourth National Whistleblowing Symposium, Mr Boyle reflected on facing jail after exposing what he described as “absolutely appalling” debt collection practices at the ATO in 2017.
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The Albanese government is being urged to grant work and study rights to nearly 15,000 people seeking asylum to help address workforce shortages in industries such as healthcare, construction and early childhood education.
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.
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What could the romantic poets of the Eighteenth Century possibly teach us about modern politics? For those struggling to convince people to question existing practices and consider new ways of doing things, the answer is: quite a lot.
Claims by the Australia Institute, Senator David Pocock and others about Australia's gas industry are based on publicly available government data.
Australia’s biggest conservation organisations have united behind a call to end native forest logging, arguing governments should protect forests for their environmental value rather than use them to offset fossil fuel emissions.
