Rod Campbell
If the NDIS is ‘runaway spending’, what do we call $16 billion in fossil fuel subsidies?
New research shows fossil fuel subsidies will reach $16.3 billion in 2025–26, rising faster than the NDIS. Handouts to mining giants are growing faster than support for Australians with disability.
David Pocock is right: more tax is raised from beer than from petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT)
Senator David Pocock has produced viral social media content claiming that Australia’s beer tax raises more revenue than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). Can more public money really come from beer tax than gas tax?
What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under the Labor government.
What the Hottest 100 tells us about the decline of Australian music
PM Albanese rocks band t-shirts and Arts Minister Tony Burke plays the guitar in his office. It would be a shame if they oversaw an unprecedented decline in Australian music.
Part Two: The history of opposition to coal in the Central Coast and the global impact of the local campaign
Local activism really can drive nationally and globally significant change – which is exactly why powerful people try to dissuade communities from engaging in it.
Fact check: Is Victoria doing worse on energy prices?
Victoria’s Liberal opposition claims that “Victorians are paying more for power under the Allan Labor Government”, in a recent press release.
Part One: The history of opposition to coal in the Central Coast and the global impact of the local campaign
Local activism really can drive nationally and globally significant change – which is exactly why powerful people try to dissuade communities from engaging in it.
Fact check: Do the tax claims of the mining lobby stack up?
Australia’s main mining lobby group, the Minerals Council of Australia, has been running ads that say the mining industry paid $59 billion in tax in 2023-24, and that this is more tax paid than every other industry combined
Fact check: Is NSW going to have blackouts?
The claim: “Blackout risk: Grid ‘not ready’ for coal plant closures, solar surge”
Explainer: What’s wrong with the environment law reboot?
The Federal Government has passed reforms to federal environment laws with amendments from the Greens. The amendments have improvements in relation to native forest logging, illegal landclearing and fossil fuel projects, but there are still plenty of problems.
Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines
One of the big announcements at last week’s UN climate talks in Brazil was that the South Korean Government has committed to phasing out coal-fired power by 2040.
Every four hours a gun is stolen in Australia: new research
Gun violence has been in Australian headlines regularly in recent months.
Coal royalties: Qld vs the world
Is it true 'Mines shut, jobs cut, $2.3bn GST lost, but Miles digs in on coal royalties scheme'
