On Monday, Australian Energy Producers (AEP) - the lobby group representing the foreign owned gas giants that export 80% of Australia’s gas - welcomed the Coalition’s announcement to help them export even more of Australia’s finite gas resources by cutting environmental protections and increasing subsidies.
The Albanese government is being urged to axe Youth Allowance and create a single income support payment rate for all working-age Australians. The call comes amid warnings that people born in the 1990s are at risk of becoming the first generation in modern Australia to be worse off than their parents.
Former ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has warned that Labor and the Greens must put aside their political “tribalism” or risk being paving the way for a Liberal-One Nation partnership that would take the country “backwards” on climate action.
The Productivity Commission is a government-funded economic think tank that’s meant to give independent advice about how to make the Australian economy work better. On this episode of What’s the Point?, Richard Denniss discusses whether it is fit for purpose.
Host: Richard Denniss, co-Chief Executive Officer, the Australia Institute //@richarddenniss
Host: Anna Chang, Managing Editor, The Point // @annachang
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Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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