"The average mortgage pays $200,000 in profit over its life to the banks," says Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute.
You can read more on good ideas for economic reform here: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251113-genuine-economic-reform-is-long-overdue
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“Gas, oil, and coal companies are let off the hook, while the true costs of climate-fueled disasters keep landing on the wrong people, again and again," writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute.
Read the full article: theaus.in/3YLYjtT
There are more than four million guns in Australia, and Australia Institute research shows that a gun is stolen every four hours.
📺 Research Director Rod Campbell on CNN
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
The EPBC Act changes are nowhere near perfect, but there have been some important improvements to the pretty shite original bill.
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
"How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?" asks Richard Denniss.
"That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’".
Read Richard’s full piece: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
“People often stop me in the street, at the airport, at footy games, and commend me for being brave,” writes Senator Fatima Payman in new book, A Time for Bravery, presented by Australia Institute Press.
Read the full extract of Senator Fatima Payman’s essay here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Mates’ rates and why Australia can’t have nice things live.thepoint.com.au/2025/10/the-...
Without freedom of information, Australians would have no idea of the scale of gun thefts live.thepoint.com.au/2025/10/the-...
AUKUS: no scrutiny, no guarantee live.thepoint.com.au/2025/10/the-...
Australians are paying for the effects of climate change already. It's time the govt made big polluters pay their part. The first step is for the government to release its National Climate Risk Assessment report - to acknowledge, transparently and honestly, where we are and what we need to do.
Can everyone please stop eating Tasmanian salmon.
Question where the salmon from your sushi lunch is sourced from and what is dying to supply it!
#Tassal #ecocide #environment #auspol au.news.yahoo.com/seal-photo-e...
Jane of the north posted "Canadian here, your neighbor with cold winters and sensible gun laws. Did you know we've had 11 school shooting deaths? Not this month or this year, but total, in history. And absolutely no deaths in elementary schools. Why? Because gun laws save lives. Listen. Its the guns."
This says it all.
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Excellent by @amyremeikis.bsky.social. Australian journalists need to wake the f*ck up
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
It’s the very least they can do
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Dr Max Kaiser, Executive Officer, Jewish Council of Australia “This document reads more like a blueprint for silencing dissent rather than a strategy to build inclusion. The report’s vague language around ‘antisemitic narratives’ or ‘affiliations’ , coupled with its emphasis on the discredited IHRA definition of antisemitism, make the actions recommended dangerously unclear. Consistent with her past statements erroneously linking antisemitic attacks with Palestine solidarity protests, Segal seems fixated on driving a pro-Israel narrative and repressing legitimate criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Antisemitism is real and must be taken seriously. But it does not exist in a vacuum. Any response that treats antisemitism as exceptional, while ignoring Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, and other forms of hate, is doomed to fail.”
This by @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's Max Kaiser is absolutely on point.
'You may delay, but time will not'
australiainstitute.org.au/post/why-thi...
Insurance can’t make a nation safe from climate change
We can no more rely on insurers to protect us from floods than we can expect supermarkets to protect us from famines
Insurance is a one year contract. Once damage becomes likely you just cant buy it
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
It’s absolutely critical that the Albanese govt holds firm against the attacks on the PBS by US pharma. That includes protecting generics.
Affordable medicines are key to our universal health system.
Extract from Lattouf judgement
"ABC managers...extraordinarily sensitive to the risk of criticism by The Australian."
Shocking, as the Murdoch media now has near zero influence on the Aus public, see recent research from @australiainstitute.org.au 1/3
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
Chat showing votes for ALP and LNP and independents+minor parties since 1944 and in 2025 the LNP got 31.8% while indep/minor parties got 33.6% (the ALP got 34.6%)
With Bradfield now called, @skyelark.bsky.social points out that the 2025 election was the first time where the votes for independents and minor parties were *larger* than for one of the ALP or LNP #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-202...
Successive govts have failed to ensure 🇦🇺 gas benefits Australians. The re-elected Albanese Govt risks doing the same.
There's enough uncontracted gas to fix the projected shortfall. What’s missing is the guts to stand up to the gas industry.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Chris Richardson, one of the most pro-resource industry economists in Australia.
“It is fair to say that how we tax gas in Australia is a massive fail,” he said.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia needs a Whistleblower Protection Authority.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/open-le...
Other countries tax their oil and gas industries. Australia subsidies ours.
Our research found while gas prices boomed in 2022, LNG companies made windfall gains of up to $40 billion. PRRT take increased by less than $1 billion.
It's time to fix the tax loopholes that Big Gas exploits. #auspol
I find myself completely unable to function today. I’ve seen a child surrounded by the flames of what was her family home. Starving babies. Defeated, broken men. Women cradling their shrouded children. It’s too much. And yet I still have to hear ‘but Hamas..’ FUCK OFF. Israel is committing genocide
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