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Nov 25, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Yasmine Wright Gittins
From the humble backyard vegetable patch to herb gardens on the kitchen windowsill – 9 million Australians are now growing their own food, according to new research from The Australia Institute, in partnership with Grow It Local. More than two thirds (69%) of those who grow their own food say they do it to access healthy food, while 60% do it to save money.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Yasmine Wright Gittins |Gemma Killen |Tom Hawking |David Richardson
The Pacific-Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is often presented as being beneficial to all parties—Australia, Pacific workers, and those workers’ home countries. In reality, the benefits are weighted in favour of Australia. Fruit pickers and meat workers who fill chronic labour shortages in Australia are being overtaxed and exploited, new research from The Australia Institute has found.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Yasmine Wright Gittins |Matt Grudnoff |Ebony Bennett
The prices of many goods and services have increased dramatically across Australia since 2021. This has resulted in hardship for many households—along with $100 billion in increased profits for major companies. These corporate profits have been a key factor driving inflation. How do profits drive inflation? From December 2019 to June 2023, inflation in Australia rose faster than it has in 30 years. Over this time, the share of national income going to corporate profits also increased substantially.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Greg Jericho |Yasmine Wright Gittins |Polly Hemming |Ebony Bennett
Every time the government approves a new fossil fuel mines it choose to make it harder for people to build homes. This week came the latest of many stories about the problems of rising costs and labour shortages in the Australian construction industry. And while a common refrain is the need for higher migration, one of the most actuate causes of the shortages is the government’s approvals of new coal and gas mines.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman |Yasmine Wright Gittins |Polly Hemming |Stephen Long
By choosing to extend three coal mines, the government could be inadvertently redirecting construction workers from building houses to the fossil fuel industry. On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Greg explores the impact of the government’s coal mine extensions on the housing market and our climate. Greg Jericho is Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and the Centre for Future Work and popular columnist of Grogonomics with Guardian Australia.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman |Ebony Bennett |Yasmine Wright Gittins |Greg Jericho
The mining industry had a pre-election sook last week about government policy, but its claims about being the ‘backbone’ of the economy are more spin than substance. On this episode of Follow the Money, Australia Institute Executive Director Richard Denniss joins Ebony Bennett to discuss mining’s latest PR offensive and why politicians shouldn’t fear standing up to the industry.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Yasmine Wright Gittins |Greg Jericho
Australia’s emissions reduction claims simply don’t add up. In 2022, the government legislated Australia’s emissions reduction targets, “Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of a 43% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero by 2050.”The Australian Government claims that Australia’s domestic emissions have fallen by 29% since 2005.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Luciana Lawe Davies |Yasmine Wright Gittins |Eloise Carr
Removing the fossil fuel industry’s influence on politics and parliament is how we change the story and restore trust in government decisions. Senator Larissa Waters addressed the Australia Institute’s Climate Integrity Summit on 20 March 2024. Good afternoon everyone, I would like to start by thanking this wonderful man, the former President of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Yasmine Wright Gittins |Polly Hemming
The growing interest in ESG is driving the biggest change to financial markets and financial reporting and disclosure standards we’ve actually seen in a generation. We’ve got to make sure that we are ready to meet the challenge of that change at every step of its development. Jennifer Balding, Senior Manager, Investigation and Enforcement for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, addressed the Australia Institute’s Climate Integrity Summit on 20 March 2024.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Yasmine Wright Gittins
Words are only as good as the actions that follow. There’s no integrity in climate ambition without commensurate climate action. Having integrity means keeping our word, and that includes countries like Australia and other members of the G20 transitioning away from fossil fuels and doing so now. Iọkwe and greetings to you all. Koṃṃool [thank you] to the Australia Institute for inviting me to speak today.
