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1 week ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Greg Jericho
Book prices haven’t increased with inflation – good for readers; terrible for writers and publishers. During the past 5 weeks, cost-of-living increases were front and centre of the election campaign. But one item in Australia has barely increased in price for more than a decade – books. While that means more Australians can afford to buy books; it means fewer Australians can make a living writing or publishing them.
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1 week ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Greg Jericho
The Tasmanian salmon industry is one where the revenue earned keeps going up while the tax paid falls to zero. Over the last decade for which data is available, salmon industry revenue has doubled from $543 million in 2013-14 to $1,352 million in 2022-23. Total revenue over the decade was $8,779 million. Meanwhile, tax paid by the three largest salmon farms has been near-zero. The total combined reported tax payments by Tassal, Huon and SeaLord (owners of Petuna) over this period was $51 million.
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1 week ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Greg Jericho
The landslide win by the ALP has seen business groups come out demanding the government listen to their demands despite having provided them no support, and plenty of opposition, over the past 3 years.
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1 week ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Amy Remeikis
We are about to see who the Australian Labor Party really is, in 2025. The Coalition is done. As far as repudiations go, it doesn’t get much more brutal than what the nation delivered on Saturday night. The worst result for the Liberal party since Menzies. Its leader turfed out of the Parliament along with most future leadership candidates.
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2 weeks ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Greg Jericho
Retail trade in the first 3 months of this year makes it clear the RBA should have cut rates in April. On April Fool’s Day, the Reserve Bank board decided not to cut interest rates, citing uncertainty about the economy.
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2 weeks ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Greg Jericho
Over the course of an election campaign punctuated by about-faces and flip flops, one constant has been Peter Dutton’s use of “clear” and “very clear” in his press conferences. Based just on the transcripts on his website, he says he’s been clear or very clear on average 3 times per day.
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2 weeks ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman
We discuss the latest inflation data and answer your questions about the economy ahead of election day. On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Greg and Elinor discuss bracket creep, tariffs and the Aussie dollar, and the great silence about revenue in the federal election campaign. This discussion was recorded on Thursday 1 May 2025 and things may have changed since recording. Watch the Australia Institute’s Election Night Live on YouTube, Facebook or our website.
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2 weeks ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman
The polls are pointing to a likely Labor victory on Saturday, but could Dutton’s suburban strategy still bear fruit? As election day approaches, former Fairfax Chief Political Correspondent Professor Mark Kenny joins Glenn Connley to discuss the performances of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on the campaign trail, plus Australians’ response to Trump’s return, on this episode of Follow the Money. This discussion was recorded on Tuesday 29 April 2025 and things may have changed.
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2 weeks ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman
We have restricted export industries in the past. Australia is a rich country that can afford anything that is a priority. Dispelling myths about our economy helps Australians make choices about what kind of country we want to be.
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2 weeks ago | 
australiainstitute.org.au | Angus Blackman
There is no shortage of solutions for the biggest problems Australia faces — only a shortage of bravery to implement them. In this new Australia Institute podcast, Walkley Awar-winning broadcaster and host Paul Barclay asks contributors to the book What’s the Big Idea? about their big picture thinking on how we can change Australia for the better. Featuring interviews with Dr Richard Denniss, Louise Adler, Bob Brown and more.