Skewed: How grants with ministerial discretion are biased towards Coalition seats
This week the Australia Institute released the biggest most comprehensive analysis of federal government grants programs ever undertaken, which revealed that $3.9 billion spent by federal grants progr...
30 Marras 202122min
The Role of the Senate in our Democracy [webinar series]
The Australian Senate is a unique and powerful legislative body that provides accountability, representation and diversity to a greater extent than the House of Representatives. To discuss the role of...
25 Marras 202158min
Glasgow Wrap-up and what comes next for Australian climate policy
Glasgow was the first UN Climate Summit where fossil fuels were specifically targeted as the major cause of climate change - join our Climate & Energy director Richie Merzian -- just off the plane fro...
23 Marras 202131min
'The worst bit of modelling I've ever seen' -- unpacking the federal govenrment's net zero modelling
The Morrison government finally released its long-awaited climate modelling for its net zero by 2050 plan and our experts agree it's the stuff of science fiction. A number of big flaws in the model ha...
17 Marras 202137min
Glasgow Part 2 and Australia's fossil fuel fraud
In this episode we'll update you on the latest news from Glasgow COP26, as well as the latest research on Australia's plan to massively increase gas and coal projects, using carbon capture and storage...
10 Marras 202136min
Will Australia wreck Glasgow?
Scott Morrison is having perhaps the most disastrous international trip for a Prime Minister in recent history as diplomatic relations with France sour even further. But there is high expectations for...
2 Marras 202124min
Talk isn't cheap
Each year the federal government spends upwards of a billion dollars of public money on external consultancies, but most of the work is kept secret from the public. It's a big issue for government tra...
26 Loka 202125min
Climate of the Nation 2021
Climate of the Nation is Australia's longest running tracking poll of community attitudes towards climate change. This year Climate of the Nation explored attitudes towards fossil fuel subsidies, the ...
19 Loka 202128min
