2018 Budget Wrap
"the vast majority of the money being handed out is going to go to high income earners..." The Australia Institute was in the 2018 Budget Lockup, and subsequently have gone through the budget papers. ...
18 Touko 201827min
Pocket Money: 14 Reasons Why The Case For A Company Tax Cut Has Collapsed
In a special "Pocket Money" episode of Follow the Money, released on the eve of the Budget, we discuss the 14 reasons why the case for the company tax cuts collapsed. See below for all the ways you ca...
7 Touko 201823min
Gas And Coal Watch
"Burning something to boil water to create steam is a really old-fashioned technology..." The Australia Institute has spent the hot summer days monitoring when gas and coal power plants trip, taking s...
31 Tammi 201826min
Curing Affluenza - How To Buy Less Stuff And Save The World
"Affluenza is that strange desire we feel to spend money we don't have to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't know . . ." A truly modern affliction, affluenza is endemic in Western soc...
19 Joulu 201722min
I'm Here For An Argument - Why Bipartisanship On Security Makes Australia Less Safe
North Korean missile tests, resolving the South China Sea issues, ethnic cleansing in Myanmar - there is a lot happening in the defence and security policy space right, but are we engaged enough to ta...
21 Syys 201726min
The Global Financial Crisis Ten Years On
Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis. In 2008 the banks in Australia wobbled, the economy stalled, unemployment rose and the Government acted. The GFC demonstrated a fai...
8 Syys 201727min
Grandfathering The Australian Dream
Australia's young people have been unfairly targeted by policies that have loaded them up with uni debts, locked them out of housing market and crippled them on the 'flexible' job front, and any chang...
9 Elo 201720min
Why A Bank Levy Is A Great Idea
The South Australian state government announced in late June 2017 that it was going to follow the Federal government and introduce a levy on the big banks. Episode 19 of Follow The Money, explains why...
26 Heinä 201716min
