Academic publishing houses are among the most profitable businesses in the world. They charge exorbitant fees for access to research that the public funds. This paper looks at several changes that could stop public funds from being funnelled to the oligopoly of academic publishers.

The Administrative Review Tribunal Bill represents a dramatic improvement on the politicised appointments process that undermined trust in and the operations of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. However, in this submission, the Australia Institute argues that further changes are needed to ensure that appointments to the ART are open and free from political influence.

This paper compares the electorate distribution of the modified Stage 3 income tax cuts with the electoral distribution of the original Stage 3.

This report assesses progress against the 'democracy agenda' halfway through the 47th Parliament, and identifies priorities for 2024 – the last chance to implement electoral reforms ahead of the federal election due in 2025.

This paper shows that a clear majority of Australians support regulatory and legislative reforms that would reduce plastic waste beyond what currently exists.