Climate misinformation and disinformation in Australia often originates from the very institutions charged with protecting the public interest. This report finds that the Australian Government is a source of climate misinformation and disinformation. While the report focuses on climate, the reforms outlined address the same root causes that enable misinformation across Australian public life.

This report provides an insight into Australians’ understanding of, and attitudes towards, climate change and Australia’s current and proposed climate policies. It shows that Australians are not only concerned about the climate crisis, they feel negative about the future in the context of climate change and that their government is not doing enough about it...

The Australian government has proposed that Australia host the 2026 UN Climate Conference, in 'partnership' with Pacific nations. The authors of this paper argue that Australia cannot be considered a credible host for a COP31 while it continues to subsidise and approve fossil fuel expansion.

Australia’s current climate policy suite currently appears poised to continue recent trends and risks Australia’s ability to credibly meet its climate targets. If the Australian government wants to credibly reduce Australia’s emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, the authors of this paper argue that it must prioritise real decarbonisation over reliance on carbon credits...

Australia’s Climate Change Authority (CCA) is again playing an influential role in Australian climate policy, following its long hibernation under the previous federal government. This report argues that the CCA’s focus on carbon offsets is inappropriate, given that offsetting is usually considered to be the last step in environmental harm mitigation.