Discussion paper
Fracking and slacking
This paper highlights the extent of taxpayer assistance to the onshore oil and gas industry in the Northern Territory.
Discussion paper
Private eyes…, hips, etc
The research in this paper suggests that Australia’s private health insurers are set to enjoy a windfall of between $3.5 billion and $5.5 billion over the next six months.
Discussion paper
Up effluent creek: supply measures in the Yanco Creek system
Some of the Murray Darling Basin’s best managed waterways would be damaged by water infrastructure projects that benefit major corporate irrigators, according to this report.
Discussion paper
Enough scope: coal mines, scope 3 emissions and NSW climate policy
This research from the Australia Institute shows that the New South Wales government’s attempts to force planners to ignore the carbon emissions of the state’s coal exports contradicts NSW climate policy, the Paris Agreement, corporate expectations and economic opportunities for growth.
Report
Calling it out: political goals of the Commonwealth’s call out of Defence Reserves
This research by the Australia Institute finds that the Commonwealth’s ‘call-out’ of Army Reserves for bushfire relief served political rather than practical purposes, raising serious legal questions around the use of the military.