This paper provides some basic background on Australia’s Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) problem and current policies designed to address it before critiquing the most recent economic study on RIFA eradication and showing how small changes to its methodology result in cost benefit ratios that strongly support RIFA eradication.

Forestry represents just 1% of Tasmanian jobs and Tasmanian forestry production is largely based on plantation timber, rather than native forest logging. The authors of this paper argue that an end to native forestry would have no economic impact on the state as a whole, and the experiences of Geeveston, Triabunna and Derby provide insights...

This analysis shows that in most cases, the alleged benefits of Beetaloo gas development being touted by the NT Government, and subsidised by the Australian Government, are in direct conflict with observable, publicly-available economic data, and also with much of the economic, emissions and fiscal modelling undertaken to date.

This report explores reasons why some of the recommendations surrounding food waste minimisation are not be being achieved. A key factor appears that retailers have little incentive to reduce waste, for the simple reason that doing so would cost them money.

Australia’s primary policy to address industrial greenhouse gas emissions now requires stronger action to cut pollution from gas projects including full abatement of reservoir emissions. The Santos Barossa project is particularly emissions-intensive and is likely to incur carbon costs of between $500m and $987m between now and 2030.