This analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University (ANU). Audited financial statements show that the ANU generated a $90 million surplus in 2024. The paper outlines items the auditor included and that the ANU leadership rejected. It finds the underlying declared deficit changes the audited result in ways that cannot...

Australia’s ability to simultaneously claim that it is acting on climate change while also subsidising and approving major new fossil fuel projects, stems from the way successive Australian Governments have focused attention on emissions reduction targets that are arbitrary and poorly defined. This paper highlights some of the more obvious problems with Australia’s target setting.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was supposed to grow over time, so that state and territory governments would have a reliable income source to help them fund important services. This paper finds that if the GST had kept up with economic growth, states and territories would have received an additional $231 billion in revenue.

This discussion paper responds to the Australian Government's Future Gas Strategy, arguing that the information presented in the analytic report fails to justify gas expansion and would in fact be more consistent with calls for a comprehensive energy transition strategy for the southern regions.

In 2023, approximately 4,000 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy—around 9.3% of utility scale renewable generation — was wasted, or “curtailed”. Much of this energy could be directed to off-peak hot water systems if those systems’ timing could be changed from overnight to daytime peaks. Such a change could provide flexible demand for renewable energy, delivering financial...