Using a large database of self-completion interviews with 24,718 respondents aged 14 and over, compiled by Roy Morgan Research, Michael Flood and Clive Hamilton identify the extent of homophobia in Australia, according to factors including location, age, gender and educational attainment. In this study homophobia...

Despite being well off by any objective standards, most Australians believe that their incomes are inadequate to meet their needs. A Newspoll survey for the Institute found that 62 per cent of Australians, including 48 per cent of the richest 20 per cent, believe that...

The Western world is in the grip of a consumption binge that is unique in human history, argue Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss. Rates of stress, depression and obesity are up as we wrestle with the emptiness and endless disappointments of the consumer life. The...

In March 2007, The Australian newspaper carried several stories that suggested there had been a dramatic reversal of attitudes towards nuclear power in Australia and that more people now supported nuclear power than opposed it. However, The Australian compared the results of two different survey...

There is a widespread belief that Alan Jones can decide elections. Drawing on demographic and attitudinal data from an extensive survey by Roy Morgan Research, Clive Hamilton shows that perceptions of Jones? influence and political sway are out of proportion with the size and nature...

The depiction of the baby boomers as the 'lucky generation' is wrong according to a report by Myra Hamilton and Clive Hamilton. There is a sharp divide between the retirement prospects of rich and poor boomers, with the 'lucky generation' tag being reserved for a...

There is no longer any doubt that rising concentrations of greenhouse gases are leading to dangerous change in the global climate. In Australia, public and political opinion finally shifted in late 2006, with record droughts and an early start to the bushfire season. The Stern...

The fundamental challenge facing the global community on climate change is how to avoid increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere at a rate swift enough to avoid climate induced changes that would be catastrophic to human life. Based on the outcomes of the...

The debate over an emissions trading system in Australia periodically refers to the claimed benefits of the so-called hybrid model of emissions trading developed by McKibbin and Wilcoxen. This model has not been subject to critical scrutiny, a gap this paper seeks to fill. The...

When it comes to retirement, most boomers are neither lucky nor confident about their future. Myra Hamilton and Clive Hamilton report that there is a sharp divide between the retirement prospects of rich and poor boomers, with the 'lucky generation' tag being reserved for a...