Australia continues to subsidise fossil fuels, imposing costs not only on the budget but on the climate. This report estimates Australia’s subsidies to fossil fuel producers and major users from all governments totalled $14.9 billion in the 2024–25 financial year. The report calls for cutting back these subsidies as a priority for the next parliament.

As oceans heat up, it is predicted that Australians will experience fewer cyclones but they will be more extreme. In 2025, Tropical Cyclone Alfred caused torrential rains, coastal flooding and powerful winds across the country. This report asserts the intensity and devastation of this event was fuelled by climate pollution. It calls for rapidly cutting...

The report provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 2024 including sections on extreme events and impacts. The report underlines the massive economic and social upheavals from extreme weather and the long-term impacts of record ocean heat and sea-level rise. 2024 is the warmest year in the 175-year observational record.

From excessive water consumption to the challenges of waste management, this brief finds that nuclear power would place an enormous burden on the Australian environment, resources and economy. It suggests that nuclear power is a distraction from proven, renewable-powered solutions to the climate crisis.

This report monitors the progress of the deployment of rooftop solar and behind-the-meter energy storage systems in Australia for a six month period. The results reinforce the importance of establishing a national home battery rebate scheme, to ease the upfront costs associated with adopting home batteries.