This report looks at how well current emissions reductions policies and plans set New Zealand up to meet its climate goals. The report shows emissions have declined in recent years, however it also shows more work is needed to meet Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate goals and international commitments. Overall, the country appears to be on...

This report follows an inquiry into the state’s preparedness for and response to Victoria’s major flooding event of October 2022. The report makes findings on Victoria’s flood governance arrangements, planning and flood risk, mitigation infrastructure, emergency warnings, community recovery and resourcing and response of the Victoria State Emergency Service.

This paper highlights the Federal Government's intention to enshrine Nature Positive principles into our domestic legal system. Nature Positive includes a voluntary commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of Australia's land and oceans by 2030 - a commitment proposed by international conservation groups but not rising from any international agreement. There are two...

A practical vision for repairing Australia’s landscapes, this blueprint describes a suite of 24 practical actions and investments across five key asset groups, to show that repairing Australia’s landscapes is not only urgent and essential but achievable, affordable and in the national interest.

The gas industry have successfully resisted moves to regulate them and the gas appliance industry has never been willing to work constructively with government, and it is their customers who lose out. This briefing paper covers: how the gas lobby operates to the detriment of Victorians and blocked regulation of its products, how gas appliances...