This paper quantifies the value of subsidies from the Australian government to the renewables industry over the 10 years to financial year 2022-23. It finds that over that time, Australian taxpayers and electricity customers have paid more than $29 billion in subsidies to producers of renewable electricity through federal government schemes.

Alongside an imminent general election, this year will see the greatest expansion in funded childcare on record for families in England. This research sheds some light on what the public want - framing childcare as a means to give every child the best start to their education, rather than an economic issue.

The authors of this paper argue that Australia is not taking serious action on climate change. Instead, the majority of its governments continue to subsidise the fossil fuel industry and greenwash their poor climate policies. The authors suggest that cutting fossil fuel subsidies would not only help achieve genuine reductions in emissions, but would save...

The objective of this audit is to assess whether the design and implementation of the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is effective.

Despite the billions spent and pledged on the Beetaloo Basin’s shale gas reserves, it could prove to be a massive sinkhole for investors’ and taxpayers’ cash, according to this report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).