New England is an electorate that has faced a rapidly rising unemployment rate over the last 3 years. It has seen unemployment rise 2.7% since the last election. Over the same period the national unemployment rate has risen 0.1%. The number of unemployed has increased by 2,094 since the last election. This rapid rise in...

Offshore processing (referred to by the Australian Government as “regional processing”) is the term used to describe the arrangements by which Australia sends people seeking asylum who arrive by boat to either Nauru or on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where their refugee claims are determined. Australia is the only country in the...

Reviews OECD data on the relationship between living standards and cuts in company tax rates compared with the provision of better education services. The graphs show the relationship between living standards and other variables that are at the centre of the disputes about the future direction of economic policy; cuts in company tax rates and...

Ahead of federal elections, The Climate Institute does an assessment of the major parties' policies. In mid 2016, we find that all party policies need work to become credible, scalable and durable. Policies are 'credible if they explicitly link to shared, meaningful, climate outcomes with transparent review processes. 'Scalable' means they address large parts of...

In February 2015 the principle of ‘Efficiency First’ (E1st) was formally endorsed by the European Commission within the framework of the Energy Union.