Dr Richard Denniss

Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

Subsidies to mining companies growing faster than the NDIS, child care, aged care.

Australian gov fossil fuel subsidies now at $30,000 every minute of every day.

Great piece on @australiainstitute.org.au latest research

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"If the major parties insist on saying they don't want to get more tax from the gas industry than they get from the beer industry, that's the kind of policy position that's going to hand a seat like this to an independent or minor party."

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Shedding voters on the left & the right, what does the future hold for the Liberal Party?

Niki Savva joins @richarddenniss.bsky.social & @amyremeikis.bsky.social to discuss why there’s no such thing as a safe seat in Australian politics anymore & Niki’s latest book, Earthquake.

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February 18, 2011 - Scientist quits advisor role (because ignored on climate?) - All Our Yesterdays Twelve years ago, on this day, February 18, 2011 Australia’s chief scientific advisor Penny Sackett downed tools.She said in her statement – “”Institutions, as well as individuals, grow and evolve, an...

February 18, 2011 – Scientist quits advisor role (because ignored on climate?)

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Thanks Gavin :)

Strangely we are also both former astronauts too :)

After revealing penalties on PwC inc a Ban after their Global Tax Scandal - never eventuated - Australia Institute’s Rod Campbell pushes for new legislation so consequences can proceed
“There is zero consequence for any economist who essentially lies for their client.”💥 #auspol

Do beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies?
Yes, they do!

Beer excise > PRRT
Beer drinkers' income tax > gas company income tax

Thread below, full details here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/tax-b...

The last stop on the train line of Australia’s social failures: Tales of a homelessness case worker on the NSW South Coast Life as a homelessness case worker is brutal. You often feel like the last stop on the train line of our country’s social failures. Hardest of all is knowing that people aren’t helped as well as they ...

Policy analysis from actual homelessness case worker.

Proud to have helped with this piece.
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Insanity. If @albomp.bsky.social did this with the PBS, even Angus Taylor could beat him at the next election.

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Let's get this straight.

Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.

After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.

Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
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✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Make fossil fuel polluters pay Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

A climate disaster levy could raise billions of dollars a year from gas and coal exporters to cover the skyrocketing cost of disaster response and recovery.

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More shared values…i hope there arent any enviro implications of Australia buying nuclear powered submarines and needing to dispose of significant quantities of high level nuclear waste on our soil…especially those old Virginia class subs we planning to buy just as they near the end of their life

New Australia Institute research shows Australian high schools are the most expensive in the OECD.

"I can't see any policy case for taxpayers giving money to a school that can afford an air-conditioned equestrian arena."
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The Point Live: Liberals, Nationals abort leadership moves amid talent deficit, reserve bank tipped to raise rates. Parliament officially returns for 2026 with the Nationals and Liberals still in turmoil and unable to agree on a new leader, while One Nation continues to establish itself as the new conservative forc...

Good post by @jack-thrower.bsky.social on EV loan concessions and how much more public money goes to promoting fossil fuels
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My advice? There's no such thing as the 'centre right' Leaving aside the fact that it was John Howard who buried so many of the landmines blowing up the Modern Liberals' backyard, he was right about a few things, including his observation that ‘politics i...

Here’s one i prepared earlier :) thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

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"If Australia was serious about investing in health and education, it would be really simple.

"We would stop giving gas away for free and we'd transfer more money to the states to spend on health and education."

- co-CEO Richard Denniss on FIVEAA Adelaide
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Awash in the global stream: Australian music versus the algorithm. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Global streaming behemoths like Spotify, YouTube, Apple and Amazon dominate the global market for recorded music. For just a few dollars a month, listeners are granted access to a near infinite music ...

Australian music is struggling in the age of Spotify and streaming. Other countries are doing better than Australia at helping their local music industries. Great webinar this Friday on what our governments can do to help make sure we have more INXS and Midnight Oils us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hope you like it :)

Oh look, Australia has a brand new coal mine proposal.

Just after committing to phase out fossil fuels.

What will @MurrayWatt do with this?

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New inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the annual increase in the monthly CPI was 3.8%. The increase just for the month of December was 1%.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4k1z3tj

As temperatures to rise, it's time to name heatwaves what they are We should start by calling heat what it is – a silent killer – and by asking those who profit from it to own their share of that harm.

We name cyclones, because naming helps communicate risk, drive health responses & lodge events in public memory. Is it time to consider naming our most deadly climate hazard after the companies most responsible for heat-intensifying emissions? I think so.

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Join @zoedaniel.bsky.social, Rex Patrick and @richarddenniss.bsky.social on Wednesday 11 Feb as they discuss how rigged election laws threaten our democracy and the importance of the Fair Elections Case.

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If you think coal and gas corporates like Woodside, Chervron, INPEX and Glencore, who are fuelling these disasters should pay the costs…instead of YOU!

Support @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social call for a Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports👇

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The economist, the bull and an elite movement that reshaped the world A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

The origins of neoliberalism, the Mont Pelerin Society, the Atlas Network, the Overton window, the Nobel Prize in economics, and cryptocurrencies.

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Triple J Hottest 100 out tomorrow!

Last year just 27 Aus songs made it. Lowest since 1994!!

Why? – Streaming favours the USA

Thankfully, DJ Albo is in the house and can turn this around! Thread on how.