Dr Richard Denniss

Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own? The point.com.au

Resource Minister Madeleine King told Japanese businesses Australia “will not be doing anything that…jeopardises Japan’s energy security.”

That’s great for Japan but how come Australia’s energy security isn’ as much of a priority for her as Japan’s? #climate
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‘Not an eligible disaster’: FOI reveals Commonwealth resisted new aid for SA after algal bloom killed 250,000 marine animals The documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, show Australia’s lack of preparedness for unexpected and extreme events driven by climate change and the limits of existing support programs.

“Both the Federal and South Australian Governments failed in their response to the devastating algal bloom that swept along the state’s coastline earlier this year, a senate committee investigation has found”…FFS #climate

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How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts 50 years on from the Dismissal, how has Australian democracy changed? Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to when Gough Whitlam was PM in November 1975.

Australia’s democracy has changed radically since 1975.

So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition

So many more minor party and independent MPs

And each MP now has so many more constituents…

Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social

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Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.  And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?

“Whitlam knew the role of government and how to wield it. But he also knew the role of leadership. Of not allowing mealy mouthed vested interests to narrow the debate window to a reflective strip”

Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social

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11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me The point.com.au

This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers

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Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change The point.com.au

Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings

Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies

My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social

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Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future

Think Vice Chancellor’s get paid to much?

And that students pay too much to go to universities?

Come along to hear the VC of Uni Western Sydney’s George Williams talk about his new essay ‘Aiming Higher’ with local MP Andrew Charlton - more details below
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Getting the EPBC Act right | Biodiversity Council Australia Our factsheet outlines the strengths, weaknesses, and recommended improvements to the Australian Government’s proposed environmental law reforms.

What's currently wrong with @australianlabor.bsky.social's EPBC Act reform package & how can they make it fit for purpose?

@biodivcouncil.bsky.social has put together a detailed policy brief.

12 key concerns are discussed & solutions are provided.
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So tackling climate change is an ‘environmental imperative’ but Labor has specifically ruled out putting a climate trigger in their proposed changes to our environmental laws…

Checks out

A Deloitte report warns that natural gas could crowd out renewables undermining the WA Government’s claim that LNG exports support Asia’s clean energy transition.

“The report was kept secret…it cost taxpayers $400,000 and didn't support the Government’s claims.”

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As the Coalition quarrels over net zero, insurance leader calls for genuine climate action The CEO of the nation’s second biggest insurer, Suncorp, has told politicians it’s time to start taking climate change more seriously, especially when it comes to the types of houses we build – and wh...

No matter matter what individuals believe about climate change, one thing thats for certain is that their insurance company believes in it #climate

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Aiming Higher: Universities and the future of Australian democracy (Vantage Point Issue 3) - Store - The Australia Institute The time has come for a reckoning in the Australian higher education.

And if you’d like to buy George’s latest essay, published by The Australia Institute, you can pre order here australiainstitute.org.au/store/aiming...

From culture wars to AI disruption, universities face a reckoning over their role in society High fees, student dissatisfaction and repeated governance issues dominating the headlines have fuelled an intense political climate for universities. Well before President Donald Trump was re-elected...

Universities have played a central role in democracies…but then we started trying to run them like businesses…Great piece by the VC of University of Western Sydney, Prof George Williams in @thepointau.bsky.social

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Despite the University of Newcastle's audited accounts showing a surplus of $61.3 million, the vice-chancellor says to focus on the unaudited figures that claim an 'underlying deficit.'

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Since the mid 1990s, Norway has imposed a 56 per cent "special tax" for oil and gas companies, alongside a 22 per cent corporate tax rate.

Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.

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Households to get free electricity because of renewable generation Renewables are the cheapest form of electricity generation, and this is being highlighted by the fact that soon electricity will be free for 3 hours a day.

Renewables are so cheap o we can give them away for free in the middle of the day…fixing our grid will take time and is a big problem, but of all the problems we have, the cost of renewables is not even in the top 10 #climate

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Gambling means Australians are the biggest losers in the world A bet on the horses today is the only time many Australians will gamble. But this doesn’t change the reality that, collectively, Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world, wagering a total $25...

Hooray…Its not just fossil fuel expansion where Australia leads the world…

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Australia’s MRFF is sitting on billions of taxpayers’ dollars which was meant to be invested in world-leading, lifesaving health innovations.

BREAKING: The Albanese Labor Government just joined with the Coalition to vote against an inquiry into AUKUS proposed by the Greens.

"Shortages of food...combined with unreasonably high university fees, have become the reality of higher education today for many students."

Read an extract from Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future by Prof George Williams in the Sydney Morning Herald! #auspol

It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.

"The fact the Greens want to stop native forest logging and the Nationals want to speed up land clearing is not proof that any legislation Labor drafts must fit in the “sensible centre.” - @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.

It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers.

Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate
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Australia Institute Live — Daily Updates Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.

The Senate is more powerful than prime ministers like to admit, and last week we saw why that matters --

If clash over govt secrecy escalates, Labor may inspire Libs, Nats to question Senate customs that benefit govt.

@thepointau.bsky.social live blog:

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Nope. You are making things up. Fuel excise goes into consolidated revenue and theres absolutely no link between road spending and fuel tax revenues. None. Nada. Your feelings don’t count, but facts matter.

Hi Peter, sorry you’ve missed major parts of MMT but while i agree theres no short term tax constraint on government spending in a fully employed economy the only way to have a big increase in the size of the public sector is to shrink the private sector, & tax is by far the easiest way to do that

You should take a look at the OECD, IMF and World Bank definitions of a subsidy. Facts matter :)

Why does the winner of The Block get their prize tax-free but the Archibald winner doesn’t? This year, the winners of The Block took home $520,000 in tax-free prize money. Meanwhile, the winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Award paid at least a quarter of the $60,000 prize to the tax of...

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Fortescue: Fuel Tax Credit makes diesel 'artificially cheap', overhaul needed for climate A Fortescue executive has called for a major overhaul of Australia’s $11 billion fuel tax credit scheme, arguing it undermines the nation’s climate goals by making diesel “artificially cheap”.

Even the big iron ore miner, Fortecue, says its time to rein in Australia’s $10 billion per year expenditure on diesel fuel subsidies…imagine all the housing, renewables and cheap education we could have if we took #climate or tax policy seriously.

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Yep. Also bizarre to exclude things like philanthropic revenue but not exclude any of the expenditures funded by philanthropy

Governments and universities alike have perfected the art of crying poor to conceal wealth The point.com.au

Governments have been crying poor to justify & conceal their priorities for decades…now some of our publicly owned universities are using the same neoliberal accounting tricks to claim they are in ‘crisis’ when they are hoarding records amounts of cash and shares

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