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It's time for the Australian Government to admit we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis.
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 5:48 AM
It's time for the Australian Government to admit we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis.
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
While coal and gas companies are making millions in profits from burning fossil fuels, it's our communities footing the bill for climate disasters.
A climate disaster levy would make polluters pay for the damage they cause!
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
A climate disaster levy would make polluters pay for the damage they cause!
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
While coal and gas companies are making millions in profits from burning fossil fuels, it's our communities footing the bill for climate disasters.
A climate disaster levy would make polluters pay for the damage they cause!
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
A climate disaster levy would make polluters pay for the damage they cause!
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
US states are calling for a disaster levy to make major polluters pay for the damage they're causing.
Add your name to the petition calling on Australian governments to do the same here! ⤵️⤵️⤵️ #auspol
Add your name to the petition calling on Australian governments to do the same here! ⤵️⤵️⤵️ #auspol
If the our government doesn’t do the same, Australian families will be left with massive insurance costs, while the fossil fuel corporates make $billions.
Support the @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports.
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Support the @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
US states are calling for a disaster levy to make major polluters pay for the damage they're causing.
Add your name to the petition calling on Australian governments to do the same here! ⤵️⤵️⤵️ #auspol
Add your name to the petition calling on Australian governments to do the same here! ⤵️⤵️⤵️ #auspol
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If the our government doesn’t do the same, Australian families will be left with massive insurance costs, while the fossil fuel corporates make $billions.
Support the @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
Support the @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
If the our government doesn’t do the same, Australian families will be left with massive insurance costs, while the fossil fuel corporates make $billions.
Support the @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
Support the @ausinstitutearchi.bsky.social Climate Disaster Levy on fossil fuel exports.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
Cost of living is rising in Australia – but migrants are not the cause.
“Migration isn't the issue here and blaming migrants is not going to fix the problem.” - Matt Grudnoff
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-population-growth-driving-the-housing-crisis-heres-the-reality/
“Migration isn't the issue here and blaming migrants is not going to fix the problem.” - Matt Grudnoff
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-population-growth-driving-the-housing-crisis-heres-the-reality/
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Cost of living is rising in Australia – but migrants are not the cause.
“Migration isn't the issue here and blaming migrants is not going to fix the problem.” - Matt Grudnoff
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-population-growth-driving-the-housing-crisis-heres-the-reality/
“Migration isn't the issue here and blaming migrants is not going to fix the problem.” - Matt Grudnoff
Read more: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-population-growth-driving-the-housing-crisis-heres-the-reality/
Australia is the most expensive place to send a kid to high school in the developed world! 🤯
"We've basically privatised our education system."
Chief Economist Greg Jericho unpacks how we got here on the latest Dollars & Sense! 💰
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
"We've basically privatised our education system."
Chief Economist Greg Jericho unpacks how we got here on the latest Dollars & Sense! 💰
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Australia is the most expensive place to send a kid to high school in the developed world! 🤯
"We've basically privatised our education system."
Chief Economist Greg Jericho unpacks how we got here on the latest Dollars & Sense! 💰
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
"We've basically privatised our education system."
Chief Economist Greg Jericho unpacks how we got here on the latest Dollars & Sense! 💰
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
As democracy teeters, and the nuclear threat escalates, and more and more egregious allegations of pedophilia at the highest levels of power come to light – don’t forget to smile, ladies.
Read this week’s Shorter America on The Point: https://theaus.in/3MpuOLS
Read this week’s Shorter America on The Point: https://theaus.in/3MpuOLS
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
As democracy teeters, and the nuclear threat escalates, and more and more egregious allegations of pedophilia at the highest levels of power come to light – don’t forget to smile, ladies.
Read this week’s Shorter America on The Point: https://theaus.in/3MpuOLS
Read this week’s Shorter America on The Point: https://theaus.in/3MpuOLS
Tasmania’s Liberal Government is being warned against rushing to lock in long-term logging contracts.
“The ecological cost is enormous, the climate impact is profound, and the economic losses continue to pile up.” - Louise Morris
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qntkjk
“The ecological cost is enormous, the climate impact is profound, and the economic losses continue to pile up.” - Louise Morris
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qntkjk
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Tasmania’s Liberal Government is being warned against rushing to lock in long-term logging contracts.
“The ecological cost is enormous, the climate impact is profound, and the economic losses continue to pile up.” - Louise Morris
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qntkjk
“The ecological cost is enormous, the climate impact is profound, and the economic losses continue to pile up.” - Louise Morris
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qntkjk
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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.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is the most expensive place in the developed world to send a child to high school - but why?
@grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss the RBA’s interest rate hike & the impact of Howard-era privatisation measures on education. #auspol
🎧 bit.ly/3ZlkjvV
@grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss the RBA’s interest rate hike & the impact of Howard-era privatisation measures on education. #auspol
🎧 bit.ly/3ZlkjvV
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Australia is the most expensive place in the developed world to send a child to high school - but why?
@grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss the RBA’s interest rate hike & the impact of Howard-era privatisation measures on education. #auspol
🎧 bit.ly/3ZlkjvV
@grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss the RBA’s interest rate hike & the impact of Howard-era privatisation measures on education. #auspol
🎧 bit.ly/3ZlkjvV
Everybody’s Home has released its new ‘No Way Out’ sector survey results, with national spokesperson Maiy Azize warning that frontline services are trapped in constant crisis mode.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZYvNFP
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZYvNFP
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Everybody’s Home has released its new ‘No Way Out’ sector survey results, with national spokesperson Maiy Azize warning that frontline services are trapped in constant crisis mode.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZYvNFP
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZYvNFP
Chief Economist Greg Jericho told The Australia Institute’s Dollars & Sense podcast that while the OECD indicated the Albanese government should reign in its spending “a little bit”, it highlighted a much bigger problem.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more: https://theaus.in/4aE8Qgr
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more: https://theaus.in/4aE8Qgr
February 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Chief Economist Greg Jericho told The Australia Institute’s Dollars & Sense podcast that while the OECD indicated the Albanese government should reign in its spending “a little bit”, it highlighted a much bigger problem.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more: https://theaus.in/4aE8Qgr
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more: https://theaus.in/4aE8Qgr
In 2023, Australia Institute polling research found three in four Victorians (73%) supported a ban on government contractors making political donations: https://theaus.in/4ap0VDA
Read our report Money and power in Victorian Elections: https://theaus.in/3O18J6P
Read our report Money and power in Victorian Elections: https://theaus.in/3O18J6P
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
In 2023, Australia Institute polling research found three in four Victorians (73%) supported a ban on government contractors making political donations: https://theaus.in/4ap0VDA
Read our report Money and power in Victorian Elections: https://theaus.in/3O18J6P
Read our report Money and power in Victorian Elections: https://theaus.in/3O18J6P
“To stop fossil fuels, we must stop fossil fuel ads. Politicians, here’s your chance to move up the trust rankings,” writes Belinda Noble, founder of climate communications charity, Comms Declare.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4r0xBtX
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4r0xBtX
February 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
“To stop fossil fuels, we must stop fossil fuel ads. Politicians, here’s your chance to move up the trust rankings,” writes Belinda Noble, founder of climate communications charity, Comms Declare.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4r0xBtX
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4r0xBtX
“If we want a housing system that works for everyone, it’s time to stop lining the pockets of property investors and start funding homes that people can genuinely afford,” writes Maiy Azize and James Hall.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tjukaP
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tjukaP
February 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
“If we want a housing system that works for everyone, it’s time to stop lining the pockets of property investors and start funding homes that people can genuinely afford,” writes Maiy Azize and James Hall.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tjukaP
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tjukaP
“Australia needs a strong Parliament. There are multiple checks on Government power. Time and column inches are best spent on the people who are doing something constructive,” writes Bill Browne.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4by50HE
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4by50HE
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“Australia needs a strong Parliament. There are multiple checks on Government power. Time and column inches are best spent on the people who are doing something constructive,” writes Bill Browne.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4by50HE
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4by50HE
Why did the RBA jump the gun on raising interest rates?
"If they go too fast, the cons are that the economy will slow down and unemployment will go up. Well, that's not a con to the RBA."
@MattGrudnoff @ebony_bennett #auspol
"If they go too fast, the cons are that the economy will slow down and unemployment will go up. Well, that's not a con to the RBA."
@MattGrudnoff @ebony_bennett #auspol
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Why did the RBA jump the gun on raising interest rates?
"If they go too fast, the cons are that the economy will slow down and unemployment will go up. Well, that's not a con to the RBA."
@MattGrudnoff @ebony_bennett #auspol
"If they go too fast, the cons are that the economy will slow down and unemployment will go up. Well, that's not a con to the RBA."
@MattGrudnoff @ebony_bennett #auspol
“Labor still has a chance to shape the future, and history won’t look back to discuss whether or not modern Labor was 'moderate' or 'centrist' enough. It will judge it on whether it met the moment and the times,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4adAhNL
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4adAhNL
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“Labor still has a chance to shape the future, and history won’t look back to discuss whether or not modern Labor was 'moderate' or 'centrist' enough. It will judge it on whether it met the moment and the times,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4adAhNL
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4adAhNL
LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now.
All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/45CSPpi
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All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/45CSPpi
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February 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now.
All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/45CSPpi
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All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/45CSPpi
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Environmental advocates are calling on federal environment minister Murray Watt to reject the project due to its emissions and the impacts it would have on koala habitat.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qVi9PH
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qVi9PH
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Environmental advocates are calling on federal environment minister Murray Watt to reject the project due to its emissions and the impacts it would have on koala habitat.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qVi9PH
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qVi9PH
The Antipoverty Centre is urging the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to start dealing “frank fearless advice” to the Government and advocate for a change in policy to include heatwaves as a genuine reason to pause mutual obligation requirements.
Read more: https://theaus.in/3ZPyfhR
Read more: https://theaus.in/3ZPyfhR
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
The Antipoverty Centre is urging the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to start dealing “frank fearless advice” to the Government and advocate for a change in policy to include heatwaves as a genuine reason to pause mutual obligation requirements.
Read more: https://theaus.in/3ZPyfhR
Read more: https://theaus.in/3ZPyfhR
“One economist writing in the AFR blamed inflation on . . . the Government mandating a 15% pay rise for childcare workers. That’s a stunning impact given childcare workers make up about 1.5% of the labour force." - Greg Jericho
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rv9wv9
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rv9wv9
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
“One economist writing in the AFR blamed inflation on . . . the Government mandating a 15% pay rise for childcare workers. That’s a stunning impact given childcare workers make up about 1.5% of the labour force." - Greg Jericho
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rv9wv9
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rv9wv9
Recent ANU research identified just 20 organisations that dominate climate policy activity in Australia, and The Australia Institute was one of this small core group of influential voices.
Learn more: https://theaus.in/4ra6oVC
Learn more: https://theaus.in/4ra6oVC
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Recent ANU research identified just 20 organisations that dominate climate policy activity in Australia, and The Australia Institute was one of this small core group of influential voices.
Learn more: https://theaus.in/4ra6oVC
Learn more: https://theaus.in/4ra6oVC
With inflation being driven by Christmas holidays & data centres, the RBA didn’t need to raise the interest rate this week.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss why the RBA is so cautious about cutting rates, yet so quick to hike them up. #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/4qkepGv
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss why the RBA is so cautious about cutting rates, yet so quick to hike them up. #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/4qkepGv
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
With inflation being driven by Christmas holidays & data centres, the RBA didn’t need to raise the interest rate this week.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss why the RBA is so cautious about cutting rates, yet so quick to hike them up. #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/4qkepGv
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss why the RBA is so cautious about cutting rates, yet so quick to hike them up. #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/4qkepGv
“While using the traditional ‘left-right’ lens makes some sense for some policy issues, for most of the big issues paralysing our current federal parliament it is the left-right frame that is causing much of the confusion and paralysis.” - Richard Denniss
Read more: https://theaus.in/4axwXhF
Read more: https://theaus.in/4axwXhF
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“While using the traditional ‘left-right’ lens makes some sense for some policy issues, for most of the big issues paralysing our current federal parliament it is the left-right frame that is causing much of the confusion and paralysis.” - Richard Denniss
Read more: https://theaus.in/4axwXhF
Read more: https://theaus.in/4axwXhF