Jack Thrower
@jack-thrower.bsky.social
he/him | senior economist at @australiainstitute.org.au | interests in economic policy, inequality, the welfare state and industrial relations | views my own
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Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media.
Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
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Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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The Federal Government's plan for university reform is welcome and much needed.
Australian unis are overseen by Vice-Chancellors paid vast sums of money, who preside over a sector failing its staff and students.
📺Senior Economist Jack Thrower on WIN News
@jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
Australian unis are overseen by Vice-Chancellors paid vast sums of money, who preside over a sector failing its staff and students.
📺Senior Economist Jack Thrower on WIN News
@jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The Federal Government's plan for university reform is welcome and much needed.
Australian unis are overseen by Vice-Chancellors paid vast sums of money, who preside over a sector failing its staff and students.
📺Senior Economist Jack Thrower on WIN News
@jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
Australian unis are overseen by Vice-Chancellors paid vast sums of money, who preside over a sector failing its staff and students.
📺Senior Economist Jack Thrower on WIN News
@jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
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What did we learn from yesterday's election data drop and why will we have to wait till February for the full picture?
@rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
@rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Big bills, no seat: Some of the federal election's big spenders didn't actually win
Independent candidates received and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get elected to federal parliament — some unsuccessfully.
www.sbs.com.au
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What did we learn from yesterday's election data drop and why will we have to wait till February for the full picture?
@rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
@rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Many NSW residents don't realise that the "Westpac" Rescue Helicopter's operations aren't funded by Westpac, but by taxpayers.
Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
‘Every dollar counts’: Westpac Rescue spends big on high teas, golf days, lavish balls
The service, which has announced an investigation into allegations of a toxic and unsafe workplace, splashes more on fundraising and events than other agencies.
www.smh.com.au
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Many NSW residents don't realise that the "Westpac" Rescue Helicopter's operations aren't funded by Westpac, but by taxpayers.
Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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The ANU says it's in crisis. Does this look like a financial crisis to you?
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The ANU says it's in crisis. Does this look like a financial crisis to you?
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open.spotify.com/episode/1OPE...
In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
Universities in crisis
open.spotify.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
open.spotify.com/episode/1OPE...
In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector.
It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution
A thread🧵
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"The core problem is a vacuum of accountability. In the university sector, no one is held responsible for failure, at least no one at the top."
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times
Read:
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906393...
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times
Read:
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906393...
September 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"The core problem is a vacuum of accountability. In the university sector, no one is held responsible for failure, at least no one at the top."
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times
Read:
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906393...
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times
Read:
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906393...
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Tickets are on sale now for our Revenue Summit 2025!
Speakers include Steven Miles, David Pocock, Kate Chaney, Jordan van den Lamb, and more!
📅Wed 29 Oct
📍Parliament House, Canberra
Get your tickets! 👇👇 #auspol
Speakers include Steven Miles, David Pocock, Kate Chaney, Jordan van den Lamb, and more!
📅Wed 29 Oct
📍Parliament House, Canberra
Get your tickets! 👇👇 #auspol
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Tickets are on sale now for our Revenue Summit 2025!
Speakers include Steven Miles, David Pocock, Kate Chaney, Jordan van den Lamb, and more!
📅Wed 29 Oct
📍Parliament House, Canberra
Get your tickets! 👇👇 #auspol
Speakers include Steven Miles, David Pocock, Kate Chaney, Jordan van den Lamb, and more!
📅Wed 29 Oct
📍Parliament House, Canberra
Get your tickets! 👇👇 #auspol
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I'm speaking at Monash Uni tomorrow about Australia's gas policy mess and Woodside in particular.
@australiainstitute.org.au @nteumonash.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au @nteumonash.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'm speaking at Monash Uni tomorrow about Australia's gas policy mess and Woodside in particular.
@australiainstitute.org.au @nteumonash.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au @nteumonash.bsky.social
Proof that we're different people (mostly...)
Picked my brother up from the train station and feeling like a unique individual
August 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Proof that we're different people (mostly...)
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"Australians should insist that the country’s leaders represent the interests of Australians, not multinational gas corporations," writes @markogge.bsky.social.
Why is the Prime Minister gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf? – @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Why is the Prime Minister gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf? – @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Why is the PM gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf?
Given Labor's climate-change assertions, its approval extension of the most climate destroying fossil project in Australia is shocking.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
July 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"Australians should insist that the country’s leaders represent the interests of Australians, not multinational gas corporations," writes @markogge.bsky.social.
Why is the Prime Minister gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf? – @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Why is the Prime Minister gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf? – @thenewdaily.bsky.social
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Fix the GST to unlock more than $2 billion for SA
Noah Schultz-Byard, director of the Australia Institute South Australia asks whether South Australia will accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030, or will we fight for tax reform. #sapol
Noah Schultz-Byard, director of the Australia Institute South Australia asks whether South Australia will accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030, or will we fight for tax reform. #sapol
Fix the GST to unlock more than $2 billion for SA - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Will South Australia accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030? Or will we fight for tax reform?
www.indailysa.com.au
July 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Fix the GST to unlock more than $2 billion for SA
Noah Schultz-Byard, director of the Australia Institute South Australia asks whether South Australia will accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030, or will we fight for tax reform. #sapol
Noah Schultz-Byard, director of the Australia Institute South Australia asks whether South Australia will accept our shrinking share of the GST and risk even deeper service cuts by 2030, or will we fight for tax reform. #sapol
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Thank you to everyone who has already donated!
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June 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Today is the LAST CHANCE to make your tax-deductible donation before the End of Financial Year, and double your impact!
Thank you to everyone who has already donated!
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Nearly a quarter of the seats in parliament are "non-classic" contests - where either 1st or 2nd is not a major party - incl the seats held by the ALP, Lib & Nats leaders #OffTheCharts @browne90.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/post/for-maj...
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June 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Nearly a quarter of the seats in parliament are "non-classic" contests - where either 1st or 2nd is not a major party - incl the seats held by the ALP, Lib & Nats leaders #OffTheCharts @browne90.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/post/for-maj...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/for-maj...
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ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times, writes on the ANU's scandals and lack of transparency.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times, writes on the ANU's scandals and lack of transparency.
ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret
Staff trust is necessary for any successful project.
www.canberratimes.com.au
June 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times, writes on the ANU's scandals and lack of transparency.
@jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times, writes on the ANU's scandals and lack of transparency.
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“In other words, the ANU is saying that the success of their work depends on the public staying in the dark about how ANU staff members are actually feeling.”
@jack-thrower.bsky.social with yet more evidence of opacity and poor governance at ANU.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899301...
@jack-thrower.bsky.social with yet more evidence of opacity and poor governance at ANU.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899301...
ANU attacks union poll for lack of integrity, but keeps its own survey results secret
Staff trust is necessary for any successful project.
www.canberratimes.com.au
June 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“In other words, the ANU is saying that the success of their work depends on the public staying in the dark about how ANU staff members are actually feeling.”
@jack-thrower.bsky.social with yet more evidence of opacity and poor governance at ANU.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899301...
@jack-thrower.bsky.social with yet more evidence of opacity and poor governance at ANU.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899301...
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Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
June 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
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Members of the crossbench have written to Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles, calling for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. In April, polling by @australiainstitute.org.au found 56% of Australians support such a move.
June 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Members of the crossbench have written to Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles, calling for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. In April, polling by @australiainstitute.org.au found 56% of Australians support such a move.
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Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt could approve a brand new coal mine in the next 10 days. @australiainstitute.org.au #CoalMineTracker 1/2
June 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt could approve a brand new coal mine in the next 10 days. @australiainstitute.org.au #CoalMineTracker 1/2
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"Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax is misguided and misdirected."
Great piece on proposed super changes by @gemkillen.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/dont-...
Great piece on proposed super changes by @gemkillen.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/dont-...
Don't let the confected outrage fool you, the super tax reform is good for women
Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax on their super is misguided and misdirected.
womensagenda.com.au
June 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax is misguided and misdirected."
Great piece on proposed super changes by @gemkillen.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/dont-...
Great piece on proposed super changes by @gemkillen.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/dont-...
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Very excited that @ketanjoshi.co is working with @australiainstitute.org.au!!!
Check out his post on Woodside, dodgy offsets and the safeguard mechanism...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
Check out his post on Woodside, dodgy offsets and the safeguard mechanism...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
May 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Very excited that @ketanjoshi.co is working with @australiainstitute.org.au!!!
Check out his post on Woodside, dodgy offsets and the safeguard mechanism...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
Check out his post on Woodside, dodgy offsets and the safeguard mechanism...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
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Presumably he will tell him there is no way his government will approve a 50-year extension Woodside’s climate destroying North West Shelf gas EXPORT terminal that will cause 4.3 BILLION tonnes of emissions and make floods more frequent and extreme….
May 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Presumably he will tell him there is no way his government will approve a 50-year extension Woodside’s climate destroying North West Shelf gas EXPORT terminal that will cause 4.3 BILLION tonnes of emissions and make floods more frequent and extreme….