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January 28, 2024

Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition

Lucy Richardson, Monash University and Ella Healy, Monash University

Australians want government to act on climate change, but not necessarily now, or in their neighbourhood. How can governments resolve this dilemma?

June 22, 2020

If we could design JobKeeper within weeks, we can exit coal by 2030. Here’s how to do it

John Quiggin, The University of Queensland

It’d be a matter of switching 20-25,000 jobs. During coronavirus, we shut down three million, and dealt with the consequences impressively.

Ben Oquist, former chief of staff to Greens leaders Bob Brown and Christine Milne, says Tony Abbott risks being on the ‘wrong side of history’ at the 2015 Paris climate summit. Penny Bradfield/AAP

July 21, 2015

Politics podcast: Ben Oquist on the direction of the Greens and the Senate crossbench

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Ben Oquist on the direction of the Greens and the Senate crossbench

Ben Oquist, Executive Director of the Australia Institute, talks to Michelle Grattan about the current direction of the Greens, the Senate crossbench, climate change, and much more.

Treasury Secretary John Fraser now has plenty of company in calling for a ‘fundamental rethink’ of retirement income policy. AAP/Lukas Coch

May 4, 2015

Time to listen to the evidence for a rethink of super tax concessions

Richard Denniss, Australian National University and Brenton Prosser, Australian National University

Over the last six months a public consensus has emerged among academics, think tanks, community organisations, elements of the superannuation industry and most politicians about superannuation.

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