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Tax cuts by electorate Read the full report: 2018 tax cuts by electorate. Table of electorates Rank Electorate Percentage of average Party 1 Wentworth 192% LIB 2 North Sydney 180% LIB 3 Warringah 172% LIB 4 Sydney 167% ALP 5 Melbourne Ports 160% ALP 6 Higgins 159% LIB 7 Bradfield 158% LIB 8 Kooyong 156% LIB 9 Grayndler 154% ALP 10 Goldstein 150% LIB 11 Curtin 150% LIB 12 Brisbane 146% LIB 13 Melbourne 143% GRN 14 Canberra 140% ALP 15 Griffith 133% ALP 16 Ma... Read More
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A Comprehensive and Realistic Strategy for More and Better Jobs The Australian Council of Trade Unions has released a major policy paper outlining an ambitious, multi-faceted program to address the chronic shortage of work, and the steady erosion of job quality, in Australia. The full paper, Jobs You Can Count On, is available on the ACTU's website. It contains specific proposals to stimulate much stronger job-creation, reduce unemployment and underemployment, improve job quality (including throug... Read More
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Request for audit: Supply measures projects - Murray Darling Basin Plan 4 May 2018Dear Auditor-General,Supply measure projects We refer to the proposed amendment to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. That amendment is based on 36 ‘supply measure’ projects. Supply measures aim to achieve the same environmental outcome as under the original Basin Plan, but using less water. The Commonwealth has committed $1.6 billion to implement these supply measures.The supply measures have been developed under r... Read More
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Request to Audit: Allegations concerning the purchases of water for environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin The Auditor-General has received correspondence from Senators Patrick, Griff, Hanson-Young and Bernardi, Ms Rebekha Sharkie MP and the Hon. Tony Burke MP dated 24 April 2018, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the purchases of water for environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin. This request is under consideration and the response will be published on the Australian National Audit Office website.Please n... Read More
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Open letter to The Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory and the Northern Territory Government Read a pdf version here
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Open letter – political donations from the gambling industry To Premier Will Hodgman and Opposition Leader Rebecca White, Public trust in government is at an all-time low around Australia. We are working together to improve accountability and trust in public administration at a state and federal level. After the long-standing allegations about the role of the gambling industry in the fall of the Tasmanian Liberal government in 1972 and the ongoing efforts of Federal Hotels to maintain its monopoly, m... Read More
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Renewables as Climate Strategy: Generating Power From Energy Clean energy technology is becoming competitive with fossil fuels, globally. This provides the basis for a new strategic approach to solving the political aspect of the climate threat.This is a speech given at 'Imagining a Different Future Conference', Hobart, on 8 February 2018, hosted by the University of Tasmania, the University of Utrecht Ethics Institute, the University of Tasmania's Institute for the Study of Social Change, the Antarctic Cl... Read More
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Fact sheets: Comparative energy costs and fossil generation failure in the 2017 heatwaves NEM Fossil generation failure in the 2017 heatwavesDuring the February 2017 heatwave across south eastern Australia, 14% of fossil generating capacity (3,600 MW) failed during critical peak demand periods in South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland as a result of faults, largely related to the heat.Comparative energy technology costsElectricity from new wind and solar plants is now cheaper than from existing gas plants.Electricity from win... Read More
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Open Letter - 26% for the electricity sector does not make economic sense An open letter, published as a full-page advertisement in today’s Australian Financial Review, calls for a higher emission reduction target for the electricity sector – well above the 26% proposed by the government’s National Energy Guarantee (NEG).--- See full letter in pdf below --- Signatories to the letter comprise high-profile business leaders, CEOs, academics, economists and investors, including Simon Holmes a Court, Dr Hugh Saddler, Dr Ren... Read More
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Substantially involved - Queensland government and Adani’s NAIF loan Queensland government will be “substantially involved” in any loan to Adani under the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), as outlined by the Department that helped design the NAIF, in its submission to the Senate NAIF inquiry. This account has been confirmed by the Queensland government’s own submission, which notes that Queensland’s “roles and responsibilities… through the assessment and approval process” includes a cross-governme... Read More