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Breaking brown: Gas and coal plant breakdowns in VictoriaVictoria’s brown coal fired power stations suffer from frequent breakdowns and Loy Yang A is the responsible for largest number of breakdowns on the National Energy Market, since monitoring began in December 2017, and Loy Yang A’s Unit 2 is the most unreliable unit on the grid. -
Southern Discomfort: Water losses in the southern Murray Darling BasinDecisions by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to flood the Barmah-Millewa forest and drain Menindee Lakes have reduced water for NSW Murray general security holders, who have zero allocation for 2018-19. We estimate an allocation of between 16% and 61% could have been possible had MDBA complied with its official Objectives and Outcomes.
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Degrees North Vocational and university education in Australia and Nordic countriesVocational and university education in Australia and Nordic countries - Report for roundtable discussion at the Embassy of Finland Canberra
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Budget Warning for State Gov: Voters Reject Service Cuts, Privatisation New research from The Australia Institute has found that two out of three voters want the State Government to make up the $517 million GST shortfall announced in the Federal Budget by increasing taxes on wealthier South Australians and property investors. The least popular way for the government to balance the books in its upcoming Budget would be to either cut or privatise services such as public transport, health and education or to increase ta...
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$33 billion delivered to those earning more than $180k from unlegislated income tax cuts: new researchThe final stage of the Morrison Government’s unlegislated income tax plan, stage 3(a) will, over the five years after it is introduced in 2024-25, deliver a $33 billion benefit to those earning more than $180,000, according to a new distributional analysis from The Australia Institute’s senior economist Matt Grudnoff. The Morrison Government is yet to legislate the additional tax cuts announced in the 2019-20 Federal Budget, which builds on the t...
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HeatWatch QLD: Extreme heat in the Sunshine StateThe projected rise in extremely hot days as a result of global warming presents a serious risk to the health and wellbeing of the Queensland community.There has already been a clear increase in numbers of these extreme heat days over recent decades, as demonstrated in our profiles on:The Gold Coast;Brisbane;The Sunshine Coast;Roma;Gladstone;Rockhampton;Mackay;The Whitsundays; andTownsville.Exposure to extreme heat can lead to serious illness and...
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New Analysis: Over 50% of Stage 3a Tax Cuts Benefit to go to Highest Income Earners New income distributional analysis from The Australia Institute senior economist Matt Grudnoff shows the Morrison Government’s proposed Stage 3(a) income tax cuts announced in the 2019-20 Federal Budget, to come into effect 2024-25, will overwhelmingly benefit high-income earners with over 50% of the benefit going to the top 20% of taxpayers, while the bottom half only get 12% of the benefit, and the bottom 20% receive a mere 0.2%.The Morrison Go...
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What is stopping AdaniThe Australia Institute released new research showing Adani is not “ready to go” with its Carmichael coal mine and there are a number of significant reasons why Adani is not ready to proceed with its mine.“One thing that can be said with certainty about the Adani coal mine is that whether it goes ahead or not will make almost no difference to the high levels of unemployment in Queensland," said Richard Denniss, Chief Economist at the Austra...
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Taking way too much credit $18 billion dollar gamble on climate action loophole The Government’s reliance on dated carbon credits to extinguish over half of its Paris Agreement target might not be authorised, forcing it to purchase last-minute international permits or drastically reduce emissions to cover huge gap. New analysis by the Australia Institute identified numerous legal, diplomatic and ethical barriers to using Kyoto Protocol carry-over credits...
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Leaked QRC research shows massive public distrust of mining industry in QLDDocuments obtained by the Australia Institute shows that mining is experiencing a crisis in public trust among Queenslanders, with coal mining particularly unfavourable. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) commissioned polling company Ipsos to conduct this research on the industry's reputation because it has observed a “decline in positive (public) sentiment” about the QLD resource sector, and can see that “extending to governme...