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Shorten pips Morrison for most recognised leader The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,426 Australians between April 11-18 April 2019, about which current and recent Ministers and Shadow Ministers they have heard of.Key Findings:Bill Shorten (77%) has pipped Scott Morrison (75%) as most recognised leaderDeputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack is recognised by 28% of voters, while Deputy Liberal leader Josh Frydenberg is recognised by 46% and Deputy Labor leade...
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Polling: Millennial, Gen Z Climate Fears May Swing Key SA Seats New research from The Australia Institute has found that young voters and their strong interest in tackling global warming could be a significant factor at the next election in South Australia, across both the Lower House and the Senate. More than half (55%) of South Australians aged 18 to 24-years-old ranked policies around tackling climate change as a “very significant” factor in deciding who they will vote for while Labor’s overall plan for th...
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Health Costs Outpace Inflation Out-of-pocket health costs have skyrocketed compared with all other prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index, shows new analysis by The Australia Institute. The analysis using ABS data shows that health costs have more than doubled the rise in CPI with a 24 per cent increase in health costs compared with 11 per cent increases for all prices—mainly caused by a 33 per cent increase in the cost of medical and hospital services. Key findings: N...
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Polling: Labor Ahead on Energy Policy But Many Undecided Voters Up For Grabs The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of Australians about which major party policies they thought would be better for reducing emissions, lowering electricity prices and energy reliability. “Interestingly, while Labor is very clearly ahead with voters when looking at which major party has the best policies on addressing emissions, Labor also leads on reliability and prices as well,” said Richie Merzian, Climat...
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Analysis: Regional Winners and Losers from Government Tax Plan Revealed All five Tasmanian electorates are among the biggest losers of the Government’s income tax cut plan, inner-city electorates in Sydney and Melbourne are the biggest winners, and South Australia and Central & North Queensland get at least 30% per capita less than electorates in Sydney and Melbourne. The analysis by the Canberra-based think-tank’s senior economist Matt Grudnoff reveals the entire population of Tasmania receives less from the tax...
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National Energy Emissions Audit: April 2019 Welcome to the April 2019 issue of the NEEA Electricity Update, with analysis of the previous month. The Electricity Update presents data on electricity demand, electricity supply, and electricity generation emissions in the National Electricity Market (NEM), plus electricity demand in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS). In this issue we provide a slimmed down version of the key findings and visual representations, as we look to trial di...
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Analysis: $130 billion per year benefit to GDP by avoiding climate change Unless national action is taken to meet the Paris Target to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees, Australia’s GDP faces a hit of an average of $130 billion per year according to a new briefing note by The Australia Institute.The analysis released today by the Canberra-based think tank shows that the current climate debate is largely missing three key points:The cost of inaction on climate change is huge – Australia’s GDP would average $130...
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Debugging Watergate: interpreting official responses The Australia Institute has today released analysis of official responses to the Watergate scandal surrounding Murray Darling water purchases, covered by The Project, Guardian and other outlets. The analysis finds that official responses are misleading and in some cases incorrect: The Prime Minister’s claim that the record water purchase was covered in a Senate inquiry is false. There has been no Senate inquiry into strategic water pu...
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Declare War on Global Warming, Say SA Voters as Climate Election Looms New research from The Australia Institute, released just weeks out from the Federal Election, shows that a majority of South Australian voters want the government to mobilise all of society, “like they mobilised everyone during the world wars”, to tackle global warming. The state-wide polling also found that a majority of South Australians support a range of ambitious climate policies including a rapid transition to renewable energy, no new coal...
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New Analysis: $77 billion goes to those earning over $180,000 New Australia Institute modelling shows that at least $77 billion of the lost revenue from the Morrison Government’s top-end tax cut plan will benefit those earning more than $180,000, and $64 billion of that figure will go to those who earn over $200,000.The Government has claimed that the difference between its tax cut plan and Opposition’s is $230 billion over ten years. The analysis also reveals that after the Government’s tax plan is fully i...