The housing affordability crisis isn't caused by a lack of houses, but a surplus of investors. thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Laws are only effective if they're enforced and right now there's a big gap between the # of people get a firearm for hunting or sport shooting and the # of people who actually engage in those activities. If they're not using the gun for the stated reason, why are they are allowed to keep them?

Why shouldn't Meta be responsible for the deep fakes it posts? thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Anyone looking for a new job? Woodside is hiring. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhok...

Do beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies? Yes, they do! Beer excise > PRRT Beer drinkers' income tax > gas company income tax Thread below, full details here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/tax-b...

Policy analysis from actual homelessness case worker. Proud to have helped with this piece. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Did somebody say tax? You had me at "the existence of billionaires is a colossal failure of policy." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Oh look, Australia has a brand new coal mine proposal. Just after committing to phase out fossil fuels. What will @MurrayWatt do with this? australiainstitute.org.au/coal-mine-tr...

Midnight Oil manager John Watson argues that, despite all the woe, Aussie musos are killing it overseas - even if they're relatively unknown at home. thepoint.com.au/news/260202-...

The PALM visa scheme gives people from Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste the opportunity to work in Australia. But the scheme's strict restrictions are leading to concerns it's facilitating modern slavery in Australia. @mhharrington.bsky.social #auspol

PALMed off: The story of modern slavery in Australia - new podcast available now thepoint.com.au/news/260108-...

Is the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme facilitating modern slavery? @mhharrington.bsky.social speaks to experts, community leaders & ni-Vanuatu former PALM workers in the first episode of this four-part mini-series on the guestworker scheme. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4sr1vbV

Feeling the heat? 35 degrees is the crucial point for Australia's most fatal kind of weather. thepoint.com.au/news/251218-...

Australia's anti-corruption commission has been around for two and half years, but is yet to hold a single public hearing: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Looking for some new music? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Wondering where all the Aussie music went? Former Spotify Chief Economist Will Page explains how algorithms take listeners offshore australiainstitute.org.au/post/highway...

Ausmusic tshirt day at work with @skyelark.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social ‪@alicektg.bsky.social‬ You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au

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Are you wearing your Aussie band t-shirt today? 👕 Australia Institute research shows the number of Aussie artists being streamed online has gone down in recent years, and it's got a lot to do with the algorithms! 🎶 #auspol #ausmusictshirtday @mhharrington.bsky.social

Friends, can I ask a favour. Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy 1/🧵

It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers. Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

AI Astroturfing is here

Here's ten articles on democracy & governance that you can read right now on @thepointau.bsky.social: 1/ "New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents" -- Going against the Robodebt Royal Commission's recommendation. thepoint.com.au/news/251007-...

What's The Point? Let @australiainstitute.org.au to explain at our new site: thepoint.com.au

The 2022-23 tax stats just dropped. And there we have it: 91 millionaires who paid ZERO tax

If you bet on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your windfall is tax free but if you win the Miles Franklin you pay tax. There's an easy and cheap way for the gov to help our best artists and writers. Make prizes tax free. Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts

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

Australia, Canada, Norway and U.S. are responsible for nearly 70% of projected carbon-dioxide (CO2) pollution from new fossil fuel projects between 2025 and 2035. Also Australia - "we are a renewable powerhouse and should host COP31" #nonewcoal #nonewgas #climatecrisis oilchange.org/blogs/planet...

Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt could approve a brand new coal mine in the next 10 days. @australiainstitute.org.au #CoalMineTracker 1/2

"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-...

Over 1 million pieces of 50,000-year-old art, gone in 50 years, just to mine more of the fossil fuels that are causing climate change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9V...

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...

This is scandalous @walabor.bsky.social doctoring scientific report on destruction of Murujuga cultural treasure to cover for Woodside. "A disgrace to Australian science, and my colleagues at Curtin University, who I'm sure are as angry as I am." More🧵👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

"The outer-Melbourne electorate of Calwell had "the most complex count in Australia's history", but almost nobody was talking about it before the election. Why? Only four journalists live in the seat, the least of anywhere in Australia. @rodcampbell.bsky.social writes ⤵️ #auspol

Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break? First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super?? Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...

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"Dosed-up Tasmanian salmon could pose health risks in the long run" My piece for @thenewdaily.bsky.social on Tassie salmon farming, antibiotic dosing and the ecological + health risks @australiainstitute.org.au www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

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Both major parties talk big about how important it is to prevent domestic and family violence but as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @jack-thrower.bsky.social note - when you look at the size of spending a lot of other things seem more important... #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-tal...

@joshuablackjb.bsky.social turns up the heat on big gas. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

These days its all too hard to imagine an Australian Government investing in such transformative inspiration, but it shouldn't be.

Governance at Australia’s universities is in a dire state. VCs are paid like CEOs but don't face the oversight seen in the public or private sectors. A few of us at @australiainstitute.org.au put together recommendations on how to fix our broken system. australiainstitute.org.au/post/time-to...

Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇 90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free. To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax. Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol

The meat on your plate could have been butchered by a temporary migrant bound to their employer. Everyone working in Australia should have the same basic rights. www.rmit.edu.au/news/bhright...

The changes to the electoral laws are supposedly about limiting big spending independents. But as @browne90.bsky.social & @joshuablackjb.bsky.social show, community independents spend less on avge than do the major parties #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-maj...

Housing affordability has been getting worse for 20 yrs now. But, as Dave Richardson writes, if it keeps on the same trend by 2044 the avge Sydney dwelling price in today's dollars would be $2.4m (currently $1.45m) #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/housing...

Real zero not net zero!

Massive story today: "One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns" This is good news. 🧵 #auspol

For 30 years The Push has facilitated opportunities for young people to plan, produce and experience All-Ages live music - this year, let's see them go NATIONAL! You can learn more at thepush.com.au/accessallages #accessallages #thepush #youthmusic #auspol

China may be way beyond Sputnik, but as @yuan-frank.bsky.social writes, "the dizzying display of technological achievements in China does not merit the panic button." www.afr.com/world/asia/w...