Why is the gas industry notorious for paying so little tax, despite making billions in revenue? Santos has made it 10 years in a row paying no tax! @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol

The latest episode of Dollars & Sense is up, in which @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social and I slap Morrison around for his changes to the GST, and I even find something to agree with the RBA on! australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-sco...

the slop visuals that have the vague aesthetics in place but nothing makes any sense when you actually look closer is accidentally perfect for the entire Abundance Agenda

No, immigrants aren't to blame for the housing crisis.

Was stunned by @emmashortis.bsky.social' recent vid of a nightmare gas rig near a major natural site in Vic, Australia. So: pretty wild to find out Victoria (a) exports more gas than it burns and (b) is burning less gas! There is no 'gas shortage' -->>>> australiainstitute.org.au/post/victori...

We are in so much trouble, it is really hard to comprehend www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/11/1...

PM really has mastered the everyday folk response to completely dodge FM radio host questions.

This may actually be the worst phrase in existence. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... #auspol

New vid for @australiainstitute.org.au!

The Government’s Safeguard Mechanism is supposed to limit emissions. Instead, it just lets companies cheat. The massive carbon bomb North West Shelf project met 100% of its Safeguard target using dodgy carbon offsets that won't cancel out its huge emissions. @ketanjoshi.co #auspol

The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up with @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social and I talkin' superannuation and media coverage, and CEO pay australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-ric...

I wonder what would happen if we banned pundits from using vague umbrella terms like "The Left" and "The Right" for a week and they were forced to actually grapple with the real organizations and individuals driving the political and media agenda.

The Latest Dollars & Sense pod is up - @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social and I talkin' bout GDP, Min wage and TACOs australiainstitute.org.au/post/why-aus...

If the North West Shelf is Murray Watt's idea of a great deal I'd love to play Catan with him

Excellent column by Ross Gittins "If you want to govern Australia effectively – you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to stand up, but still wants to enjoy the spoils of office." www.smh.com.au/business/the...

it's cool that we managed to put machines on mars that can take and send pictures and i support space exploration as a public endeavor and public good, but holy fuck everything we've seen out there is so much uglier and less cool than our own planet

The king is dead. Long live the king. @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social standing in for @grogsgamut.bsky.social on Dollars & Sense today. @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social seems pleased?

How much coal would the French have to find under the Louvre to destroy it? How much gas would the UK need to find under Stonehenge to knock it down? Australia must be the richest country in the world willing to destroy its ancient heritage for one more gas project #climate

It really is difficult to put into words how incredible and awe-inspiring Murujuga is. It's a truly unique record of the history and creativity of the human species. But our Federal Government seems to value gas industry profits more. What does that say about Australia?

I am very lucky to have access to the most extraordinary minds at The Australia Institute. Allan Behm's paper on War Crimes is a must-read for anyone who has taken even a passing interest in the Ben Roberts-Smith case. australiainstitute.org.au/report/war-c...

It exists! @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-eco...

You have the best political reporter & analyst on your panel but you let her sit idle most of the night while your empty suit political lead talks on, over & through everything (then repeats it) just seems like a stupid decision don’t you think?

Feat. a truly dreadful bracket creep joke from @grogsgamut.bsky.social.

If you ran the govt like a business, you'd a) treat borrowing as a business-as-usual way of operating, rather than something to be avoided, b) you'd borrow for investments on their merits, rather than wait for cash to be available, c) you wouldn't cut core capacity in response to short-term shocks.

Me trying to move to a new topic on the podcast after a Greg rant

Several policies on offer at this election will likely make housing affordability worse. On this Dollars & Sense, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss housing & the 🐘🐘 in the policy debate: negative gearing & the capital gains tax discount. #auspol theaus.in/42G4hOq

ok but "does not pay taxes or write poetry" is a much better descriptor of what it means to be a Kennedy

I know everyone is focused on the 5% deposit announcement from Labor - but the announcement to build 100,000 homes for first home buyers should the standard of what governments do - governments should be in the business of building housing

The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up with @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social and I trying to work out, just what the hell is going on australiainstitute.org.au/post/actuall...

The live blog from Australia Institute was priceless Complete with fact-checking by @grogsgamut.bsky.social @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social

Went hiking in Tassie and didn't hear the word 'tariff' for a whole week. It was glorious.

I love being in the woods and not knowing wtf is going on in the stock market

Perfect 🤣🎯

Labor doing the bidding for the toxic Tasmanian salmon industry has made the EPBC worse than it was under Scomo and the LNP. That’s quite an achievement!

The salmon industry in Tasmania is totally cooked. But I'm now typing from my personal account. So it's also totally fucked.

Rolling for our post-budget episode of Dollars & Sense. Drops this evening. #Budget25 @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social

The tax cuts in the Budget for low-income earners are a great start! But they're not huge, only around $20 a fortnight more in the pocket. For almost $3 billion less, we could have increased Jobseeker by $200 a fortnight! There's still more to be done. 🙌 @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

No pandas left behind!

Missing from #budget2025 is much-needed funding for Australia's integrity organisations: auditors, information commissioners, ombudsmen, etc. Staff numbers at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner are going *down* next year, while its freedom of information reviews take years.

Were gas companies winners or losers in the Budget? 🤔 The answer won't surprise you... 🙄 The gas industry pays less in petroleum resource rent tax than Australians pay in beer excise! 🍻🍻 @grogsgamut.bsky.social @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol

The EPBC amendment will apply to any past decision (not just salmon farming), subject to a set of criteria It'll remove the Minister's ability to revoke a past decision even if there's impt new info about the impacts of the action or circumstances not foreseen at the time of the original decision

Labor & Albo have absolutely earned this fury & ferocious backlash bsky.app/profile/yung...

Morning (there are no good mornings lately) come join me before I am a husk of a human at the end of this budget week. And then we have the election campaign. HAHA live.australiainstitute.org.au

The $3,500 is such a horseshit number that any decent journalist should be able to shoot down. You pay more tax because you get a pay rise!!! And guess what? Your after tax income is higher!

Average cost of a basket of essential groceries in Australian cities: $44.70 Average cost of the same basket in remote areas: $99.38

ACCC on supermarkets we’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas

ACCC report finds Coles and Woolies increased profit margins in recent years. Price gouging on groceries during a pandemic and a cost of living crisis. But don't worry, they spent it on automatic gates to prevent shoplifting that don't even open half the time. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Reading this in the voice of Kevin Spacey's character from Seven.