If Europe chooses massive, oversized EVs rather than right-sized EVs, it will have to pay an extra 36 billion in car charging bills + an extra 2,500 people will be killed by cars uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/f...
Jack Thrower
@jack-thrower.bsky.social
he/him | deputy research director at @australiainstitute.org.au | interests in economic policy, inequality, the welfare state and industrial relations | views my own
"Rich Kid, Poor Kid reinforces the urgency and devastation of the school funding problem in Australia. @janecaro.bsky.social delivers the story in a way that should propel readers into action" says Elisa Di Gregorio in The Conversation theconversation.com/australias-f...
Australia’s frighteningly unequal funding system favours private schools, argues Jane Caro. How can we fix it?
Rich Kid, Poor Kid highlights the urgency and devastation of the school funding problem in Australia.
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Shell Oil suggested they were putting $1m into the Aus Energy Producers advert campaign because its adverts need to meet "Advertising Standards" "unlike those from The Australia Institute" So @jack-thrower.bsky.social & I decided to fact check their advert live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Business and gas companies have their say on gas tax proposals.
Representatives from the Business Council, Shell and ConocoPhillips are among those fronting the gas tax senate inquiry today, while the health minister lays out proposed changes to the NDIS.
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"Norway and Qatar show Australia doesn’t have to give the gas industry a free pass" by @jack-thrower.bsky.social @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Norway and Qatar show Australia doesn’t have to give the gas industry a free pass
For decades, Australia has tolerated a rapidly growing gas industry that pays little tax and royalties, employs few people, pushes up gas and electricity prices for Australian families and businesses,...
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Incredible @jack-thrower.bsky.social chart here for @thepointau.bsky.social - the # of utes FAR exceeds the number of tradies and farmers in Aus These are land-based luxury private jets, fossil-fuelled,heavily subsidised by the gov't and justified on flimsy pretence thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
With fuel restrictions likely to be announced tonight & presumably no meaningful COVID-scale support package to come with it, I think folks who assume Labor can’t possibly lose the next election are vastly overconfident. Morrison alleviated discomfort with COVID restrictions by HELPING people.
Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Fuelling inequality: The brunt of a global crisis should not be borne by people in poverty" @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Following up from last night's shocking Four Corners, great analysis from Dr @marijataflaga.bsky.social, Dr Francis Markham and Distinguished Professor Keith Dowding on the broken governance structures that lead to these scandals. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Lessons from ANU for Australia’s university governance crisis
The Australian National University (ANU) has spent the past eighteen months in a state of rolling crisis. The headline issues are now familiar. In October 2024, a large projected deficit was announce...
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Australia's gun laws in major need of reform. 200,000+ gun owners in don't use their weapons for the reasons stated on their licence. This is a major security risk for the community Great story on SMH front page on important new @australiainstitute.org.au research. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Subsidies to mining companies growing faster than the NDIS, child care, aged care. Australian gov fossil fuel subsidies now at $30,000 every minute of every day. Great piece on @australiainstitute.org.au latest research www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS
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"Is the Australian dream to own your own home or someone else’s?" @jack-thrower.bsky.social Angus Taylor seems to think the capital gains tax discount helps achieve the Australian dream. But as Jack points out... it's only for investment properties! live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...
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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...
The last stop on the train line of Australia’s social failures: Tales of a homelessness case worker on the NSW South Coast
Life as a homelessness case worker is brutal. You often feel like the last stop on the train line of our country’s social failures. Hardest of all is knowing that people aren’t helped as well as they ...
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Let's get this straight. Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election. After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties. Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage by Bob Debus for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the nati...
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Triple J Hottest 100 out tomorrow! Last year just 27 Aus songs made it. Lowest since 1994!! Why? – Streaming favours the USA Thankfully, DJ Albo is in the house and can turn this around! Thread on how.
Excellent post by @jack-thrower.bsky.social on what the media gets wrong about protests and why the lines about "where are the protests against Iran" are pretty stupid. #ThePointLive live.thepoint.com.au#037390705a
The Point Live: Parliament returns early for Bondi condolence motions
Anthony Albanese has recalled parliament early for condolence motions to remember the 15 people killed at Bondi Beach terror attack, on 14 December. Tibor Weitzen, Matilda, Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, Marik...
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Miners exaggerating tax. Again. What's new is that this is so demonstrably false. Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know. Debunked on @thepointau.bsky.social here, more below: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
The Albanese govt is considering an East Coast gas reservation policy. And ok... but how about putting a 25% tax of gas exports so we stop giving it away for free?
The ATEC legislation makes it look like student contribution reform is off the political agenda. andrewnorton.id.au/2025/12/01/t...
The Australian Tertiary Education Commission legislation – Part 3, Per student funding and student contributions
Since it came to office, Labor has deferred dealing with Job-ready Graduates student contributions. First it added student contributions to the Universities Accord list of issues. In February 2024 …
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Govt cowardice all that is delaying gambling reform www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Only thing in way of gambling reform is government's cowardice
Gambling reform has the support of the public and a cross-party committee – only the Albanese government's cowardice is holding it back.
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"Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again" @jack-thrower.bsky.social #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again
If Albanese is serious about ‘progressive patriotism’ he could start by prioritising the livelihoods of Australians over the profits of gambling companies.
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Adani have scammed Qld out of $100s of millions and the LNP Gov are fine with that. Great to see Labor and Greens pursuing this in QParl and the media. Features numbers from @australiainstitute.org.au research.
Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own? Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today! My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The Federal Government's plan for university reform is welcome and much needed. Australian unis are overseen by Vice-Chancellors paid vast sums of money, who preside over a sector failing its staff and students. 📺Senior Economist Jack Thrower on WIN News @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol
What did we learn from yesterday's election data drop and why will we have to wait till February for the full picture? @rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Big bills, no seat: Some of the federal election's big spenders didn't actually win
Independent candidates received and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get elected to federal parliament — some unsuccessfully.
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Many NSW residents don't realise that the "Westpac" Rescue Helicopter's operations aren't funded by Westpac, but by taxpayers. Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
‘Every dollar counts’: Westpac Rescue spends big on high teas, golf days, lavish balls
The service, which has announced an investigation into allegations of a toxic and unsafe workplace, splashes more on fundraising and events than other agencies.
smh.com.au
The ANU says it's in crisis. Does this look like a financial crisis to you?
The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 10mo agoANU has cut courses & 100s of staff, with a supposed "operating deficit" used to justify it. However our research found that ANU had a $90m surplus in 2024 in the audited accounts. “It's not clear why a Govt owned not-for-profit would be seeking to generate a surplus" – @richarddenniss.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/1OPE... In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector. It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution A thread🧵
Universities in crisis
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"The core problem is a vacuum of accountability. In the university sector, no one is held responsible for failure, at least no one at the top." @jack-thrower.bsky.social in the Canberra Times Read: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906393...
