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

Factcheck: Are population growth and a lack of supply driving the housing crisis? (no)

The Senate Select Committee on the Operation of the Capital Gains Tax Discount tabled its report on Tuesday. In short, it found that Australia’s current tax system favours investors and fuels intergen...

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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?

Rod Campbell@rodcampbell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

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

Why Meta should shoulder the burden of stopping deep fake adverts

AI deepfakes used in online fraud are a global problem. In Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States, the EU, and Southeast Asia, scammers often use deepfake images of public figures to trick pe...

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

Honest Government Ad | Woodside

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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

Let’s talk about tax, baby: How economic reform can change the world

It may be fifty shades of boring to most of us, but by all rights tax reform should be the water-cooler topic du jour. Despite the many damning reports about our ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Oxfam f...

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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-...

Why Australia’s “Grammy-rush” is good news for local listening

In addition to obvious economic benefits, growing overseas audiences for our artists could also address growing Americanisation here at home.

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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-...

PALMed off: The story of modern slavery in Australia

Listen to all four episodes now!

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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-...

Extreme heat inflames inequality

The people most vulnerable to extreme heat either live below the poverty line, have a long-term health issue, and/or are aged 65 and older.

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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...

The NACC’s exceptional challenge: integrity is not achieved by secrecy, but by trust earned in the light

Few issues unite progressive and conservative voters. Ending corruption is one of the few exceptions.

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

The 50 best albums of 2025: Your ultimate year-end music guide

It's been an incredible year of music. Did your favourite album of 2025 make our list?

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

Highway to hell? Reversing the decline of Australian music

These days, Aussie music is falling out of the charts, leaving local acts wondering if they’ll ever see your face again.

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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

Alice Grundy@alicektg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@australiainstitute.org.au wearing aus music t-shirts today. 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...

It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers

The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.

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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

Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia

Winning authors pay tax. Mug punters, that's another story.

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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...

Planet Wreckers: Top Global North Countries Responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion to 2035 - Oil Change International

Four Global North countries are responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion from 2025 to 2035.

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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-...

Don't let the confected outrage fool you, the super tax reform is good for women

Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax on their super is misguided and misdirected.

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