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Great to see Senator Shoebridge quoting our research in Parliament! The only way to fix the housing crisis is to address real issues like negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, instead of blaming immigration. #auspol David Shoebridge

"If you care about the youth, build social housing," - Yanis Varoufakis You can hear from Yanis on our exclusive webinar on Wednesday 4 March at 11am AEDT. Tickets are limited:

"Norway taxes the oil industry to subsidise university education to make it free, and to subsidise social housing. "Australia does exactly the opposite." - Yanis Varoufakis appearing on QandA #auspol #ausecon

"We shouldn't have homes without people when we have people without homes." "That is a ridiculous notion to me." Purplepingers ☭ on our webinar 'How Australia created a housing crisis, and what we can do to fix it' #auspol Link below to watch the full discussion!

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"Over the last ten years, the population has increased by 16%, and the number of homes has increased by 19%." "The housing crisis wasn't caused by a drop in supply." Matt Grudnoff @auspol

"I am firmly convinced, that the evidence is there for everyone to look at today, that it (AUKUS) is undeliverable" - Retired Admiral Peter Briggs at the AUKUS public inquiry today. Tune in to the livestream for tomorrow's session here: #auspol

"The Australian Government collects more money from HECS than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. "Thank you, children. You're the backbone of our economy, not the gas industry." Executive Director Richard Denniss at National Press Club @RDNS_TAI #auspol

The idea that mass immigration is to blame for the housing crisis doesn't stack up when you look at the data. Over the past 20 years the amount of housing in Australia has actually increased faster than the population has grown! 📈 #auspol

“In Australia we don’t tax [the gas] industry. It’s foreign owned, and other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of [our gas] exports. “And we’re the ones going ‘Gee, the air conditioning is a bit expensive’”. ✍ Support a 25% tax:

New Australia Institute research shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing Australian gas than the Australian Government! "They're taxing our gas. There's no reason we can't." - co-CEO Richard Denniss #auspol

In 90 secs Joseph E. Stiglitz explains what's causing inflation: "Neoliberalism has given full rein to the growth of market power," "Sectors of the economy where there is more market power, have had more inflation. We call it greedflation." On #QandA last night. #auspol

Coal power stations are unreliable and expensive. They're continually breaking down, causing blackouts and driving up electricity bills. The sooner we transition to renewables, the sooner we can have more reliable, cheaper energy. Mark Ogge #auspol

We're so excited to announce that Amy Remeikis has joined our team here at The Australia Institute! She will be doing all the same amazing analysis and reporting you know and love with us, so keep an eye on our channels for more! #auspol

A 1.4% levy on the gambling industry could compensate the media for ALL revenue lost from a potential gambling advertising ban. Australians lose more money gambling than any other country. It's time for our governments to act. Amy Remeikis #auspol

It's time to stop the expansion of fossil fuels. 🎤co-CEO Leanne Minshull Add your name to demand strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas now! ✍️

"Starting to attack whether or not women should get paid maternity leave starts leading to 'women should be in the home'... "Which I'm not sure is necessarily a choice that a lot of women care to make, or could necessarily even afford to make." - Amy Remeikis #auspol

"Entire villages have already had to move five times," Eloise Carr, Director of the Australia Institute Tasmania, is at the UN Oceans Conference not impressed with the Australian Government's continued commitment to opening new gas projects. #auspol

"Capital gain means you bought an asset and sold it for more. You haven't added anything to the economy." "We should tax this kind of passive income that doesn't add anything to the economy more heavily. But in Australia we do the reverse." Matt Grudnoff Ebony Bennett #auspol

“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss. Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share:

The Climate Risk Assessment report predicts 1.5 million Australians will be affected by sea level rise within 25 years. The length of the average mortgage? 30 years. Greg Jericho #auspol

A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia. As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy. Some more gas myths debunked here:

"Australia is the 3rd biggest fossil fuel exporter in the world. "Norway, which is also a big fossil fuel exporter, they tax their fossil fuel industry and give their kids free university education. "In Aus, we subsidise the fossil fuel industry." - Richard Denniss #qanda

“Australians agree that our resources belong to us. Gas that is exported from this country should be paid for by the gas companies that exported and a 25% has export tax is the way to go. - Senator David Pocock ✍️ Sign to support a 25% gas export tax:

The rumours were true, the budget brought big changes for negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount! "For the first time in forever, I'm actually optimistic about housing affordability." - Matt Grudnoff Greg Jericho #auspol #Budget2026