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Australia Matters
The Australia Institute
100 episodes
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Australia Matters
This inequality isn't inevitable
By offering generous tax concessions to property investors and making it nearly impossible to live on JobSeeker, Australian governments have being making inequality worse.
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1 day ago
28 minutes

Australia Matters
What have the scientists ever done for us?
Australian scientific discoveries improve people’s lives and made the economy more productive – so why is the CSIRO being forced to shed workers again?
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2 days ago
26 minutes

Australia Matters
Did the US play a role in the Whitlam dismissal?
Rumours about America's role in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam have circulated for decades – but is there any truth to them? 
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3 days ago
17 minutes

Australia Matters
The gas industry’s “huge con”
By taxing Australian resources more effectively, we could not only have a greener economy – but a fairer one as well.
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1 week ago
30 minutes

Australia Matters
Mike Rann: how Albanese can leave a brave climate legacy
With brave climate leadership, says former South Australian Premier Mike Rann, Anthony Albanese could leave a lasting legacy similar to Bob Hawke with Medicare, Paul Keating with compulsory superannuation and Kevin Rudd with the apology to the Stolen Generations.
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1 week ago
33 minutes

Australia Matters
"Anti-achievement" Democrats let pressure off Trump
By negotiating an end to the government shutdown without getting anything much in return, some Democrats have gone back to their old trick of resisting the President by giving him exactly what he needs.
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1 week ago
34 minutes

Australia Matters
How bad policy created a housing crisis
The capital gains tax concession and negative gearing have worked together to make housing less affordable and exacerbate inequality.
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2 weeks ago
29 minutes

Australia Matters
Defending nature with Bob Brown
Protecting Australia’s incredible natural environment from bad policy, spurred on corporate interests and a hostile media, can sometimes feel like an impossible task. But sometimes, people power wins out.
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2 weeks ago
39 minutes

Australia Matters
Democrats sweep to victory after shutdown becomes longest ever
In New York City, California, New Jersey and Virginia, American voters sent Trump and Republicans a clear message. 
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2 weeks ago
28 minutes

Australia Matters
Inflation beats employment by the length of the straight (sigh)
On our 100th episode of Dollars & Sense, we discuss why the Reserve Bank always seems to prioritise inflation over employment in its interest rate discussions.
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3 weeks ago
29 minutes

Australia Matters
A broken university system is letting Australia down
Poor governance, poor policy and decades of neoliberalism have broken Australia’s university sector, with devastating consequences for students and the country.
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3 weeks ago
32 minutes

Australia Matters
"Everything is uncertain": Trump-Xi meeting leaves the world on edge
Trump and Xi may have come to a “deal”, but their meeting was a wasted opportunity. Plus: what do Australians think about our relationship with the US? 
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3 weeks ago
38 minutes

Australia Matters
Reddit to the rescue: watchdog sues Microsoft after AI price-hike complaints
4 weeks ago
29 minutes

Australia Matters
Mates’ rates and why Australia can’t have nice things
Australia’s natural environment is in crisis and its wealth is disappearing into the hands of a few powerful fossil fuel companies – but it doesn’t have to be this way.
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1 month ago
24 minutes

Australia Matters
Trust Trump to be Trump
You may not be able to take the ‘president of peace’ at his word, but you can trust Trump to have his own interests in mind.
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1 month ago
32 minutes

Australia Matters
How gold became a memecoin
People have been queuing for gold and its giving toilet paper in 2020.
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Australia Matters
Albanese visits Trump as US democracy circles a golden drain
Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump was relatively drama-free, but the devil is in the detail when it comes to the president’s ‘commitments’ on AUKUS and critical minerals.
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1 month ago
33 minutes

Australia Matters
No peace without accountability: Sydney Peace Laureate Navi Pillay
Donald Trump may have declared the war on Gaza over, but a welcome-but-shaky ceasefire and lasting peace are not the same thing.
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1 month ago
35 minutes

Australia Matters
Pots and kettles: Trump trades barbs with China over trade
The global economic outlook is “dim” according to a new report, driven by uncertainty over Trump’s economic and trade policies.
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1 month ago
33 minutes

Australia Matters
Fixing Australia's "arse-backwards" environment laws
Environment laws that don’t stop new gas and coal are like putting screen doors on a submarine.
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1 month ago
24 minutes

Australia Matters
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