Tune in now to hear Richard Denniss, Director of the Australia Institute, as he and a panel of experts cut through political spin with a bit of 'straight talk'.

👉abc.net.au/listen/radiona…

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Did you hear? We can use buildings as thermal batteries.

Listen to Richard Denniss, Director of the Australia Institute, on ABC Sunshine Coast as he explains how this saves us💰 and emissions.

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Richard Denniss

Tune in at 5.45 👉 abc.net.au/southqld

Tune in at 3.35pm to hear Fiona Macdonald, Industrial and Social Policy Director, speak on job sharing after two independent candidates in Higgins announced their intentions to become the country's first job-share parliamentarians.

#auspol

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Great thread from Noah Schultz-Byard explaining how we can better make use of existing renewable capacity through the day to reduce expensive, polluting energy use in times of peak demand.

More info in our new report:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/smart-gri… #auspol

How to challenge political spin with straight talk:

Tonight on ABC Radio National's Big Ideas, tune in to hear
Richard Denniss, Joelle Gergis, Yanis Varoufakis & Thomas Keneally discuss how to cut through jargon so we can have a better #auspol debate.

Listen:
abc.net.au/listen/program…

Tune in at 2.30pm to hear Industrial and Social Policy Director, Fiona Macdonald, speak with ABC News radio on staff underpayments in light of the $230m junior doctor class action settlement in NSW.

Listen here: abc.net.au/listen/live/ne…

More info here: rb.gy/b9xcpg

Ever thought the pollies weren't telling it to you straight?

Tune in to hear Richard Denniss, Director of the Australia Institute, as he and a panel of experts cut through the spin on ABC Radio National's Big Ideas program TONIGHT at 8pm

#auspol

abc.net.au/listen/program…

Problem: Australia generates lots of cheap, clean renewable energy during the day, but there is high demand in the evening when dirty coal and gas has taken over.

Luckily (for everyone except fossil fuel investors!) we can help fix this by using 'Buildings as Batteries'

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If buildings shifted one third of peak electricity consumption to the middle of the day, this would save $1.7 billion annually & reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2.78M tonnes per year.

Great article from Ross Gittins ⤵️

Our report:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/smart-gri… #auspol

Absolutely disgraceful that the NT gov will subsidise uneconomic Beetaloo Basin gas fracking.

Shocking, but not without precedent...thread. Australia Institute
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Oh look, Woodside are now promising to do what they’re already meant to do, but haven’t been doing under WAs domestic gas policy, and suddenly there is no gas shortage in WA!

Slow clap!

Exposes what a beat up the “gas shortage” was in the first place. thewest.com.au/business/oil-g…

The Australian government is actively promoting & selling the potentially misleading Climate Active trademark that:

1. hasn't received certification from the ACCC
2. has been labelled unclear & confusing #auspol

Read more from Polly Hemming on state-sponsored greenwash:

In 2005-06 the avge HECS debt for people in their 20s was $12,557.

Inflation since then has risen 57%, but the avge debt has gone up 145%.

That's $11,200 of extra debt now compared to then - and it will only get worse.
#OffTheCharts Greg Jericho
australiainstitute.org.au/post/people-ar…

'[Globally] we consume about 400 million tonnes of plastics every year'

Director of the Circular Economy & Waste Program, Nina Gbor, speaking to SBS Australia about an International Plastics Treaty.

Want more info? Check out our Plastic Waste in Australia report:
shorturl.at/eJOPS

'Biden promised to restore America’s role as a force for good...the risk for Biden is that he hasn't anticipated how his own foreign policy might undermine that message.'

'Polling suggests two-thirds of Americans support a ceasefire in Gaza.'
Emma Shortis
theconversation.com/will-the-israe…