The Australia Institute

  • Aus Institute Webinar - Ending Native Forest Logging

    • Online

    Join Bob Brown, former Senator and Leader of the Australian Greens, Polly Hemming, Director Climate & Energy program at the Australia Institute, and Professor Brendan Mackey, Climate Action Beacon at Griffith University,
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  • Public forum: Gas — The Facts

    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    Join Josh Wilson MP, member for Fremantle, Kate Chaney MP, independent member for Curtin, and Dr Richard Denniss, leading economist and Executive Director of The Australia Institute, to cut through the spin to discuss the reality of gas development in WA.

  • A pathway out of native forest logging

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    FREE, registration essential: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/sydney_pathway_out... The end of native forest logging is underway in Australia. WA and VIC closed their native forest industries, and NSW should be on the same path. Join Dr Sophie Scamps MP, Independent Member for Mackellar, for a discussion about the pathway out of native forest logging for NSW. 6pm…

  • Film screening and Q&A: Save Tuvalu, save the world!

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    This original documentary from The Australia Institute takes viewers to the front line of the destruction that climate change is causing. In the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, sea water is being pushed up through the land, destroying traditional crops and making water unfit to drink.

  • Climate Integrity Summit 2024

    • Ngunnawal/Canberra

    Bringing together leading experts to discuss and address integrity risks that could jeopardise Australia's emissions reduction policies. Earliest Bird tickets on sale now for $99 (save $50)> https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../climate-integrity... "There has never been more clarity on what needs to be done, by whom, and within what timeframe to prevent a climate catastrophe" —…

  • Big gas is taking the piss (and what to do about it)

    • Queensland
    • Magan-djin/Brisbane

    If you’ve paid any tax at all in the last decade, you’ve paid more than the global gas giants exporting our gas from Queensland have ever paid in company income tax. These corporations export two thirds of the gas produced in eastern Australia, selling it for tens of billions of dollars annually. They use more gas just running their export terminals than we use electricity, yet…

  • Politics in the Pub: The Whistle Blower Project

    • Ngunnawal/Canberra

    Join Kieran Pender, senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre and leader of the Whistleblower Project and Richard Denniss, Executive Director of the Australia Institute, as they discuss how the Whistleblower Project will aim to protect and empower whistleblowers in Australia. 
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  • Politics in the Pub NT: Gas. The Facts

    • Garramilla/Darwin

    The real health and economic impacts of gas development in the NT.
    Dr Louise Woodward is a leading NT paediatrician at the Royal Darwin Hospital and the Darwin Private Hospital.
    Mark Ogge is Principal Adviser at The Australia Institute.

  • Webinar: Killing for Country

    • Online

    A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia’s frontier wars Join David Marr for the January 2024 episode of Australia’s Biggest Book Club, presented by the Australia Institute. David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on the frontier. Killing for Country is the result – a soul-searching Australian…

  • Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us

    • Queensland
    • Magan-djin/Brisbane

    Join Richard Denniss and Amy Remeikis as they discuss Richard's new book, Dead Centre: how political pragmatism is killing us. Have you ever wondered why our politicians don’t implement popular and evidence-based policies that would improve Australia’s health, education or public transport systems? Or why they ignore scientific research that tells us things like approving new gas…