The Australian Government wants to transition the electricity system to net zero carbon emissions by relying on wind and solar power – excluding alternatives such as small nuclear reactors. This paper focuses on the question of how Australians have been led to believe two false claims: that renewables are the cheapest and that the cheapest...

This paper explores former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard’s enduring legacy, examining how his tenure laid the foundational principles that would guide Australia from traditional security arrangements to the innovative and technologically advanced partnership of AUKUS.

Nuclear energy can be either very cheap or very expensive. The realised cost of nuclear energy depends on policy choices about how a nuclear fleet is planned, procured and operated. This report attempts to inform some of those policy choices, by taking a survey of eight different countries and comparing key attributes of their industry...

The author of this report argues that medium to long-term projections of government expenditure suggest there will be pressure to increase the tax burden further to record levels, unless federal and state governments make a concerted effort to curb the growth of spending and make it more effective in achieving its objectives.

The previous Coalition government’s Stage 3 income tax cuts have been mired in controversy ever since they were announced — in their final form — in 2019. The essential issue addressed in this report is income tax bracket creep — how it is measured and how to evaluate the discretionary tax cuts offered as an...