This paper proposes that public debate about the cost of living is based on a misunderstanding of how living standards should be measured. The paper contrasts movements in consumer prices with movements in wages. It identifies sectors where affordability has deteriorated in wage-adjusted terms, arguing that these outcomes are not arbitrary.

Green hydrogen is often heralded in Australia’s net zero ambitions, but this paper posits that it is not viable today and won’t be in the foreseeable future. The paper examines why green hydrogen will likely remain prohibitively expensive, why projects are stalling and how the recently announced Orica subsidy exposes Australia’s strategy as untenable.

Australia's mental health system is failing those most in need – not because of neglect or underfunding, but because of overdiagnosis and misallocation, this report warns. The report shows that programs designed to expand access to care have created a system that treats ordinary distress as pathology. It calls for reform built on five key...

The paper argues that antisemitism is rife in significant sectors of Australia’s self-described ‘progressive’ institutions such as universities, schools, the arts, trade unions, human rights and civil liberties bodies and the media – and predominant among younger Australians. It identifies that a combination of universal and targeted education among other strategies are needed to prevent...

This paper traces how Australia offered some of the cheapest and most reliable electricity in the world from the 1960s through to the early 2000s. It warns that this historic advantage has now evaporated. The paper argues that intermittent wind and solar power has failed to replicate the low-cost reliability once supplied by coal and...