This paper highlights the Federal Government's intention to enshrine Nature Positive principles into our domestic legal system. Nature Positive includes a voluntary commitment to protect and conserve 30 per cent of Australia's land and oceans by 2030 - a commitment proposed by international conservation groups but not rising from any international agreement. There are two...

The authors of this paper argue that there are clear limits to what 'levelised cost of energy' (LCOE) can be used for when analysing energy policy. Such estimates are prone to bias, omit key costs and cannot be used to assess the merits of projects that have vastly different values. They suggest that Australia needs...

This research note measures the number of staff and the and staffing costs of people employed within Australian federal regulatory bodies and agencies.

Australia is a welcoming nation and Australians recognise the important role that immigration has played, and can continue to play, in the nation’s economic and social development. This report argues that the failure to plan and to have in place policies to support the present intake levels undermines community support for migration and is inconsistent...

The purpose of this research report is to calculate the amount of Australian land that will be required to generate the energy needed for Australia to become a ‘Renewable Energy Superpower’ by the year 2050.