Co-CEO at The Australia Institute
Economist, Author of books and writer of columns often for Saturday Paper, The Monthly & The New Daily (previously The Guardian, Australian Financial Review)
Dr Richard Denniss
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Disability advocates have joined growing calls for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports, arguing the revenue could help protect Australians on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from cuts to essential supports.
Read the full piece on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/4ekFl66
4/ As @richarddenniss.bsky.social (@australiainstitute.org.au) likes to say, "Democracies thrive on high expectations".
Do NOT settle for the mere appearance of action
We can easily afford AND deserve the promised commitment & serious investment in our life-sustaining, life-enriching environment
Private schools are sending Australians broke!
Literally!
Private schools file more bankruptcy proceedings than banks, insurance companies and local governments...COMBINED.
My post over on @thepointau.bsky.social liveblog.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/05/the-...
There is going to be a LOT of bullshit about trusts. So let's keep our eye on the ball.
Bugger all people use them.
But millionaires do and they get a LOT of income through them
And they do that because they can avoid paying tax.
Disabled Australians and their families are being screwed over by bullshit numbers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Stay vigilant. The only thing people should care about with abortion is that it is accessible and safe. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Woodside wants you to think we need more of their gas to support the transition to renewables.... 🤔
Even though they export the vast majority of the gas they get from Australia...on top of getting most of it for free!
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
"The security boys just go wild for it."
@emmashortis.bsky.social on the 'Thucydides trap' & false narratives about war being inevitable.
"What some blokes thought about war several millennia ago is not really relevant to our significantly changed circumstances."
🎧 theaus.in/4di7GcT
Premier Peter Malinauskas’ decision to overturn SA's ban on gas fracking is not only irresponsible, but also unnecessary.
Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem, we have a gas export problem. And fracking in vulnerable farming communities won't fix it.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters
Current changes to the NDIS will remove at least 241,000 people from the scheme by the end of the decade. Why is Australia accepting this ‘broken promise’ to people with disability? Because the public...
