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Analysis: 54% of Tax Cuts Benefit go to Highest Income Earners

New research from The Australia Institute shows by 2024-25 when the income tax cuts are fully implemented, the benefits will overwhelmingly go to high-income earners.

The Australia Institute has today issued a report modelling the distributionary effect of the accelerated income tax cuts, which reveals 54% of the tax cut benefits goes to the top 20% of income earners, while the bottom 20% receive a mere 3% of the benefit.

Key findings:

· 34% of the benefit goes to the top 10 per cent of taxpayers, and more than half (54%) goes to the top 20 per cent. Only three per cent of the benefit go to the bottom 20 per cent.

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4 April 2019

Research: ‘latte sippers’ and ‘chardonnay drinkers’ vote Liberal/National

New research from The Australia Institute dispels stereotypes around what Australians drink and their political leanings finding that café latte drinkers vote Liberal/National more than any other party.

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3 April 2019

Opposition Climate Proposal: Solid Plan to Reduce Emissions

The Federal Opposition climate approach announced today has the potential to actually reduce emissions in line with a credible and achievable emission reduction target of 45% by 2030, according to The Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program.

“Labor’s climate approach has the real potential to actually reduce emissions in line with a credible and achievable emission reduction target of 45% by 2030,” said Richie Merzian, Climate & Energy Program Director at the Australia Institute.

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1 April 2019

Business Council of Australia at Odds With Own Members on Climate Action

The number of big businesses already moving towards 100% renewables and emissions reduction targets directly contradict Business Council of Australia claims that a 45% target would be “economy wrecking”, according to new research from The Australia Institute.

Key Findings

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29 March 2019

Australia: More Guns Now Than Before Port Arthur

New research from the Australia Institute finds that there are more guns in Australia now than there were before the Port Arthur massacre and introduction of strict gun controls.

The Australia Institute report, commissioned by Gun Control Australia, comes off the back of research which finds the gun lobby in Australia is as large, per capita, as the NRA in the US. The new report also finds that the number of guns per gun-owner in Australia has increased dramatically, despite a drop in the number of people engaged in sport shooting overall.

Key findings

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28 March 2019

Majority of South Australians, Including Coalition Voters, Want 100% Renewables by 2030

New polling from The Australia Institute shows that more than two thirds of South Australian voters (69%) want to see the state transition to 100% renewable energy by the year 2030.

A majority of voters for all parties listed, including the Coalition and One Nation, support the policy.

“Renewable energy is extraordinarily popular in South Australia,” said Noah Schultz-Byard, The Australia Institute’s SA projects manager.

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27 March 2019

Australian Gun Lobby as Large as US Gun Lobby

New research from the Australia Institute finds the Australian gun lobby is as large and spends as much on political campaigns per capita as the National Rifle Association does in the USA.

The new Australia Institute report, commissioned by Gun Control Australia, also find that these pro-gun lobby groups are also utilising alternative political strategies of supporting crossbench election candidates on unrelated hot-button election issues such as electricity pricing in an effort to create a pathway to ultimately undermine Australia’s strict gun laws.

Key findings

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27 March 2019

Poll: SA Voters Don’t Buy Tax Cuts for Property Investors

New polling from The Australia Institute shows South Australians overwhelmingly think increasing funding for public services is a far more effective policy for encouraging jobs and economic growth than the SA Government’s land tax cut for property investors.

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26 March 2019

Rooftops providing more than shelter with record solar contribution

New research shows that rooftop solar continues to climb and is now generating over 4% of the total electricity however it can’t shield us from rising national emissions especially in the transport sector, which continues unfettered by any federal or state government limits.

The Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program has released the latest National Energy Emissions Audit (The Audit) for the electricity sector, analysing the electricity sector over the previous month.

Key findings:

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21 March 2019

Dramatic increase in extreme heat forecast for Mackay

Dramatic increases in extreme heat days, combined with high humidity present an increasing threat to the health and wellbeing of Mackay residents.

The Australia Institute’s HeatWatch initiative, which uses CSIRO–BoM modelling, shows that the number of extreme heat days (over 35C) experienced in Mackay could increase up to seventy times current levels and that virtually all summer nights could remain above 25 degrees by 2090.

“Increasing temperatures combined with high humidity are likely to push many days each year to dangerous levels of heat stress,” says Mark Ogge, Principal Adviser at The Australia Institute.

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21 March 2019

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