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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

"A lot of rich people spend a lot of money hiring very smart accountants to work out how to avoid paying tax."

Senior Economist Matt Grudnoff unpacks the two tax loopholes that should be closed to make sure everyone pays their fair share.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7d

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social writing about how the "for profit" child care model has totally failed.

But then we know the for profit model of public services *always* fails, and yet....

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New investigation reveals that child abuse happens more frequently at for-profit childcare centres

Parents should expect that when they send their kids to childcare that they are safe and receiving top quality education and care. This is not consistent with the profit motive.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11d

RBA said market-sector jobs (those driven more by demand) had been the bulk of job growth in 2025... but the data says... errr wut?

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Chart showing hours worked growth in the first 9 months of 2025 - market sector fell 0.8%, non-market sector rose 4.2%

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 19d

My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland

...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.

Thread below on how they did it.

Write up in @australia.theguardian.com
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Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties

Adani has strongly rejected the Australia Institute’s findings, including that customers paid an average of $102 a tonne in 2022-23

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Matt Grudnoff @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social · Sep 17

After talking a very big game for a very long time on freedom of speech, it is interesting how quickly important institutions in the US have folded up, and rolled over at the first real sign of pressure.

Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 17

BREAKING: Walt Disney-owned ABC said it will indefinitely stop airing 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' after remarks the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the FCC reut.rs/4nFcP12

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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · Sep 15

Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.

(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).

Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax

amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted

I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.

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Matt Grudnoff @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social · Sep 8

Try this for a good summary australiainstitute.org.au/post/negativ...

Negative gearing and capital gains tax discount driving up house prices

Restricting negative gearing and scrapping the capital gains tax discount would make housing more affordable and increase home ownership rates, the

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Matt Grudnoff @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social · Sep 8

Turns out that when you privatise businesses with lots of monopoly power they are "good" investments. They gouge their customers and make huge profits. The fact that they are owned by super funds doesn't make this ok. Also most super is owned by the top 20%.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Sep 1

Keep up with the news today with @amyremeikis.bsky.social on our Live Blog!

From reports of a 20-year methane leak at the Santos gas export hub in Darwin to the weekend's neo-Nazi supported rallies.

All the day's events, with fact checks, as it happens.
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Australia Institute Live: At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed."

Reports of a 20-year methane leak at the Santos gas export hub in Darwin has everyone pointing the finger at everyone else, but no one taking responsibility. Meanwhile the NT government is celebratin...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 29

Australia is building homes at a faster rate than the population has increased.

“Scare campaigns about immigration are as old as history. But the latest version of them falls apart when subject to the evidence.”

- Matt Grudnoff

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 29

Global mail services have suspended parcel deliveries to the United States.

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social explains why the Trump administration's chaotic implementation undermines any potential upside of tariffs & why Australia's latest inflation data isn't cause for panic. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4fYVYUh

Photo of Donald Trump at a podium holding a board with 'reciprocal' tariff rates
NEW EPISODE | How not to impose a tariff
Listen to Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts

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Matt Grudnoff @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social · Aug 26

I haven't found any dwelling estimates at a subnational level outside of the census.

Matt Grudnoff @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social · Aug 26

ABS quarterly data on number of dwellings only goes back about 10 yrs. But we do have census data. The census counts up every dwelling. If we compare 2001 census (which was just before house prices started shooting up) with latest census (2021), pop has increased 34% & dwellings have increased 39%.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm speaking at Monash Uni tomorrow about Australia's gas policy mess and Woodside in particular.
@australiainstitute.org.au @nteumonash.bsky.social

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Matt Grudnoff @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just can't make him stop 😅

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 18

Foreign-owned gas corporations are getting over half the gas they export from Australia for FREE.

The gas industry is ripping Australians off, and our governments are letting them.

✍️Add your name to the call to tax the gas industry properly theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Aug 14

A reminder that the RBA and other compliant economists spent a couple years telling @australiainstitute.org.au that companies were not marking up prices in 2022-23.

The failure of Australia’s economic establishment was truly embarrassing

RBA discussion paper

Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2025-05
How Costly are Mark-ups in Australia? The Effect of Declining Competition on Misallocation and Productivity

Jonathan Hambur and Owen Freestone
August 2025

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · Aug 13

My high school legal studies and economics teacher came to see me speak last night. He remembered me because of how argumentative I was in class. Always question the orthodoxy kids!

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 13

The RBA has cut interest rates – five weeks too late.

Does this make up for its bad call at the last meeting in July, when it left rates on hold?

Read Matt Grudnoff’s op ed in The New Daily on RBA's interest rate cuts and why this should have happened sooner.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 11

“The RBA shows a lot of concern when inflation is above the band and too little concern when it is below the band."

Read Matt Grudnoff’s article in The New Daily on if the Reserve Bank will learn from its mistakes or allow inflation to fall below 2% instead.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 7

“There has been no indication yet that the Australian government would reduce pharmaceutical tariffs for higher US drug prices in Australia. I think they’d be crazy to do it.

"Our trade is nowhere near big enough to warrant the pain.”

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Aug 4

If investors are silly enough to wait tillthe end of the 5th year, then that's their problem, not a policy one.

Also. So what? Someone has to buy those houses being sold... Great - more affordable housing!

Article in the AFR on ACTU's proposal to end negative gearing for more than 1 house after5 years:

"One leading economist warned the structure of the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ proposal to curtail property investor tax breaks could spark a property “fire sale” in coming years."

It is amazing how I knew exactly who that "leading economist" would be.

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Skye Predavec @skyelark.bsky.social · Aug 5

Australia's preferential voting system is often praised, and for good reason. But in terms of reflecting overall votes cast it's not much better than first past the post.

My look at how our winner-takes-all voting system skews election outcomes for @australiainstitute.org.au 👇 #auspol

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Skye Predavec @skyelark.bsky.social · Jul 31

Australia has a politician problem: not too many, but too few.

There are nine times the number of voters than in 1903, but the number of MPs has only doubled. Maybe it's time for our representative democracy to get a bit more representative?
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