The Australia Institute
| Type | Research Center |
|---|---|
| Website | tai.org.au |
| Wikipedia |  |
| Year founded | 1994 |
| Location |
Canberra
 Australia
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| Budget | USD 1-4.9M |
| Functions | Advocacy, Research |
| Funding sources | Corporations, Foundations or grants, Individual citizens |
| Tags | environment energy economics governance employment social policy |
| Summary | The Australian Institute (TAI) was launched to develop and conduct independent research and policy analysis and actively participate in public debates. In addition, TAI undertakes research and analysis commissioned by governments, businesses, unions, and community organizations. The institute's aim is to help create a vision of a more just, sustainable, and peaceful Australian society and develop and promote that vision in a pragmatic and effective way. Members of the institute are concerned about the impact on Australian society of the priority given to a narrow definition of economic efficiency over community-based, environmental, and ethical considerations in public and private decision-making. Private markets, while effective at encouraging efficiency in many circumstances, frequently fail to reflect adequately the ethical, social, and environmental priorities of the community. Governments must provide the appropriate institutional framework in which private markets operate so as to ensure that they contribute to justice, equity, and sustainability as well as efficiency. The institute reasserts the place of ethics in public and private decision-making. |
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The Australia Institute · 20 September 2023 English
In a recent research bulletin,21 BIS economists decomposed changes in the GDP deflator into factor income components, in order to consider the varying roles of wages and profits in explaining …
The Australia Institute · 19 September 2023
The objects of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth) (NDIS Act) include to ‘enable people with disability to exercise choice and control in the pursuit of their goals …
The Australia Institute · 17 September 2023 English
The Big Four receive the lion’s share of NSW Government spending on consultants.2 Rather than focus on the merits or otherwise of particular types of consulting or the work of …
The Australia Institute · 15 September 2023 English
Climate Change Modelling
The Australia Institute · 13 September 2023 English
The independent review asked for input on: • the 4% vote threshold before a candidate gets their deposit back and receives public funding and • the disparity between funding per …
The Australia Institute · 8 September 2023 English
An Open Letter Australia Must Accelerate Climate Action, Not Climate Annihilation To the Australian Government World leaders convene this week at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in recognition that …
The Australia Institute · 5 September 2023 English
Two in In 2023, Climate of the Nation asked for the first time about three Australians (66%) support a windfall profits tax on the Australians’ concerns regarding the impact of …
The Australia Institute · 31 August 2023
In 2005, The Australia Institute made the first known estimate of the value of food waste in Australia, finding that "Australians threw away $2.9 billion of fresh food, $630 million …
The Australia Institute · 28 August 2023 English
They were also told the Voice would be able to make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait …
The Australia Institute · 26 August 2023 English
The Economic and Social Benefits of Public Schools The Case for Investing in Public Schools: The Economic and Social Benefits of Public Schooling in Australia By Eliza Littleton, Fiona Macdonald, …