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A smooth move or a tough transition? Protecting workers who’ll lose their jobs when the Eraring Power Station closes

The Centre for Future Work at The Australia Institute has urged the federal government to take charge of transitioning hundreds of workers into secure employment when the Eraring Power Station shuts down.
The power station is scheduled to close by August 2027. More than 1000 workers will be direc…

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August 1, 2025
Opinions
Charlie Joyce

Dutton’s nuclear push will cost renewable jobs

As Australia’s federal election campaign has finally begun, opposition leader Peter Dutton’s proposal to spend hundreds of billions in public money to build seven nuclear power plants across the country has been carefully scrutinized. The technological unfeasibility, staggering cost, and scant de…

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April 15, 2025
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Future Admin

Climate crisis escalates cost-of-living pressures

A new report has found direct connections between the climate crisis and rising cost-of-living pressures. Failure to lower emissions now will only aggravate the crisis, with each moment of inaction compounding the pressure on households.
The report identifies three key areas where the climate cri…

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February 17, 2025
Opinions
Greg Jericho

Australia is an energy super power, we need to use that power for good

Australia is already an energy superpower, but our governments have lacked the courage to use that power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions As the Australian Government continues to pursue policies notionally designed to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, a great store has been placed in Australia becoming a “renewable energy superpower”. However as Labour Market…

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October 19, 2023

Australia’s emissions are rising at a time they need to fall quickly

The latest quarterly greenhouse gas emissions survey shows that Australia is heading in the wrong direction – and that needs calling out. The latest Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions data came and went last Friday with little coverage. As Policy Director, Greg Jericho writes in his Guardian Australia column this meant that much of the terrible…

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August 31, 2023

Urgent Need for Australia’s Climate Industry Policy

For the first time in decades, Australia is talking about industry policy. And the interest is coming from all sides. At Labor’s recent national conference, the Electrical Trade Union (ETU) led a successful motion demanding the Commonwealth government invest big money to support domestic clean technology industries. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) released last…

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August 28, 2023

IR Reforms To Close Off The ‘Nuclear Option’ Will Protect Wages and Entitlements

New research from the Centre for Future Work quantifies the dramatic risks faced by workers whose employers unilaterally terminate enterprise agreements during the course of renegotiations.
The paper reviews one dramatic example of this termination threat – dubbed the ‘nuclear option’ by labour l…

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November 11, 2022

The election campaign needs to tackle climate change

In the week before the election campaign began the IPCC released its latest report that contained warnings that deep, rapid and sustained emissions reductions are needed to prevent temperatures from rising 1.5C or 2C above pre-industrial levels. And yet, as policy director Greg Jericho notes in his column in Guardian Australia, the issue has been virtually…

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April 21, 2022

Australia ready to become sustainable EV-making powerhouse: new research

A unique combination of advantages has handed Australia a historic chance to become a sustainable global manufacturer of electric vehicles – provided the federal government acts swiftly and decisively, according to new research by the Australia Institute’s Carmichael Centre.
“When it comes to cre…

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February 8, 2022

Australia’s Electricity Infrastructure Undermined by $1 Billion Per Year Under Investment

The resilience of Australia’s electricity infrastructure is being undermined by a chronic pattern of underinvestment in maintenance and upkeep, the result of rent-seeking by private electricity producers and a deeply flawed regulatory system.
Key findings:
Maintenance and operating costs across t…

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May 5, 2021
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