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Morgan Harrington

@mhharrington.bsky.social
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Research Manager at The Australia Institute. Views expressed are my own.

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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The housing affordability crisis isn't caused by a lack of houses, but a surplus of investors. thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
thepoint.com.au
Factcheck: Are population growth and a lack of supply driving the housing crisis? (no)
The Senate Select Committee on the Operation of the Capital Gains Tax Discount tabled its report on Tuesday. In short, it found that Australia’s current tax system favours investors and fuels intergen...
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Laws are only effective if they're enforced and right now there's a big gap between the # of people get a firearm for hunting or sport shooting and the # of people who actually engage in those activities. If they're not using the gun for the stated reason, why are they are allowed to keep them?
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why shouldn't Meta be responsible for the deep fakes it posts? thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
Why Meta should shoulder the burden of stopping deep fake adverts
AI deepfakes used in online fraud are a global problem. In Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States, the EU, and Southeast Asia, scammers often use deepfake images of public figures to trick pe...
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Anyone looking for a new job? Woodside is hiring. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhok...
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Honest Government Ad | Woodside
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Do beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies? Yes, they do! Beer excise > PRRT Beer drinkers' income tax > gas company income tax Thread below, full details here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/tax-b...
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Policy analysis from actual homelessness case worker. Proud to have helped with this piece. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
The last stop on the train line of Australia’s social failures: Tales of a homelessness case worker on the NSW South Coast
Life as a homelessness case worker is brutal. You often feel like the last stop on the train line of our country’s social failures. Hardest of all is knowing that people aren’t helped as well as they ...
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Did somebody say tax? You had me at "the existence of billionaires is a colossal failure of policy." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
Let’s talk about tax, baby: How economic reform can change the world
It may be fifty shades of boring to most of us, but by all rights tax reform should be the water-cooler topic du jour. Despite the many damning reports about our ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Oxfam f...
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Oh look, Australia has a brand new coal mine proposal. Just after committing to phase out fossil fuels. What will @MurrayWatt do with this? australiainstitute.org.au/coal-mine-tr...
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Midnight Oil manager John Watson argues that, despite all the woe, Aussie musos are killing it overseas - even if they're relatively unknown at home. thepoint.com.au/news/260202-...
thepoint.com.au
Why Australia’s “Grammy-rush” is good news for local listening
In addition to obvious economic benefits, growing overseas audiences for our artists could also address growing Americanisation here at home.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 08/01/2026
The PALM visa scheme gives people from Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste the opportunity to work in Australia. But the scheme's strict restrictions are leading to concerns it's facilitating modern slavery in Australia. @mhharrington.bsky.social #auspol
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
PALMed off: The story of modern slavery in Australia - new podcast available now thepoint.com.au/news/260108-...
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PALMed off: The story of modern slavery in Australia
Listen to all four episodes now!
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 06/01/2026
Is the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme facilitating modern slavery? @mhharrington.bsky.social speaks to experts, community leaders & ni-Vanuatu former PALM workers in the first episode of this four-part mini-series on the guestworker scheme. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4sr1vbV
Photo of ni-Vanuatu men in the back of a Toyota ute
PALMED OFF, Episode 1 | Modern slavery in Australia?
Listen to Follow the Money now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Feeling the heat? 35 degrees is the crucial point for Australia's most fatal kind of weather. thepoint.com.au/news/251218-...
thepoint.com.au
Extreme heat inflames inequality
The people most vulnerable to extreme heat either live below the poverty line, have a long-term health issue, and/or are aged 65 and older.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Australia's anti-corruption commission has been around for two and half years, but is yet to hold a single public hearing: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au
The NACC’s exceptional challenge: integrity is not achieved by secrecy, but by trust earned in the light
Few issues unite progressive and conservative voters. Ending corruption is one of the few exceptions.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Looking for some new music? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
abc.net.au
The 50 best albums of 2025: Your ultimate year-end music guide
It's been an incredible year of music. Did your favourite album of 2025 make our list?
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Wondering where all the Aussie music went? Former Spotify Chief Economist Will Page explains how algorithms take listeners offshore australiainstitute.org.au/post/highway...
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Highway to hell? Reversing the decline of Australian music
These days, Aussie music is falling out of the charts, leaving local acts wondering if they’ll ever see your face again.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Ausmusic tshirt day at work with @skyelark.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social ‪@alicektg.bsky.social‬ You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
ping @skyelark.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 27/11/2025
Are you wearing your Aussie band t-shirt today? 👕 Australia Institute research shows the number of Aussie artists being streamed online has gone down in recent years, and it's got a lot to do with the algorithms! 🎶 #auspol #ausmusictshirtday @mhharrington.bsky.social
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 10/11/2025
Friends, can I ask a favour. Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy 1/🧵
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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers. Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
AI Astroturfing is here
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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Here's ten articles on democracy & governance that you can read right now on @thepointau.bsky.social: 1/ "New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents" -- Going against the Robodebt Royal Commission's recommendation. thepoint.com.au/news/251007-...
thepoint.com.au
New research on proposed FOI laws show it would block access to even more documents
The proposed laws preventing public access to key government documents directly contradict a key Robodebt Royal Commission recommendation.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
What's The Point? Let @australiainstitute.org.au to explain at our new site: thepoint.com.au
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The Point
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The 2022-23 tax stats just dropped. And there we have it: 91 millionaires who paid ZERO tax
2023-23 TAX STATS SPREADSHEET SHOWING 91 PEoPLE WITH A TOTAL INCOME OF $1M+ who paid $0 tax
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If you bet on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your windfall is tax free but if you win the Miles Franklin you pay tax. There's an easy and cheap way for the gov to help our best artists and writers. Make prizes tax free. Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts
canberratimes.com.au
Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia
Winning authors pay tax. Mug punters, that's another story.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/06/2025
Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it. We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS. ✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry
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Leanne Minshull @leanneminshull.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Australia, Canada, Norway and U.S. are responsible for nearly 70% of projected carbon-dioxide (CO2) pollution from new fossil fuel projects between 2025 and 2035. Also Australia - "we are a renewable powerhouse and should host COP31" #nonewcoal #nonewgas #climatecrisis oilchange.org/blogs/planet...
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Planet Wreckers: Top Global North Countries Responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion to 2035 - Oil Change International
Four Global North countries are responsible for nearly 70% of projected new oil and gas expansion from 2025 to 2035.
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt could approve a brand new coal mine in the next 10 days. @australiainstitute.org.au #CoalMineTracker 1/2
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax is misguided and misdirected." Great piece on proposed super changes by @gemkillen.bsky.social womensagenda.com.au/latest/dont-...
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Don't let the confected outrage fool you, the super tax reform is good for women
Confected outrage at the very wealthy paying slightly more tax on their super is misguided and misdirected.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Over 1 million pieces of 50,000-year-old art, gone in 50 years, just to mine more of the fossil fuels that are causing climate change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9V...
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The Fight to Save Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Very excited that @ketanjoshi.co is working with @australiainstitute.org.au!!! Check out his post on Woodside, dodgy offsets and the safeguard mechanism... australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is scandalous @walabor.bsky.social doctoring scientific report on destruction of Murujuga cultural treasure to cover for Woodside. "A disgrace to Australian science, and my colleagues at Curtin University, who I'm sure are as angry as I am." More🧵👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 27/05/2025
"The outer-Melbourne electorate of Calwell had "the most complex count in Australia's history", but almost nobody was talking about it before the election. Why? Only four journalists live in the seat, the least of anywhere in Australia. @rodcampbell.bsky.social writes ⤵️ #auspol
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Why the election’s closest seat went unnoticed: Too close to Calwell - The Australia Institute
The outer-Melbourne electorate of Calwell was named “Australia’s most unpredictable seat” by The Age after the election and was – aside from those going to a recount – the last seat to be called. The ...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23/05/2025
Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break? First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super?? Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...
Chart showing that even if someone starts work today aged 18 on $106,000 and gets a 3.7% pay rise every ever, they will still only have $2.1m in super when they retire
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The work we do at The Australia Institute is only possible with your generous support!
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Joshua Black @joshuablackjb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"Dosed-up Tasmanian salmon could pose health risks in the long run" My piece for @thenewdaily.bsky.social on Tassie salmon farming, antibiotic dosing and the ecological + health risks @australiainstitute.org.au www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
thenewdaily.com.au
Dosed-up Tasmanian salmon could pose health risks in the long run
Tasmania's salmon farming practices are no longer a solely environmental issue – they're a public health issue, too.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Join us this Saturday for live election coverage!
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 24/04/2025
Both major parties talk big about how important it is to prevent domestic and family violence but as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @jack-thrower.bsky.social note - when you look at the size of spending a lot of other things seem more important... #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-tal...
	Election promises ($m)
LNP Defence spending	21000
ALP Income tax cuts	17000
LNP tax offset	10000
LNP petrol excice cut	6000
ALP $1,000 automatic tax deduction	2400
ALP Energy bill rebate	1800
ALP Beer excise freeze	165
ALP Entertainment precinct in Canberra	100
LNP Domestic and family violence	90
ALP Domestic and family violence	9
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social turns up the heat on big gas. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
thenewdaily.com.au
Never mind Liberal v Labor – right now, it’s Big Gas v the rest
Despite the gas industry's attempts, all the major political candidates this election acknowledge there’s no supply shortage in Australia.
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
These days its all too hard to imagine an Australian Government investing in such transformative inspiration, but it shouldn't be.
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Jack Thrower @jack-thrower.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Governance at Australia’s universities is in a dire state. VCs are paid like CEOs but don't face the oversight seen in the public or private sectors. A few of us at @australiainstitute.org.au put together recommendations on how to fix our broken system. australiainstitute.org.au/post/time-to...
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Time to clean up Australia's failing, scandal-plagued universities
Australia's universities are plummeting down international rankings while charging students more than ever for their degrees.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 21/02/2025
Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇 90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free. To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax. Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The meat on your plate could have been butchered by a temporary migrant bound to their employer. Everyone working in Australia should have the same basic rights. www.rmit.edu.au/news/bhright...
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New RMIT Report Exposes Exploitation of PALM Scheme Workers in Australia's Meat Industry
A new report from the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre (BHRIGHT) reveals the severe exploitation faced by migrant workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme in the Australi...
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/02/2025
The changes to the electoral laws are supposedly about limiting big spending independents. But as @browne90.bsky.social & @joshuablackjb.bsky.social show, community independents spend less on avge than do the major parties #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-maj...
Chart showing average spend per seat: 2021-22

Coalition - $844,691
ALP - $767,517
Community Independents - $655,000
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/02/2025
Housing affordability has been getting worse for 20 yrs now. But, as Dave Richardson writes, if it keeps on the same trend by 2044 the avge Sydney dwelling price in today's dollars would be $2.4m (currently $1.45m) #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/housing...
Ratio of dwelling price to average annual earnings 
	Syd	Melb	Bris	Ade	Per	Hob
Jun-02	 8.3 	 5.7 	 4.4 	 4.2 	 4.2 	 2.8 
Jun-24	 14.4 	 8.7 	 9.0 	 8.7 	 7.0 	 7.6 
Jun-44	 23.7 	 12.7 	 17.3 	 16.7 	 11.0 	 18.5
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Real zero not net zero!
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 06/02/2025
Massive story today: "One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns" This is good news. 🧵 #auspol
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
For 30 years The Push has facilitated opportunities for young people to plan, produce and experience All-Ages live music - this year, let's see them go NATIONAL! You can learn more at thepush.com.au/accessallages #accessallages #thepush #youthmusic #auspol
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Access All-Ages — The Push
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Morgan Harrington @mhharrington.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
China may be way beyond Sputnik, but as @yuan-frank.bsky.social writes, "the dizzying display of technological achievements in China does not merit the panic button." www.afr.com/world/asia/w...
afr.com
Way beyond Sputnik: China’s AI drive just the tip of the iceberg
America’s mass manufacturing revolution more than a century ago – embodied in the Ford Model T – changed everything. China is doing the same now.
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