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Report highlights importance of Indigenous-owned businesses in closing employment gap
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The Whyalla steelworks might be the best place in the world to make low-cost green iron. Will Labor seize the moment?
If the government is committed to the energy transition and a future made in Australia, the choice that must be made is clear.
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Why is the ACCC backing off Big Tech crackdown?
AI increases the urgency of proper regulation. So why did the government defund and disband the competition watchdog’s world-leading team of digital markets experts?
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Emitters should pay the price of energy transition; not consumers
What should we make of last Thursday’s announcement by Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen of Australia’s target for emissions reduction and the pathways to achieve this?
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The 7th Macro Policy Meeting
On the 30-31st of October 2025, the Melbourne Institute co-hosted the seventh Melbourne Macro Policy Meeting with the Department of Economics.
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Monthly Inflation Gauge and Cost of Living report
The Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge recorded an increase in monthly inflation for October, primarily influenced by higher recreation and housing related prices. The monthly cost of living also rose. Annual headline inflation as recorded by the Inflation Gauge is slightly above the top-end of the 2-3 per cent target band.
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The necessity for polluter pays
Rod Sims, Enterprise Professor at the Melbourne Institute, has spoken at the Climate Resilience Emergency Forum, Parliament House on the 31st October, 2025.
