Media

We don’t just work quietly at our desks. We’re vocal. Engaging with the media is one of the best ways to get our message about inequality in Australia out there, and we’re not afraid to be opinionated. Browse our media pieces and appearances below.

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November 19, 2024

Let’s not waste another summer debating climate science – Australia’s energy transition can work for everyone – Peter Lewis

When the heat is on, the onus should be on the Coalition to explain why they don’t support measures to ensure their newly discovered battlers have access to rooftop solar.
Our Media
November 19, 2024

Older Australians spend big thanks to home ownership, while younger citizens struggle – Matthew Elmas

Young Australians are bearing the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis, with experts warning that falling rates of home ownership are making generational inequality worse.
Our Media
November 13, 2024

It must finally be time to leave Elon Musk’s X for good

You’ve been thinking about it, been creating excuse after excuse in your mind, justifying how you can leave all the connections you’ve built up. But it has become inexcusable to remain on X/Twitter
Our Media
November 5, 2024

Australians horrified at the US election circus shouldn’t be lulled into thinking it’s just something that happens over there – Peter Lewis

As the schlock horror show that is the 2024 US presidential election campaign reaches its perilous endgame, the world is on a knife edge, like Schrödinger’s cat in a state of contradictory realities that can only be resolved when the ballot box is opened. And maybe not even then.
Media Releases
October 30, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE: Centre for Equitable Housing recommendations adopted by Victorian Government

Per Capita welcomes the announcement today made by Premier Jacinta Allan to introduce further reforms for a fairer Victorian rental market including a ban on no-fault evictions and a lease break fees capped at four weeks.
Our Media
October 10, 2024

Do no harm: Managing the social risks of AI

Science is about making the world clearer and more understandable. By classifying the world into observable, repeatable, verifiable phenomena we move towards a shared sense of reality rather than an individual, subjective one. A cornerstone of contemporary science is how well any research stands up to the rigour of peers questioning and responding to it.
Our Media
October 8, 2024

Across the west, the right is rebranding itself as champions of the common folk. Will it work in Australia?

With little prospect of winning back the swathe of inner-city seats seized by the teals in 2022, Peter Dutton is not about to die wondering.
Our Media
October 3, 2024

Regulating the spread of mis/disinformation online is not an attack on freedom of speech – Jordan Guiao

Freedom of speech does not exist in Australia — at least not in the way Americans refer to it, the way it’s been popularised on social media.
Our Media
September 24, 2024

Australian voters may want children banned from social media. But they want stronger privacy rules even more – Peter Lewis

The push to ban children from social media is gathering steam, but it’s an idea as footloose as the eponymous big-haired 1980s musical about the town that outlawed dancing to save the kids from themselves.