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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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.
Our Media
September 24, 2024

Why Australia’s tradie shortage is getting worse and threatens the housing, climate crises – Matthew Elmas

A worsening shortage of trades workers is holding back progress on priorities like the housing crisis and climate change, with experts warning many thousands more apprentices are needed.
Our Media
September 20, 2024

By siding with the right the Greens are in a race to the bottom – Emma Dawson

By siding this week with the Coalition and One Nation to delay a vote on the government’s Help To Buy legislation, the Greens have joined the right-wing parties in a populist race to the bottom, abusing Senate processes in pursuit of their own electoral fortune.
Our Media
September 15, 2024

‘An easy place to be a nerd’: See where your MP went to school – Christopher Harris

Private school graduates are over-represented in the nation’s parliament, with data revealing more than half of independent and Coalition MPs attended non-government schools.
Media Releases
September 10, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE: The 47th Federal Parliament is the most gender-equal and culturally diverse in Australia’s history.

Per Capita has released its analysis of the backgrounds of Australia’s current federal parliamentarians.
Our Media
September 5, 2024

‘Decimated’: Critical shortage puts plans for renewable energy superpower at risk – Matthew Elmas

Australia’s plan to emerge from the climate transition as a renewable energy super power is at risk amid an electrician shortage that a report warns will reach nearly 100,000 by 2050.