Richard Denniss
The Guardian
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Past articles by Richard:
Energy transition titan Hugh Saddler’s quest to cut emissions leaves lasting legacy
Saddler influenced a generation of researchers and policy-makers, not least through his involvement in the ACT’s 100% renewable energy transition → Read More
Super tax breaks were well due for retirement
If tax concessions for super were designed to ‘top up’ people’s age pension then why would we spend so much ‘topping up’ those at the top? → Read More
Labor’s safeguard mechanism does more to save the fossil fuel industry than it does the planet
The Abbott-era policy hides its support for fossil fuel expansion behind a fig leaf of dodgy carbon credits and offsets → Read More
As long as Australia fails to transition away from fossil fuels, its climate policy is meaningless
The Chubb review talks optimistically about ‘carbon credits’, but we wouldn’t need so many if we weren’t building so many new sources of pollution → Read More
Privatisation has failed. Australia needs to ditch the ‘incentives’ rhetoric and simply spend money on things we need
State governments are starting to realise that old-fashioned direct public investment in essential services solves a lot of problems at once → Read More
Australia needs a windfall profits tax – but our government seems to fear the gas lobby
The gas industry would have us believe we owe it a debt of gratitude for paying us a pittance while they rake in record profits → Read More
Jim Chalmers has a unique chance to remake Australia – or to squander $243bn on the rich
Australia is one of the richest countries in the world but decades of tax cuts have trained us to feel poor → Read More
‘Green Wall Street’ in Australia won’t save the planet. Markets value profits, not platypuses
If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it → Read More
Australia’s farcical climate policy: market forces to cut emissions and subsidies to destroy carbon sinks
Our federal government pays some people to protect native forests, while state governments pay others to cut them down → Read More
Is the new Labor government ambitious enough?
Katharine Murphy, political editor of Guardian Australia, unpacks the latest Guardian Essential poll with Richard Denniss and John Remington → Read More
Richard Denniss: Huge profits are driving inflation – not low-paid workers
The rhetoric of a ‘wage-price spiral’ is hardwired into Australia’s debates about inflation, but the reality is we are currently in a price-profit spiral. → Read More
If Australia taxed windfall gas profits we could invest billions in renewables and get off fossil fuels for good
The sooner we shift away from ageing coal and expensive gas, the quicker electricity prices and emissions will fall → Read More
Will Peter Dutton help or hinder Anthony Albanese’s mandate?
Katharine Murphy speaks to the Essential director Peter Lewis and The Australia Institute chief economist Richard Denniss → Read More
With falling real incomes and rising prices many people don’t believe the story of prosperity Scott Morrison is preaching
Australians facing rising interest rates and rising average tax rates have little to celebrate → Read More
Low wage growth in Australia didn’t happen by accident – it’s the system working as intended
Workers have a role to play in demanding higher pay, but the Coalition has spent years condemning ‘weak-kneed’ employers who offer good wages → Read More
As the election nears Scott Morrison can’t escape his own reputation
With the federal election to be called imminently, Katharine Murphy unpacks the latest Essential Poll with Peter Lewis, the executive director of Essential → Read More
When it comes to climate-induced disasters the Coalition wants to save for a rainy day – but it’s already pouring
Subsidies to prop up fossil fuel are more pressing for the Morrison government than subsidies for renewables or climate adaptation → Read More
Tax-deductible RATs deliver nothing to the lowest-paid. How very Morrison government
The gap between those with the most and those with the least is driven wider by political choices made by our government → Read More
As the election draws closer, Scott Morrison is caught in a Covid dilemma of his own making
If he doesn’t provide support soon the economy will spiral, but if he does he must admit the cost of living with the virus → Read More
Comparing the Coalition and Labor’s climate modelling reveals some underlying truths
It’s no surprise the Business Council, the Australian Industry Group and the National Farmers’ Federation are supporting Labor’s position → Read More