Australia
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Australia's rank movement over the last 30 days
Score Analysis
Analysis of Australia's policy signalling profile
Australia's overall WokeMeter assessment score is 75, reflecting its high policy signalling intensity, which places it third globally. This score is supported by Australia's robust legislative and regulatory activism, including its Online Safety Act and the presence of an eSafety Commissioner, which contribute significantly to its signalling intensity. Additionally, Australia's corporate sector implements strong DEI measures, such as ASX mandates for board diversity and gender pay gap reporting. These factors, coupled with legislative protections for LGBTQ rights and recent social movements, elevate Australia's signalling intensity beyond the average of its dimension scores.
Analyzing the dimension scores, Australia exhibits the highest signalling intensity in the Speech & Expression Climate (97.44) and Legislative/Regulatory Activism (97.87), indicating strong institutional focus on content moderation and progressive legislation. Corporate/Investor Signalling is also notably high at 97.55, reflecting comprehensive DEI policies within the business sector. Meanwhile, the Institutional DEI Policy Intensity score of 32.43, the lowest among the dimensions, suggests comparatively limited focus on DEI policies within educational and government institutions. Protest & Activism Salience holds a significant score of 85.21, highlighting the active engagement in social justice movements. The Education & Curriculum Signalling and Media & Platform Moderation scores indicate moderate policy intensity, contributing to a balanced yet high overall assessment.
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Recent Events
Events that influenced this country's score
Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal
It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast There are unlikely to be many bigger moments in Australian action on the climate crisis this year than a judgment by the high court on Wednesday. In what is likely to prove a historic victory, the court sided with community members in the Hunter Valley to strike down a state regulator’s approval of a massive coalmine expansion that could have kept it operating until 2048. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...
NASA's Curiosity rover captures dawn on Mars
NASA has released a striking image of dawn on the Martian surface taken by its Curiosity rover, showing sunlight bathing jagged crags formed billions of years ago.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to duo for 'spectacular' chemical reaction
They won for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, solving a chemical mystery more than a century old.
Schoolgirl cold case inquest seeks to solve five-decade-old mystery
A new inquest examines whether a family member was involved in the disappearance of Mackay schoolgirl Marilyn Wallman in 1972.
Fears of NT business closures after delayed dry season and proposed visa cuts
Top End tourism operators are calling for the creation of a dedicated fund to help struggling business survive the wet season, as they say looming cuts to holiday workers could push the sector past breaking point.
‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says
High court finding in favour of Hunter Valley community group sets precedent other environmentalists should follow, advocate says Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast A landmark decision in Australia’s first climate change high court case has been described as a clear message to governments and fossil fuel companies that exported greenhouse gas emissions “cannot simply be ignored”. On Wednesday morning, the nation’s highest court ruled that the approval of MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in NSW’s Hunter Valley was invalid, in a judgment that sets a precedent for fossil fuel projects in the state. Continue reading...
Is a waterfront city stadium actually on the cards for Canberra?
A new proposal would place a stadium near the next stage of light rail and within walking distance of the capital's nightlife.
Mother sentenced after 'negligence' causes son's death
A Mackay region mother has been freed after receiving a suspended sentence for the manslaughter killing of her young son.
Man charged over damage to Tasmania's Parliament House, Hobart casino
A Tasmanian man has been charged over two separate property damage incidents in Hobart, including at Parliament House where a number of windows were smashed.
Coalition MPs concede immigration pledge not fully costed by independent watchdog
Angus Taylor says opposition ‘worked closely’ with Parliamentary Budget Office but Liberal sources say it has not yet conducted a full analysis of the policy Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Coalition MPs concede the party’s newly released immigration policy has not been costed in full by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), despite Angus Taylor defending the plan as “budget neutral”. Taylor, and the deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, have said repeatedly the Coalition “worked closely” with the independent budget watchdog on its plan to reduce net overseas migration to 100,000 for two years. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...