澳大利亞研究所是澳大利亞最具影響力的進步智庫。我們以堪培拉為基地，在廣泛的經濟、社會領域進行研究和環(huán)境問題，以供公眾辯論和帶來更大的對民主進程負責。這個研究所是由慈善機構的捐款資助的信托和個人，并通過委托研究。由于沒有正式的政治或商業(yè)聯系，我們處在一個我們的立場是在推進的同時保持我們的獨立性一個公平和進步的澳大利亞的愿景。近二十年來，該研究所一直是許多大型研究所的中心這個國家的辯論。正是該研究所第一次告訴世界，澳大利亞是人均溫室氣體排放量最大的國家。我們在2005年信貸泡沫達到頂峰時將“富貴病”一詞引入澳大利亞。今年，我們披露了176億美元的州政府對采礦業(yè)的補貼。我們的研究通過強調礦業(yè)的衰退，挑戰(zhàn)了認為礦業(yè)繁榮對所有澳大利亞人都有好處的觀點制造業(yè)、農業(yè)和旅游業(yè)的財富。該機構決心推動公眾辯論，超越單純的市場或政府問題擁有所有的答案。我們感興趣的是更重要的問題:政府什么時候需要干預市場?什么時候應該后退?當需要監(jiān)管時，應該采取什么形式?研究，即使是好的研究，也很容易“積灰”。我們發(fā)展研究議程的綜合方法，政治參與戰(zhàn)略和傳播戰(zhàn)略意味著我們的研究不僅僅是吸引人廣泛的媒體關注，它塑造了全國性的政治辯論。我們有信心始終如一地實現我們的座右銘:研究是重要的。我們寬泛的概括意味著我們幾乎總能對“當天的故事”有所貢獻。我們的戰(zhàn)略重點這意味著我們可以利用評論來幫助強調我們認為的大問題。我們的工作不僅是發(fā)表評論，而且有助于明確我們國家面臨的問題，并提出可行的解決辦法。

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