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title: "The Australia Institute | Politics Computer"
description: "What The Australia Institute has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves."
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# The Australia Institute

Spent on ads

$50.8K –$73.9K 

Ads seen

132

Running now

132

[See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=100162559396) 

## Biggest ads

Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it.

- [![Clear explainers. Sharp analysis. Fact checks. Quality research.  We break down the big issues, with journalism and analysis you can trust ](https://politics.computer/media/c7421bc0eee44f3054a41b8db57652f79c49b5ce2b0699e5f6bbd361c68fe5c3?w=480) $17.7K–$20.7K spent Running since 21 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/c7421bc0eee44f3054a41b8db57652f79c49b5ce2b0699e5f6bbd361c68fe5c3)
- [![Clear explainers. Sharp analysis. Fact checks. Quality research.  We break down the big issues, with journalism and analysis you can trust ](https://politics.computer/media/ca11204424099ffb17e6094b8708d0f722207fc4a836ff4b1304aafc2fee1bea?w=480) $15K–$20K spent Running since 20 Aug](https://politics.computer/ad/ca11204424099ffb17e6094b8708d0f722207fc4a836ff4b1304aafc2fee1bea)
- [![Australia Institute research shows we lose out on $350 million every week without a gas export tax. Help us put this ad on TV 👉 Donate now](https://politics.computer/media/ca6cc83c137fb953eba264e1e024a9a3dd356a4fca8e443a3fa74c3adf67af70?w=480) $5K–$6.2K spent Running since 6 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/ca6cc83c137fb953eba264e1e024a9a3dd356a4fca8e443a3fa74c3adf67af70)
- [![Australia Institute research shows we lose out on $350 million every week without a gas export tax. Help us put this ad on TV 👉 Donate now](https://politics.computer/media/91bc02dadc0a7a8a91afae1f8d93d5bbf4aaed3713028480349607d41cad39a7?w=480) $3.6K–$5.6K spent Running since 6 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/91bc02dadc0a7a8a91afae1f8d93d5bbf4aaed3713028480349607d41cad39a7)
- [![Get Walkley Award-winning economist Greg Jericho’s analysis in your inbox.    The Point has great writers, clear explainers and fact checks.](https://politics.computer/media/fa2685d23a0ff91bd2687f217342afa7ebead1cf4024b9fe9963a45d0581c3b0?w=480) $1.5K–$2.1K spent Running since 4 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/fa2685d23a0ff91bd2687f217342afa7ebead1cf4024b9fe9963a45d0581c3b0)
- [![Australia Institute research shows voters from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support a 25% gas export tax.  So why doesn't t](https://politics.computer/media/4e3b482afb6057c17b0a21e4821a846b1fb35658da09e7a0fa6e3a5d8914ff92?w=480) $1.5K–$2K spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/4e3b482afb6057c17b0a21e4821a846b1fb35658da09e7a0fa6e3a5d8914ff92)
- [![Angry about what's happening in your community? Even angrier when you're told there's nothing you can do about it? That's exactly the myth ](https://politics.computer/media/5d5304a7244b7310bd4bd80cfe4301a8caee3c229c2c958b2fddeb00211599fd?w=480) $1.5K–$2K spent Running since 29 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/5d5304a7244b7310bd4bd80cfe4301a8caee3c229c2c958b2fddeb00211599fd)
- [![The WA Premier recently suggested that “if we are going to continue to attract the investment that we need for these [gas] projects which de](https://politics.computer/media/34c40fda94f472763e20d1563675868ec5b37630ad35ba0d98fc78bc086c10b3?w=480) $1.5K–$2K spent Running since 18 May](https://politics.computer/ad/34c40fda94f472763e20d1563675868ec5b37630ad35ba0d98fc78bc086c10b3)
- [![The Trump administration has warned the Prime Minister against regulating US tech giants like Meta and X. But Australia Institute research ](https://politics.computer/media/3be4eed1be58a5eec4afad694c211721f2dec2f0de499994be1e28463c121df1?w=480) $700–$799 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/3be4eed1be58a5eec4afad694c211721f2dec2f0de499994be1e28463c121df1)
- [![Democracy doesn't come with an instruction manual.  But in How to Change a Country, Richard Denniss and Bill Browne break down the practica](https://politics.computer/media/3fb11cb619ae027a5b86e634a072f970bd3fdb7ee2fe58e6db72c34e222ab78d?w=480) $500–$699 spent Running since 26 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/3fb11cb619ae027a5b86e634a072f970bd3fdb7ee2fe58e6db72c34e222ab78d)

## Newest ads

- [![The AUKUS security pact is supposed to make us safe, but the public inquiry found we are paying $368 billion to hand control over to Trump's](https://politics.computer/media/4bec94c1fc6f18d065155c402e536e7b1395a6bcbd14a09f19ff7acb4a146e85?w=480) Under $300 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/4bec94c1fc6f18d065155c402e536e7b1395a6bcbd14a09f19ff7acb4a146e85)
- [![The $368bn AUKUS defence deal marks a dangerous turning point for Australia. Before it, we made our own calls. After it, you and I are locke](https://politics.computer/media/8d4d84cd1d002e2f99b1187c9ef3f85d081fff9e3c0a7c002c8649a185cd0743?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/8d4d84cd1d002e2f99b1187c9ef3f85d081fff9e3c0a7c002c8649a185cd0743)
- [![The $368bn AUKUS security deal ties Australia closer to Trump. But we can still get out. Australia Institute research shows the majority of](https://politics.computer/media/ede316362f82410e8d866f2ac35b4e133433dcf599e024b3de9d5f5b623491f1?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/ede316362f82410e8d866f2ac35b4e133433dcf599e024b3de9d5f5b623491f1)
- [![Who are they really working for? The Australian people or their next boss? The public inquiry found the $368bn AUKUS will create a decades-](https://politics.computer/media/f79a295716c0cbd96b725a6c0daa017b9e0938f1bdee51a87fc26424de80a200?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/f79a295716c0cbd96b725a6c0daa017b9e0938f1bdee51a87fc26424de80a200)
- [![Australia Institute research shows voters from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support a 25% gas export tax.  So why doesn't t](https://politics.computer/media/4e3b482afb6057c17b0a21e4821a846b1fb35658da09e7a0fa6e3a5d8914ff92?w=480) $1.5K–$2K spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/4e3b482afb6057c17b0a21e4821a846b1fb35658da09e7a0fa6e3a5d8914ff92)
- [![The Trump administration has warned the Prime Minister against regulating US tech giants like Meta and X. But Australia Institute research ](https://politics.computer/media/3be4eed1be58a5eec4afad694c211721f2dec2f0de499994be1e28463c121df1?w=480) $700–$799 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/3be4eed1be58a5eec4afad694c211721f2dec2f0de499994be1e28463c121df1)
- [![Australia Institute research shows voters from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support a 25% gas export tax.  So why doesn't t](https://politics.computer/media/90bd4fd6d3b4e476277682c68ebe30577b25ad14a3f4669b505359e73fa901ff?w=480) $400–$499 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/90bd4fd6d3b4e476277682c68ebe30577b25ad14a3f4669b505359e73fa901ff)
- [![AUKUS is meant to keep us safe. Instead, this $368 billion security deal is handing our future over to Washington – and to Trump, who still ](https://politics.computer/media/697a517fd3425cbc6fd8142f56f8e5f2c912eff876b57e0adcb7bae01f7d320d?w=480) $300–$899 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/697a517fd3425cbc6fd8142f56f8e5f2c912eff876b57e0adcb7bae01f7d320d)
- [![AUKUS is meant to keep us safe. Instead, this $368 billion security deal is handing our future over to Washington – and to Trump, who still ](https://politics.computer/media/326eb7623a4168a34b4025a97560966fd6688ca276cc8bc989cb6f6b8af4f0d8?w=480) $100–$5.5K spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/326eb7623a4168a34b4025a97560966fd6688ca276cc8bc989cb6f6b8af4f0d8)
- [![Australia Institute research indeed shows that Aussie beer drinkers pay more tax than multinational gas companies pay in Petroleum Resources](https://politics.computer/media/540277153e6bacfc8e1a94627d48b30754096edaf317b9abc501273d856213fd?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/540277153e6bacfc8e1a94627d48b30754096edaf317b9abc501273d856213fd)

## What the ads are about

Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads.

- Integrity democracy 14 ads
- Economy tax 13 ads
- Energy 10 ads
- Defence foreign 9 ads
- Climate 4 ads
- Crime safety 2 ads
- Cost of living 1 ad

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