Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @TheAusInstitute
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
898
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
The Aus Institute has released research on the Safeguard Mechanism to ensure emissions cuts, lodged a formal complaint with the ACCC, and released a report about "independent" reviews on carbon credits, as well as research comparing health outcomes in Far West NSW & Sydney. The Institute is also running a Climate Integrity Summit and pushing for law reform and protection for whistleblowers. They are aiming to expose climate inaction and environmental damage and combat greenwashing and carbon colonialism.
Topic Modeling
- Carbon Offsetting and Carbon Market
- Whistleblowing and Climate Action
- Greenwashing and Carbon Colonialism
- Climate Change and Health Outcomes
- Democracy, Integrity, and Australian Politics
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are mainly positive, with users expressing enthusiasm, admiration, and excitement for the work of the @TheAusInstitute and its members. There is also a sense of urgency, with people advocating for stronger climate action and the need for integrity in carbon markets. Some of the tweets also express frustration and disappointment with the current state of the environment, as well as anger and disbelief towards those who lack understanding or don't take action.
Trend Analysis
- The importance of climate integrity and emissions cuts
- Complaint filed with the ACCC
- Comparison of health outcomes between Far West NSW and Sydney
- Problems with the Safeguard Mechanism
- The need for whistleblower protection and support
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
252
Percentage of total tweets
28%
Number of Original tweets
49
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
898
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
570
Percentage of total tweets
63%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
65
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
212
Percentage of total tweets
23%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
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Twitter for iPhone | 315 |
Twitter Web App | 266 |
Twitter for Android | 204 |
Twitter for iPad | 90 |
Twitter for Mac | 8 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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sarahinthesen8 | 💚🌏 Sarah Hanson-Young | Senator for South Australia. Proud mum, wife, sister & aunt. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Greens spokesperson for Enviro & Water / Arts & Media | 190,078 |
thejuicemedia | theJuiceMedia | We make Honest Government Ads. You can support us on 🅿atreon: https://t.co/JOoJQtvKtE 🐘: https://t.co/ddWcNR9qur Est. 384ppm | 135,042 |
GrogsGamut | Greg Jericho | Policy Director at the @CntrFutureWork on Labour Market & Fiscal. Columnist on economics & politics for Guardian Australia. Also at @grogsgamut@mastodon.social | 107,932 |
KetanJ0 | Ketan Joshi | Here's the part of my website where I include various hyperlinks to all of the social media sites that I am going to meaningfully use https://t.co/PUjBn3Byp2 | 65,610 |
markgkenny | Mark Kenny | Host 🎧 “Democracy Sausage” 🔊Columnist. Professor, ANU Aust Studies Institute. National Press Club. (fmr nat affairs ed. SMH & Age) | 44,930 |
TheAusInstitute | Australia Institute | The Australia Institute is a leading think-tank based in Canberra https://t.co/GDuUqR0Eyi | Authorised by E Bennett, The Australia Institute, Canberra 2603 | 44,067 |
jonkudelka | The Twindenberg | Cartoonist at the @satpaper & @themercurycomau semper erit benevolens. Gallery at https://t.co/1NxlBQYPb8. Mastadon escape room: Jonkudelka@aus.social | 43,531 |
MehreenFaruqi | Mehreen Faruqi | Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for NSW. Feminist and anti-racist, fighting for public education & a just world 🌏🐨🏡✊🏾 | 41,898 |
RDNS_TAI | Richard Denniss | Executive Director @TheAusInstitute Latest book Big: The role of the state in the modern economy https://t.co/eMiNcrYAbl | 36,384 |
jmkorhonen | Janne M. Korhonen (@jmkorhonen@mastodo.fi) | Democracy is non-negotiable. Working for just transition at @sorsafoundation . Personal account. Poliittisesti olen reilusti. https://t.co/0X7txYuAtK | 35,700 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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WJGunning | Artist trying to stay inspired 🌷 🌻 🌼 🌱 🌎 🐟 | Artist & writer who began Twitter account to promote her works but has become caught up in the politics of the moment. | 37,651 |
HELLANBIGLOVE | 💜๖ۣۣۜPύᖇҏȴèᎮዙξ٥ŋɉχ𓅛🌸🎗💗#BIGLOVE🌱🕊CŁᎥᙢ₳Ŧ€ 🌿 | ☮️ #DOMESTICABUSE 💜𓅛 #VICTIMTOSURVIVOR 🍀#MeToo #SAVETHEFUTURE🌏#VAWG🌸🌱#VOTE💚#UNIVERSE🚀#BIGLOVE💗 #WARRIOR🕊 #CPTSD🌈#PEACE♻️ #HIPPY🕉🌊#CLIMATE 🎗#CANCER | 20,827 |
jurylady5 | gail simmons | Interested in world affairs, communication, education and peace. | 17,810 |
ElenaJeffreys | SexWork101 | Sex worker Yes I have a PhD | 13,464 |
GusWhyte | Angus Whyte | Livestock grazier, committed to vibrant rural communities and regenerative landscape management. Have many roles in our community, family is top of the list. | 12,095 |
MelissaSweetDr | Melissa Sweet | Journalist sharing news re health equity, climate justice, health in all policies. See @CroakeyNews @WePublicHealth. @melissasweetdr@newsie.social. She/her. | 11,865 |
craigthomler | Craig Thomler | Digital entrepreneur into #Innovation, #DigitalTransformation, #strategy, #science, #DigiGov. Opinions mine, retweet≠endorse Mastodon: @CraigThomler@aus.social | 10,839 |
stanleywaite1 | Stanley Waite | Inventor, If you want to learn from me, BEAUTIFUL!! because I want to learn from YOU!!😎 we can enrich each others lives...through thought.#SDGs | 10,793 |
geoffrey_payne | Geoff Payne | Interests: Politics (Left Winger), Collecting Australian Civil & Military Aviation Books & Ephemera | 10,001 |
KetanJ0 | Ketan Joshi | Here's the part of my website where I include various hyperlinks to all of the social media sites that I am going to meaningfully use https://t.co/PUjBn3Byp2 | 9,553 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
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Valentenya11 | 🐈 | 25 |
lutajobe | Madonna,is Ma. Ma&Pa Farmers is courtesy of Mr Paul Howes.Paul didn’t think ma& pa farmers should be a thing. I am a bigger super critic than @djrobstep 😜 | 21 |
pollyjhemming | Senior Researcher @TheAusInstitute's Climate & Energy Program. Climate integrity // Carbon markets // Greenwashing (views my own) 🐘@pollyjhemming@aus.social | 18 |
Dimerius_Ka | - | 13 |
GusWhyte | Livestock grazier, committed to vibrant rural communities and regenerative landscape management. Have many roles in our community, family is top of the list. | 11 |
StevenGreen31 | - | 11 |
ash_craig | Econ AP @UMichEcon. Soon @ANU_CBE. Education, tax & inequality. Dad. Husband. BEc @USydneyEcon. PhD @Harvard. Affiliate @Austaxpolicy @iza_bonn. He/him/his. | 11 |
billaustralian | Climate change-CO2 400 parts per million Australia emits 1% China 30% , China is a bully , India is “friendly” & closer 🙏Solar panels , ZincAir bateries | 9 |
mylesahead13 | My adjective is awesome. Avid reader, BSc, MScEng, MEd, believer in science and facts over feelings. Critic of UN | 9 |
MCarbonWatch | NGO monitoring Melanesian carbon markets 🇫🇯🇳🇨🇵🇬🇸🇧🇹🇱🇻🇺 #IPCOS #ITMOs #Article6 #REDD #carboncredits 🌳 DMs open ❤️s=bookmarks retweets≠endorsement | 8 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1625286571498041344 | On behalf of the @TheAusInstitute, EDO has filed a complaint with the ACCC alleging that the Australian Government's carbon neutral certification scheme Climate Active could be in breach of consumer law. https://t.co/EUomANcq2J | 44 |
1625709196607123457 | Great to join @TheAusInstitute today to talk about why it’s so important our carbon market has integrity. There’s a lot riding on the Safeguard Mechanism - we have to have genuine emissions cuts as a first line response #auspol https://t.co/YRc794i5Om | 41 |
1625222981281812481 | New research I’ve released today with @TheAusInstitute comparing health outcomes in Far West NSW to Sydney. Great to get this coverage in the @smh but paints a grim picture for the region. https://t.co/q2AbcJ7X31 | 30 |
1625385943242018816 | .@pollyjhemming climate & energy director at @TheAusInstitute features as today's @THEMONTHLY Good Opinion, referring the Gov carbon neutral certification scheme to ACCC ahead of our Climate Integrity Summit tomorrow #auspol Thanks @rachelrwithers for the pick up 🙌 https://t.co/KYPX8GM7Ey | 26 |
1626080818430087168 | And to cap it off, this report by @TheAusInstitute on the many problems with the recent "independent" review into 🇦🇺's carbon credits https://t.co/UtMfOitfUN | 23 |
1626388814347534336 | 'If you want to blow the whistle, you’ve got nowhere to go [for support].' That's why we need a whistleblower protection authority + better practical assistance. Thanks to @Coadem for writing up our @TheAusInstitute #ClimateIntegrity Summit session https://t.co/w0dIEaDYyF | 22 |
1624889534889746432 | Looking forward to speaking about the importance of whistleblowing at @TheAusInstitute #ClimateIntegrity Summit on Wednesday at Parliament. Whistleblowers can make a real difference in exposing climate wrongdoing and driving climate action. https://t.co/doNN5XvnTj | 21 |
1625447849688285185 | This is wonderful news - amazing work @TheAusInstitute + @pollyjhemming. Will be an issue to follow closely https://t.co/69OtnMfblu | 19 |
1626080812339965952 | .@TheAusInstitute lays out the key problems with the Safeguard in their submission for the draft legislation (big shoutout to @pollyjhemming, @RichieMerzian, @AliaArmistead, @MarkOgge for being such a killer climate research team) https://t.co/ekjM4ZdgW1 | 18 |
1626018090034270209 | An honour to speak at @TheAusInstitute Climate Integrity Summit yesterday. There's great potential for whistleblowers to drive climate action and expose climate inaction and environmental damage - we need law reform and practical support to ensure they are protected and empowered https://t.co/6WyGtR1MLy | 16 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1625709196607123457 | Great to join @TheAusInstitute today to talk about why it’s so important our carbon market has integrity. There’s a lot riding on the Safeguard Mechanism - we have to have genuine emissions cuts as a first line response #auspol https://t.co/YRc794i5Om | 114 |
1625286571498041344 | On behalf of the @TheAusInstitute, EDO has filed a complaint with the ACCC alleging that the Australian Government's carbon neutral certification scheme Climate Active could be in breach of consumer law. https://t.co/EUomANcq2J | 100 |
1626080818430087168 | And to cap it off, this report by @TheAusInstitute on the many problems with the recent "independent" review into 🇦🇺's carbon credits https://t.co/UtMfOitfUN | 97 |
1625222981281812481 | New research I’ve released today with @TheAusInstitute comparing health outcomes in Far West NSW to Sydney. Great to get this coverage in the @smh but paints a grim picture for the region. https://t.co/q2AbcJ7X31 | 76 |
1626080812339965952 | .@TheAusInstitute lays out the key problems with the Safeguard in their submission for the draft legislation (big shoutout to @pollyjhemming, @RichieMerzian, @AliaArmistead, @MarkOgge for being such a killer climate research team) https://t.co/ekjM4ZdgW1 | 72 |
1626152490189324288 | @profholden @TheAusInstitute Maybe look into how the safeguard mechanism works before suggesting what is embarrassing. Your lack of understanding is rather laughable. Either do some research or remain quiet. And maybe not QT to grandstand. You can just reply you know. | 69 |
1625447849688285185 | This is wonderful news - amazing work @TheAusInstitute + @pollyjhemming. Will be an issue to follow closely https://t.co/69OtnMfblu | 59 |
1624889534889746432 | Looking forward to speaking about the importance of whistleblowing at @TheAusInstitute #ClimateIntegrity Summit on Wednesday at Parliament. Whistleblowers can make a real difference in exposing climate wrongdoing and driving climate action. https://t.co/doNN5XvnTj | 58 |
1625385943242018816 | .@pollyjhemming climate & energy director at @TheAusInstitute features as today's @THEMONTHLY Good Opinion, referring the Gov carbon neutral certification scheme to ACCC ahead of our Climate Integrity Summit tomorrow #auspol Thanks @rachelrwithers for the pick up 🙌 https://t.co/KYPX8GM7Ey | 53 |
1626018090034270209 | An honour to speak at @TheAusInstitute Climate Integrity Summit yesterday. There's great potential for whistleblowers to drive climate action and expose climate inaction and environmental damage - we need law reform and practical support to ensure they are protected and empowered https://t.co/6WyGtR1MLy | 53 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#climateintegrity | 98 |
#auspol | 61 |
#climateaction | 10 |
#climate | 9 |
#4corners | 8 |
#climatechange | 6 |
#climatescam | 6 |
#canberra | 4 |
#carbonoffsets | 4 |
#climateintegritysummit | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@theausinstitute | 906 |
@pollyjhemming | 203 |
@rdns_tai | 90 |
@davidpocock | 69 |
@profholden | 54 |
@albomp | 53 |
@grogsgamut | 49 |
@mon4kooyong | 42 |
@smh | 41 |
@mattgrudnoff | 31 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
17
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
😂 | 30 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
⬇️ | 13 | down_arrow |
👏 | 11 | clapping_hands |
👇 | 7 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
📺 | 6 | television |
🇦🇺 | 5 | Australia |
❌ | 5 | cross_mark |
🙄 | 5 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
💰 | 4 | money_bag |
🧵 | 4 | thread |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 60 |
People & Body | 32 |
Symbols | 29 |
Objects | 19 |
Activities | 6 |
Flags | 5 |
Travel & Places | 4 |