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Chris Berg
Research Fellow; Editor, IPA Review
Chris Berg is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs and Editor of the IPA Review. He also the head of the IPA's Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit, and Director of the IPA Nanny State Project. He is a regular columnist with the Sunday Age and ABC's The Drum, covering cultural, political and economic issues.
His monograph, The Growth of Australia's Regulatory State: Ideology, accountability and the mega-regulators, was published in 2008, and his co-edited book (with John Roskam) 100 Great Books of Liberty: The essential introduction to the greatest idea of Western Civilisation was published by Connor Court Publishing in 2010.
Contact details
Telephone: 0402 257 681
Address: Level 2 410 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 vic
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