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Richard Allsop

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Richard Allsop is a Research Fellow at the Insitute of Public Affairs. Richard was Chief of Staff to the two Transport Ministers in the Kennett Government.  In 2007, he completed a study of Victoria's privatised public transport system for the IPA, and is a regular commentator on transport and privatisation issues. He is currently undertaking a PhD in history, on "The works of Geoffrey Blainey", and has written extensively on Australian political and social history. Richard is a Senior Associate at Globe Communications, a communications consultancy and has also worked on the Nine Network's election night coverage since 1993. 

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Superannuation and MacBank as the zenith of the Australian nation

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Richard Allsop

Richard Allsop reviews Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolution by David Love (Scribe, 2008, 264 pages) According to David Love in his new book Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's interrupted revolu­tion, Paul Keating and...

Class and casinos

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Richard Allsop

Opposition to gambling and poker machines is a confused mixture of patronising‘compassion' and political rhetoric, writes Richard Allsop. Kevin Rudd hates them. Brendan Nelson has expressed deep concern about them. Bob Brown wants huge cuts...

Liberalism after Bruce Smith, but before Bert Kelly

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Richard Allsop

Richard Allsop reviews Steadfast Knight: A life of Sir Hal Colebatch by Hal G.P. Colebatch & Senator Bertie Johnston by John C. Rice  The political orientation of Australia's intelligentsia has produced a situation where there have been...

How the left made sport the new battlefield in the culture wars

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Richard Allsop

Anybody who thought the election of the Rudd government meant the end of the culture wars was not looking closely enough at the summer's cricket. While many in the community had strong views about the rights and wrongs of the behaviour of both the...

News flash: war exciting, federation dull

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Richard Allsop

Richard Allsop reviews History's children: History wars in the classroom by Anna Clark. This would be an easy book to ridicule. Manning Clark's granddaughter leaves the politically correct university staff room and discovers that in real world...

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Can Spring Street deliver on transport plan?

| Richard Allsop
The Age 29th December, 2008

In the first 24 hours after its release, the Victorian Transport Plan received generally positive coverage. However, the combination of a bad week...

Contrary to reports, our rail system is alright

Economics & Deregulation | | Richard Allsop
The Age 14th November, 2008

For years, Paul Mees has been arguing that there is some overseas city whose public transport system Melbourne should be emulating, but in his...

Coughing up for others' inefficiencies

Economics & Deregulation | | Richard Allsop
The Australian 13th November, 2008

When Infrastructure Australia is sorting through funding requests from the states there is a strong argument that it should reject any for...

Pokies unfairly stigmatised

Nanny State | | Richard Allsop
ABC Unleashed 7th October, 2008

Perhaps emboldened by having taken up his position in the Senate, Nick Xenophon seems to have moved from espousing further restrictions on poker...

Overhaul needed as Melbourne's cabs taxi to a halt

Deregulation Unit | | Richard Allsop
The Age 29th March, 2008

If you think Melbourne's taxis are providing a poor service, you are not alone. The latest patronage and satisfaction figures show general...