Recent publications
Patrick J Michaels | Climate of Extremes
On 11 August 2009, Patrick J Michaels presented a lecture to the IPA on "Climate of Extremes". Patrick J Michaels, Distinguished Senior Fellow in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University, and Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies...
Tim Wilson on A Current Affair
This is a segment that was televised on Channel Nine Melbourne "A Current Affair" on 31 August 2009. Tim Wilson, Director IP and Trade Unit, presented the case for liberalising the vegetable industry in Australia. Reproduced with permission of GTV...
Liberty Sessions: Bureaucracy
Liberty Sessions: The 100 Great Books at the IPA Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises Presented by Prof. Sinclair Davidson First published in 1944, this is a classic statement in support of economic liberalism and is the starting point for much of our...
Realities, Politics and Practicalities of a Global Climate Change Agreement
Alan Oxley, Chairman, Australian APEC Study Centre, RMIT University. Realities, Politics and Practicalities of a Global Climate Change Agreement
Beyond the bunyip aristocracy
Richard Allsop reviews William Charles Wentworth: Australia's greatest native son by Andrew Tink (Allen & Unwin, 2009, 332 pages) When John Brogden was forced to quit as Leader of the NSW Liberal Party in 2005, John Howard apparently wanted...
Costly, ineffectual and protectionist carbon tariffs
Many developed country governments are in the process of negotiating for the introduction of carbon price signals to incentivise business and consumers to reduce their carbon footprint. Individual European countries and the European Union already...
The moral value of free markets
Speech from the launch of Richard Morgan's Lessons From The Global Financial Crisis: The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets. We are here today to launch Richard Morgan's book, a book that applies 18th century wisdom to current...
Valuable, but not complete
John Roskam reviews The March Of Patriots: The Struggle For Modern Australia by Paul Kelly (Melbourne University Press, 2009, 720 pages) Paul Kelly transformed himself from journalist into historian with the publication of his The...
Government Decision Ensures Book Readers Will Pay up to 32 Per Cent More
"Today's decision by the Rudd Government to keep parallel import restrictions on books will ensure consumers pay up to 32 per cent more than if they were scrapped," said Tim Wilson, Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the...
Palming off livelihoods? The misguided campaign against palm oil
Internationally environmental non-government organisations and activists are campaigning against industry and consumer use of palm oil. Their opposition to is driven by claims that it is unsustainable promotes deforestation and reduces orang-utan...