Ideas & Liberty
Ideas & Liberty
The Institute of Public Affairs examines the philosophical and moral case for liberty. By situating current political, economic and social debate in the history of Australian and international liberalism, it is possible to shed new light on the questions of today. The Institute of Public Affairs approaches political debate firmly grounded with an appreciation of entrepeneurship, civil liberties, individual responsiblity and free markets.
Sub-topics of Ideas & Liberty
News
Case is overwhelming to extend shop hours
Already retail trading is troubling the new Barnett Government. Big supermarket chains have been quick to press for reform, arguing the current...
Rudd reveals core beliefs
The quality of self-awareness is usually visited on politicians only upon their retirement. It is with the publication of memoirs and diaries after...
Protecting kids from TV swearing is not Canberra's job
One of the most appealing features of Australian democracy is our enthusiasm for parliamentary committees. Committees are to politicians what Bob...
Free speech means the right to obscene speech, too
The French philosopher Voltaire never actually said the words he is best known for: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death...
Not fascist at all
Shane Cahill's cheap attempt to brand the war-time Institute of Public Affairs as sympathetic to Japanese fascism ('This fascist mob', Overland,...
Who will cut the apron strings of government?
Kevin Rudd's vision for the country is now starting to emerge. It's nothing if not ambitious. He has promised to change our health system, our...
Publications
Liberal and Labor governments can't seem to restrain their spending
The new government has been laying out excellent criteria for public policy, writes Mitch Fifield. But its own policies are failing these stringent tests. On a Brisbane stage in mid-November last year, Kevin Rudd positioned the final nail above...
Building the social convenant around social diversity
Rick Brown reviews The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society by Jonathan Sacks (Continuum, 2007, 272 pages) At ‘the end of history there are no serious ideological competitors left to liberal democracy.' So said Francis Fukuyama in...
Superannuation and MacBank as the zenith of the Australian nation
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...
