“The dramatic increase in incarceration across Australia over the past decade has taken money away from policing and other government services that are vital for community safety,” said Andrew...
The 2019 election result was driven by mainstream Australians rejecting an agenda to fundamentally transform Australia. The government now has an opportunity to build and reinforce institutional...
The futility of attempting to measure the immeasurable is familiar to many government workers. Before coming to the IPA, I had a small role in a Victorian Education Department team implementing...
The growing vibrancy of Sydney and Melbourne will keep underwriting Australia’s growing prosperity well into the 21st century, provided bureaucrats don’t strangle our cities with red tape. So says...
US President Donald Trump’s endorsement of criminal justice reform is a landmark for conserÂvatives. After campaigning as the “law and order candidate”, Trump has been won over by the argument...
“Throwing media executives in jail will increase costs to taxpayers without improving community safety or addressing concerns about violent content being shared on social media platforms,” said...
What do Bill Shorten and Mike from Married At First Sight have in common? They are both gaslighting the entire nation. Gaslighting is when someone tells you a story so contradictory of known facts...
Queenslanders are facing a massive increase in criminal justice costs but without any promise the spending will lead to safer communities. This is the key finding of a new Queensland Productivity...
Earlier this year, two women were convicted of assaulting a paramedic but avoided prison after a judge found there were special circumstances justifying a more lenient punishment. The Victorian...
Three recent books describe a crisis of liberal democracy. But we can’t resolve our problems simply by retreating into localism—we also need a renewed confidence in our civilisation, and a new...
“Australians deserve to have courts they can trust to always apply common sense standards of justice,” said Andrew Bushnell, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. “Giving victims the...
“The decision to grant Ryan Wells bail yesterday is further evidence that Victoria’s criminal justice system is out of touch with community standards,” said Andrew Bushnell, Research Fellow at the...
