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Daniel Wild

Director of Research

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Daniel Wild is the Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. He specialises in red tape, regulation, economic policy, the philosophy of free enterprise, and criminal justice. Daniel has authored research papers on economic policy, environmental regulation, and criminal justice reform.

Daniel frequently appears in the media, and has published a number of opinion pieces in The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Courier Mail, and The Spectator. Daniel has also made a number of radio and television appearances, including on 2GB, 3AW, Sky News, and Channel 7 News.

Daniel previously worked at the Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet where he analysed global and domestic macroeconomic policy. Prior to that he worked at the Commonwealth Department of Finance where he worked on regulatory reform.

Daniel holds an honours qualification in economics and a degree in international studies from the University of Adelaide.

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IPA Welcomes Red Tape Reduction Vision

Daniel Wild 12 September 2019 Ipa today, Media releases,

“Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Ben Morton has today outlined an ambitious economic reform agenda based on cutting red tape and supporting small businesses across Australia”, said Daniel...

PUBLICATIONS

No Call To Heed A Divisive Voice

Daniel Wild 23 August 2019 Constitution and law, In the news,

Localism, property rights and regional economic development will help improve the lives of indigenous Australians more than another Canberra-based body. In his delivery of the 19th Annual Vincent...

Originally appeared in The Australian

Media Releases

IPA Brings World Leading Red Tape Reduction Approach To Australia

Daniel Wild and Jason Potts 14 August 2019 Ipa today, Media releases,

A new way of measuring and cutting red tape with demonstrated success in the United States and Canada is being promoted in Australia by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. A...

PUBLICATIONS

IPA Calls For Constructive And Respectful Debate On The Voice

Daniel Wild 5 August 2019 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

The Institute of Public Affairs has expressed disappointment in Noel Pearson’s comments about the IPA and has called for constructive and respectful dialogue in the debate about the voice. At the...

IPA TODAY

Lift Your Game

Daniel Wild Started 5 August 2019 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Reviving wage growth requires supply-side measures including economic liberalisation. (This article first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). The collapse to the supply-side of...

PUBLICATIONS

Indigenous Voice Of Division Would Force Parliament’s Hand

Daniel Wild 2 August 2019 Constitution and law, In the news,

Proponents of an indigenous voice to parliament make two key claims: it would be confined only to areas affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and it would not become a third chamber of...

Originally appeared in The Australian

In The News

Time To Voice Concerns

Daniel Wild 26 July 2019 In the news, Ipa today,

All Australians are equal. Our legal status should not be determined by race, ethnicity, gender, or skin colour. Any proposal to divide Australians by race is illiberal, undemocratic, and...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph

PUBLICATIONS

Prime Minister Right To Reject Divisive ‘Voice’ Referendum

Daniel Wild 12 July 2019 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

“Reports that Prime Minister Scott Morrison would veto a divisive indigenous-only ‘voice to parliament’ represents a win for the principle that all Australians are equal,”...

PUBLICATIONS

Race Has No Place In The Constitution

Daniel Wild and Morgan Begg 10 July 2019 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

“The Morrison Government should commit to working with all Australians – and reverse its misconceived plans to divide Australians by race”, said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free...

PUBLICATIONS

Red Tape Reduction A Way To Prosperity

Daniel Wild 8 July 2019 In the news, Ipa today,

Australia is starting to see bi-partisan economic leadership, with both the federal Coalition government and the WA state Labor government cutting red tape and taxes to unleash prosperity, as...

Originally appeared in The West Australian

IPA TODAY

Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America

Scott Hargreaves and Daniel Wild 30 June 2019 Ipa today, Red tape,

This is the introduction to the IPA report, Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America, which can be downloaded here. There are many ways to measure red tape, from the “paperwork...

PUBLICATIONS

Cut Red Tape And Keep Investment In The Black

Daniel Wild 25 June 2019 Finance and economics, In the news,

Scott Morrison’s vision to cut red tape will allow more Australians to reach their potential and for the Australian economy to flourish. In an address to the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of...

Originally appeared in The Australian

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