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Daniel Wild

Director of Research

Level 2, 410 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 VIC

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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Mainstream Australians Support Jobs Over Emissions Cuts

Daniel Wild 15 March 2021 Ipa today, Media releases,

A new poll of 1,015 Australians commissioned by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has found that Australians believe jobs and economic security are more important than...

IPA TODAY

Craig Kelly: Cancel Culture Has Now Come To The Government’s Backbenches

Daniel Wild 24 February 2021 Freedom of speech, Government services,

That Craig Kelly does not believe he can speak “frankly” and “fearlessly” on important public policy matters such as the government’s health response to the coronavirus from the government benches...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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New Green Jobs A Myth: IPA Research

Daniel Wild 16 February 2021 Climate change, Energy and resources,

The renewable energy sector does not provide a realistic alternative to jobs in the agricultural, mining, and manufacturing sectors which would be put at risk by a net zero emissions target...

PUBLICATIONS

Net Zero Jobs By 2050?

Daniel Wild 10 February 2021 Climate change, Finance and economics,

Australian farmers will hardly sleep easy with the assurance of the President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Michele O’Neil that ‘agriculture has more to gain from transition [to low...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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653,600 Jobs At Risk From Net Zero Emissions Target: IPA Report

Daniel Wild and Cian Hussey 10 February 2021 Climate change, Energy and resources,

Coal miners, farmers, and steel and iron workers hold the majority of the 653,600 jobs which could be destroyed by the adoption of a net zero emissions target in Australia, according to new...

IPA TODAY

The Fair Go – Going, Gone: The Decline Of The Australian Way Of Life, 2000 to 2020

Cian Hussey, Kurt Wallace, Andrew Bushnell and Daniel Wild 25 January 2021 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

Key findings : The quality of the Australian way of life is collapsing. The Australian Way of Life Scoreboard, which measures the quality of the Australian way of life, has declined by 28.5%...

Constitution and Law

Ideals Carved In Stone

Daniel Wild Started 15 January 2021 Constitution and law, Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Research, Daniel Wild. In his famous speech at Mount Rushmore for Fourth of July celebrations this year...

PUBLICATIONS

Legislated Voice Will Divide Australians By Race

Daniel Wild 12 January 2021 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

The federal government released on Saturday the interim report on an Indigenous Voice, through its co-design process for what an Indigenous Voice would look like and how it might operate. IPA...

PUBLICATIONS

Labor Would Keep Us Handcuffed To The Paris Climate Deal

Daniel Wild 12 November 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Opposition legal affairs spokesman Mark Dreyfus’s comment yesterday that Joel Fitzgibbon’s opinions on climate change represented the views of “only a handful” of people within the Labor Party is...

Originally appeared in The Australian

IPA TODAY

New Research Proposes Models For A Queensland Upper House

Daniel Wild and Morgan Begg 23 October 2020 Ipa today, Media releases,

A new research report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs argues an upper house should be re-introduced into Queensland’s parliament because it will lead to more accountability...

Constitution and Law

High & Mighty

Daniel Wild Started 21 October 2020 Constitution and law, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Research, Daniel Wild. The Western world is regressing to a form of feudalism similar to that which...

PUBLICATIONS

Daniel Andrews’ Lockdowns Create Two Victorias

Daniel Wild 14 October 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

A new poll of 1,042 Victorians commissioned by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs demonstrates that the lockdown measures implemented by the Andrews government has created two...

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