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Evan Mulholland

Director of Communications

Level 2, 410 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 VIC

Evan Mulholland is Director of Communications at the Institute of Public Affairs.

Prior to joining the IPA, Evan has worked for state and federal parliamentarians, most recently was an adviser to Communications Minister Mitch Fifield.

Evan’s opinion pieces and comments have appeared in The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Herald Sun, The Weekly Times, Crikey, The Spectator, The Courier Mail and the Hobart Mercury. He has also appeared as a commentator on Sky News Australia, Network Ten, ABC News Radio and 3AW.

Evan attended Marcellin College, Bulleen before studying a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Drama & Theatre at La Trobe University, where he went on to become President of the Australian Liberal Students Federation.

Evan takes a keen interest in all things theatre, he was President of ARC Theatre Company for several years and currently serves on its board. He is also an avid St Kilda member and cricket fan.

Follow him on Twitter @evmulholland.

RELATED NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

Turnbull’s Act Of Woeful Hypocrisy

Evan Mulholland 4 December 2018 Australian way of life, Ipa today,

It is disappointing that Malcolm Turnbull appears to be taking part in the same headline-grabbing antics for which he has criticised others. When his efforts to get clean air and…

Boondoggling Australia

Daniel Wild, Gideon Rozner, Evan Mulholland, Matthew Lesh and Bella d'Abrera Started 1 August 2018 Uncategorized,

When politicians are tempted by a big vision, fiscal prudence is rarely front of mind. Once there are nine or more digits after the dollar sign, the numbers are so…

Opinion

Fairfax Finally Learning How The Free Market Works

Evan Mulholland 27 July 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

Yesterday Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment announced that they will merge, forming a media organisation worth $4.2 billion. The new organisation will be known as Nine. This merger has...

Originally appeared in Spectator Australia

Red tape Is Strangling Small Business

Evan Mulholland 26 July 2018 Ipa today,

Australian small businesses are being strangled by red tape according to a new report, The decline of small business: How red tape is undermining opportunity, prosperity, and community, released...

Media Releases

South Australia Should Allow Offenders in Community Service To Do Paid Work

Evan Mulholland 25 July 2018 Ipa today, Media releases,

“Offenders in community service in South Australia are not doing all the hours of work that they should be doing to pay back their debts to society,” said Andrew Bushnell,…

Australia’s Red Tape Crisis Book Coverage

Evan Mulholland 31 May 2018 Ipa today,

A new book edited by Dr Chris Berg and Dr Darcy Allen, ‘Australia’s Red Tape Crisis’ was launched today at an Institute of Public Affairs event in Parliament House...

Media Releases

Professor Peter Ridd Sacking Outrageous

Evan Mulholland 19 May 2018 Ipa today, Media releases,

The sacking of Professor Peter Ridd by James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Australia is outrageous and will do irreparable harm to the international reputation of Australia’s...

IPA says repeal laws that threaten religious freedom

Evan Mulholland 5 April 2018 Ipa today,

A Report Into Religious Liberty In Australia: Provided To The Religious Freedom Review Expert Panel, by Institute of Public Affairs Research Fellow, Morgan Begg, was reported by The Australian...

Originally appeared in The Australian

Liberty Victoria’s Fraudulent Free Speech Award

Evan Mulholland 20 March 2018 Ipa today,

IPA Director of Policy, Simon Breheny, commented on this story in The Australian about Human rights group Liberty Victoria awarding Yassmin Abdel-Magied with their 2018 Young Voltaire Award. The...