Gideon Rozner

Gideon Rozner was the Director of Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs. Gideon came to the IPA because of a lifelong interest in personal and economic freedom.

Prior to joining the IPA, Gideon spent several years practicing as a lawyer at one of Australia’s largest commercial law firms, as well as several months as interim general counsel of an ASX-200 company. He has also served as an adviser to ministers in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments, advising on areas as diverse as electoral reform and northern Australian economic development. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Gideon has been published in a number of outlets including The Australian, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Age and The Spectator Australia, and has appeared on Sky News, 2GB, 3AW, ABC TV and Network Ten’s The Project.

A Land Of Official Experts
1 January 2021

A Land Of Official Experts

The year is 2021. Kissing has been banned. Social interactions of any kind are subject to state permission. Daily government announcements inform the citizenry of acceptable travel limits. In some states, an army of enforcers called ‘Authorised Officers’ roam the streets to keep the population in line. A chaotic system of checkpoints, permits and quarantine has been imposed to control
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Law To Protect Academic Freedom Will Prevent Another Peter Ridd Case
28 October 2020

Law To Protect Academic Freedom Will Prevent Another Peter Ridd Case

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the introduction of the Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020 into the House of Representatives, which introduces a definition of academic freedom into legislation in line with the recommendations by former High Court Chief Justice the Hon Robert French AC. “The Federal Court decision upholding the
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A Future Atlas of Dystopia
21 October 2020

A Future Atlas of Dystopia

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Policy, Gideon Rozner. I had heard anti-woke novelist Lionel Shriver interviewed many times, but never read any of her stuff until a book of hers that had been recommended to me finally made its way to the top of my ‘iso’ reading pile.
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Danger Across The Ditch As Incompetent Leader Ardern Wins Office
19 October 2020

Danger Across The Ditch As Incompetent Leader Ardern Wins Office

Nobody skewered Barack Obama during his presidency like legendary comedian Dennis Miller. “It’s not all that dramatic with me and Obama,” Miller once told his audience. “It’s not racist, it’s not classist, it’s not ideological. It’s just that he’s an inept civil servant. He’s the guy at the toll booth who’s constantly giving out the wrong change.” The same could
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Danandrewstan And The Death Of Melbourne, Explained
14 September 2020

Danandrewstan And The Death Of Melbourne, Explained

It was the image that shocked Australia and soon went global. A pregnant woman, handcuffed in her own kitchen, in front of her children, as police officers seized every computer, tablet and cell phone in the house before frog-marching her off to the station. It’s the treatment that Australians are used to seeing meted out to drug traffickers, suspected terrorists
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COVID Dystopia Comes To Melbourne
8 September 2020

COVID Dystopia Comes To Melbourne

It was the image that shocked Australia and soon went global. A pregnant woman, handcuffed in her own kitchen, in front of her children, as police officers seized every computer, tablet and cell phone in the house before frog-marching her off to the station. It’s the treatment that Australians are used to seeing meted out to drug traffickers, suspected terrorists
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Living In Trumpland
3 September 2020

Living In Trumpland

If Donald Trump was looking a bit wobbly in the last few months, he certainly isn’t anymore. Not after the triumph of political communication that was the Republican National Convention last week. It was a slam dunk, a masterpiece – there is no other way to describe it. Political conventions were always going to be a challenge this year. The
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Gideon Rozner Joins Sam Newman’s ‘You Cannot Be Serious’ Podcast
25 August 2020

Gideon Rozner Joins Sam Newman’s ‘You Cannot Be Serious’ Podcast

IPA Director of Policy Gideon Rozner joined Sam Newman’s ‘You Cannot Be Serious’ podcast with Sam Newman and Don Scott to discuss Melbourne’s draconian lockdown, climate change, the Murray-Darling basin, manufacturing, china and his ongoing struggle as a systemically oppressed left-hander. Download the podcast below.
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Andrews Must Not Extend State Of Emergency Powers
24 August 2020

Andrews Must Not Extend State Of Emergency Powers

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has condemned the Andrews Government’s announcement that it intends to extend Victoria’s State of Emergency for 12 months. “The State of Emergency powers must end on the 13th of September,” said Gideon Rozner, Director of Policy at the IPA. “Daniel Andrews has used emergency powers to put Victorians through the most
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IPA Welcomes Review Into University Free Speech Code Implementation
7 August 2020

IPA Welcomes Review Into University Free Speech Code Implementation

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister Dan Tehan that former Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Sally Walker will review the implementation of the of the free speech code devised by former High Court Judge Robert French AC. “The cases of Peter Ridd, Drew Pavlou and UNSW’s latest shameful actions have highlighted without
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