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.
12 December 2019
Government Digital Platforms Response A Major Threat To Free Speech
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has condemned the Morrison Government’s response to the ACCC digital platforms as a disgraceful attack on free speech. “That the same Coalition who rightly thought in 2013 that having a public interest media advocate run the ruler over the media was an attack on free speech, now believes Canberra bureaucrats should
12 December 2019
A Fake Assault On ‘Fake News’: Government’s Intervention Is As Chilling As It Is Insulting
The Morrison government bills its proposed digital platform reforms, announced on Thursday, as “world-leading”. That may be true, in the same way that China’s “Great Firewall” – a tool of authoritarian suppression – was “world-leading” when it began in the 1990s. If that comparison seems dramatic, it is meant to be. The government’s ham-fisted measures have absolutely no place in
2 December 2019
Haunted By The Miserable Ghost
I still think back to that night in mid-May this year: scrutineering in some far-flung warehouse in suburban Melbourne, running down my phone battery to check seat-by-seat results, as it dawned on us that – seemingly against the laws of political gravity – Scott Morrison had pulled it off. Nobody had loathed Morrison’s predecessor more than I had, but even
31 October 2019
Australians Speak Out Against Race In Our Constitution
Several prominent Australians have spoken out against the proposal for an indigenous voice to parliament, in a new video by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Senator James McGrath, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Dr Anthony Dillon, and Lorraine Finlay warned against a constitutional amendment that would divide Australians by race. “I’m a Queensland senator. I don’t want indigenous
31 October 2019
Let’s Be An Open, Modern Society Without Trashing Our Heritage
For a political party that preaches tolerance, the Greens never miss an opportunity to take a whack at Australia’s roughly 12 million Christians. So it was this week, when the NSW Greens took aim at the humble Lord’s Prayer, with a motion to scrap it in the state upper house. For those unfamiliar with the finer points of parliamentary procedure,
6 September 2019
Dr Peter Ridd Wins $1.2 Million In Damages For Unlawful Sacking By JCU For Questioning Climate Science
The Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the decision of the Federal Circuit Court in relation to Dr Peter Ridd’s case against James Cook University. Today, it was announced in the Federal Circuit Court that Dr Ridd will receive $1,219,214.47 in damages following the Court’s decision in April that Dr Ridd was unlawfully sacked. Damages awarded $1.2 million is comprised
5 September 2019
Aunty Complains About A Lack Of Alternative Views? That’s A Bit Rich
Media Watch is everything that is wrong with the ABC, squeezed into 15 insufferable minutes. Smug, elitist and, above all, awash with the misguided idea that commercial media outlets are not to be trusted and that the only place where honest news can be found is in Aunty’s warm, state-sponsored embrace. The program is usually best ignored, but its segment
27 August 2019
Why Won’t The Left Admit: Their War On Alan Jones Is A War On Dissenting Opinion
The woke lynch mob has been busy recently, ramping up their perennial crusade to blackball centre-right voices in the media. For the past fortnight, the target has been their white whale: Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones. Jones came under fire for a spray against Jacinda Ardern which was, effectively, a mangling of the old advice to ‘put a sock in it’.
9 August 2019
As Bad As They Say
This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by Gideon Rozner, IPA’s Director of Policy Yes, Jeremy Corbyn really is that bad. Maybe worse, according to unauthorised biography Dangerous Hero: Corbyn’s Ruthless Plot for Power. Yes, Corbyn is an unreconstructed Stalinist. Yes, he clings to all manner of radical socialist ideas that were discredited decades ago. Yes, he has
19 July 2019
James Cook University Must Give Up Its Appeal In The Ridd Free Speech Case
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today called on James Cook University to immediately rule out an appeal by the University of the decision of the Federal Circuit Court in the Dr Peter Ridd court case on freedom of speech on climate change. It was revealed in hearings today in the Federal Circuit Court in Brisbane
