“Socialism” is how critics have described the proposal of some federal Coalition MPs gathered together as the Monash Forum that the government build, own, and operate a coal-fired...
Tony Abbott made some blunders as prime minister. He raised the top rate of income tax, ruled out curtailing health and education spending, and he walked away from his commitments on freedom of...
Dear IPA Members For my note this week I thought I might do something a little bit different and tell you about the rock concert I went to in Melbourne last night. It wasn’t actually a rock...
When companies get religion on the “social purpose” of business, they are only going to end up looking bad. If business isn’t careful it will go the way of Christianity. Of...
Before Malcolm Turnbull prohibited his ministers from having sexual relations with their staff, there’s a few dozen things he should have banned first. For example, he could have banned...
US founding father John Adams was right when he said “facts are stubborn things”. Individuals in history are stubborn things too. Academic historians at modern-day universities might...
James Cook University is threatening scientific integrity by seeking to censor one of its academic staff members, Professor Peter Ridd, according to John Roskam, the Executive Director of the...
In 2018 policy and politics in Australia will probably be exactly like it was in 2017. Confused, confounding and contradictory. Because the policy positions of the major parties on so many key...
How broad is “broad” is the question confronting the federal Liberal Party. It’s the question the party has been avoiding for the decade since the departure from parliament of...
Friday marks 10 years since the Rudd government was elected. It’s 10 years to the day since Australia last had good government. On 24 November 2007, after portraying himself as “John...
With Christmas fast approaching, here are some books published this year that IPA staff members think would be great presents: John Roskam The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the...
A few days ago, Attorney-General George Brandis got a bit confused. He said that the debate about the citizenship status of politicians was becoming a “witch hunt” and “this is...
