Virus Crisis Signals End Of The Road For The ‘Lollipop Economy’
However this crisis ends, the era of Australia’s ‘lollipop economy’ is over. Not in our lifetime will a worker ever again be paid $180,000 a year to stand and hold a…
However this crisis ends, the era of Australia’s ‘lollipop economy’ is over. Not in our lifetime will a worker ever again be paid $180,000 a year to stand and hold a…
Australian universities should not get a cent of any federal government bailout program or stimulus package in the wake of the coronavirus. Over the past decade universities have privatised...
The utter failure of the federal Coalition, after almost seven years in government, to do anything to arrest the left-wing political activism of Australia’s institutions of government and...
Climate change is to Australia what Brexit is to Britain. That’s because, just like on Brexit, perspectives on climate policy are as much about one’s views on the future of…
There are a few responses to all those young graduate lawyers complaining about hard work, long hours and low pay. The first is: “Welcome to the real world.” If they…
Free market has today urged the Federal and State Government’s to set up Special Economic Zones in bushfire affected areas. Businesses in such zones could be exempted from particular...
The best way of getting fire-devastated communities back on their feet would be to create special economic zones exempt from taxes, charges and regulations. In the weeks and months ahead…
Journalists and commentators tend to make politics a lot more complicated than it needs to be. What happened to politics in Australia in 2019 (and after last week’s United Kingdom…
Dear IPA Members “Dr Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t say ‘I have a nightmare’.” That’s a wonderful insight. So obvious and so true. Change comes from optimism and hope, not…
Yesterday, Scott Morrison announced the number of federal government departments would be cut from 18 to 14. Even if the Prime Minister hasn’t quite pulled the plug on the Canberra swamp...
The phrase “Go Woke, Go Broke” doesn’t quite apply to Westpac. But it nearly does. Allegations that it breached anti-money-laundering laws 23 million times probably won’t...
The Institute of Public Affairs has today released a new report, Religious Liberty and Its Challenges In Australia Today: A Report into the Federal Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill 2019...