Lachlan Clark

Lachlan Clark was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.
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Productivity hammered as 17,000 red tape bureaucrats added making it harder to do business

“Australia’s economic and productivity growth is in the doldrums, and its little...

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Red tape army: 2025-26 budget update

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Six more measures of Australia’s declining living standards

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State Economic Scorecard 2025 – Queensland the Best Performing State, NSW and Victoria Dragging Nation Down

“With the focus on Canberra, the federal budget and the upcoming election,...

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State Economic Scorecard 2025

This research note is the second annual state economic scorecard, whereby the...

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Victoria Is An Economic Basket Case – 129,000 Businesses Shut

“In 2024, more than 350 business shut their doors in Victoria every...

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Private Sector Job Creation Swamped By Explosion Of Post Pandemic Public Sector Jobs

“The explosion in public sector employment is a worrying sign for the...

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Australia’s Public Sector Surge

Public sector jobs make up an increasing share of the total workforce:...

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Lachlan Clark Discussing IPA Red Tape Research TNT Tv – 12 August 2024

On 12 August, Lachlan Clark joined Dean Mackin on TNT TV to...

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Ease Of Doing Business Report

This research is a continuation of the Institute of Public Affairs’ (IPA)...

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Western Australia Leads While Victoria Remains The Worst Place To Do Business

“With economic storm clouds gathering, an entrenched per capita GDP recession, and...

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Unprecedented Power Handed To Federal Environment Department

“Should the federal government’s Nature Positive legislation pass parliament, it will be...

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Nature Positive Legislation To Put Green Tape Over 7,000 Pages

This research note updates previous research published by the Institute of Public...

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Mildura Is Being Held Back By Red Tape

In this article, Lachlan Clark contextualises and disseminates the findings of the...

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Tied In Knots By Red Tape

In this article, Lachlan Clark contextualises and disseminates the findings of the...

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How The Nature Positive Plan Contradicts The Samuel Review of The EPBC Act

The federal government has justified its Nature Positive Plan as a response...

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