Competition is a natural feature of a free market. The idea that the way to increase competition is to strengthen competition laws is naive and misguided. The debate over strengthening section 46...
Liberty Victoria’s decision to reward Gillian Triggs with its annual Voltaire Award is a perfect example of the left’s perverse interpretation of freedom of speech. Today, the Victorian “civil...
Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane’s essay “Setting the Record Straight” about Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (LSJ February) perpetuates more misconceptions than it...
Red tape costs the Australian economy at least $176 billion, or 11 per cent of GDP, each year in foregone economic output. Environmental red tape and regulation in particular has grown...
Since 2013, the federal judiciary has been substantially reshaped, with four appointments to the High Court, along with 30 other appointments to other federal courts. In January 2017, for...
ACTU secretary Sally McManus says that the “fair go is under attack from the wealthy and powerful“. She should check out this great chart from RMIT Professor and IPA senior fellow Sinclair...
This article first appeared in the April 2017 edition of the IPA Review and is written by IPA Research Fellows Morgan Begg and Andrew Bushnell. Since 2013, the federal judiciary has been...
Chris Merritt in The Australian today reporting on the ALP’s plan to resurrect the Gillard government’s failed attempt to consolidate federal anti-discrimination laws in 2012: Mr Dreyfus has...
The Turnbull government’s proposed changes to section 18c don’t go all the way, but they’re a pretty good start. Yesterday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney-General...
Australia lost a great champion for freedom on Friday. The IPA’s Simon Breheny was proud to call Bill Leak a friend, and heard the tragic news as he was about to go to air on Sky News: To see why...
From the Wall Street Journal on the extent of the red tape problem in the United States: [President Trump] will need every bit of political skill he can muster if he wants to provide emergency...
Earlier this month Professor Andrew Jakubowitz of the taxpayer-created Cyber Racism and Community Resilience Research Group attempted to debunk a poll commissioned by the IPA showing a plurality...
