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Morgan Begg

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Morgan Begg is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs.

Morgan joined the IPA in 2014 to advance a major report into The State of Fundamental Legal Rights in Australia, which was referenced extensively in the Australian Law Reform Commission’s seminal “Freedoms Inquiry” released in March 2016. In this time, Morgan has also written a number of opinion articles, IPA Review essays and submissions to parliamentary inquiries, on a variety of topics, and has contributed to a forthcoming major report into the governance of industry superannuation funds.

Morgan’s interests are in preserving constitutional government and the rule of law, and freedom of speech and religion, particularly as they relate to anti-discrimination laws. He became an admirer of the IPA during the debates surrounding the constitutional recognition of local government, the Gillard government’s Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 and the campaign to repeal section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

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The Dangers Of Publishing Research

Morgan Begg 2 August 2018 Hey…what did i miss?, Publications,

Remember when the Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman said in March 2017 that “there’s nothing in policy that would raise the growth rate” above 3%? Guess he wasn’t...

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Sorry Scott, But The GST Fight Isn’t Over

Morgan Begg 19 July 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

It is a safe rule of thumb to assume that whenever a minister or a bureaucrat says “no one will be worse off”, that means everyone will be worse off. For proof of this, consider the so-called GST...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

PUBLICATIONS

Would You Vote May, Corbyn Or The Trump Baby Balloon?

Morgan Begg 12 July 2018 Hey…what did i miss?, Publications,

Does the government care more about energy reliability or emissions? Emissions of course, by a factor of 100-to-1 judging by the proposed National Energy Guarantee: As Daniel Wild explained on The...

Media Releases

States Losing GST Funds Don’t Have A Leg To Stand On

Morgan Begg 4 July 2018 Media releases, Publications,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has noted the release to the media of the Productivity Commission’s recommendations into the GST distribution. “The Productivity...

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Maybe We Should Invest 4 Trillion

Morgan Begg 21 June 2018 Hey…what did i miss?, Publications,

Despite $2 trillion in public and private expenditure over the last decade, wind and solar still account for only 3.6% of total global primary energy consumption (p. 11): This is a lesson Germany...

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Put A Regressive Tax On Eurocrats

Morgan Begg 31 May 2018 Hey…what did i miss?, Publications,

According to The Guardian and the Australia Institute, “Australia has more wealth and income inequality than ever.” AsDaniel Wild noted on Twitter on Tuesday, this is just more fake...

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Renewing State Sovereignty

Morgan Begg Started 23 May 2018 Publications,

To see why the GST needs to be reformed, look no further than the comments made by state leaders during February’s Council of Australian Governments meeting. The Turnbull government’s offer to pay...

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The Citizenship Saga

Morgan Begg Started 23 May 2018 Publications,

One of the more consequential political stories that dominated headlines in 2017 was the prolonged dual citizenship crisis upending the Commonwealth parliament. The complete paralysis that has...

Parliamentary Research Briefs

Why We Must Not Appoint A Commissioner For Racial Division

Morgan Begg 22 May 2018 Ipa today, Parliamentary research briefs,

This IPA Parliamentary Research Brief explains why at the expiry of the current term of the Race Discrimination Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission the federal government should leave the...

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