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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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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...

PUBLICATIONS

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...

PUBLICATIONS

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...

PUBLICATIONS

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...

PUBLICATIONS

Britain, Stop Culturally Appropriating Marx

Morgan Begg 10 May 2018 Hey…what did i miss?, Publications,

Okay, this might be a little crazy, but we think we’ve stumbled across a solution to the record debt forecast in Tuesday’s budget: Cut. Spending. Check out what just a 1% cut in...

FIVE IDEAS TO FIX AUSTRALIA

Simon Breheny, Matthew Lesh, Daniel Wild, Morgan Begg and Gideon Rozner Started 10 May 2018 Constitution and law, Dignity of work,

This article first appeared in the May 2018 edition of the IPA Review. PDF available here. A recent university study found that public satisfaction with our democratic processes and public trust...

Keeping the Faith

Morgan Begg and Father James Grant Started 10 May 2018 Book reviews, Faith and society,

Morgan Begg reviews Keeping the Faith: The Battle for Australian Catholicism, by Fr James Grant. (this article first appeared in the May 2018 edition of the IPA Review. A PDF can be downloaded...

PUBLICATIONS

Get Kanye on Q&A

Morgan Begg 26 April 2018 Hey…what did i miss?, Publications,

The most important class difference in Australia is between those who have the dignity of work and those who don’t, as John Roskam explained on Q&A on Monday: If you missed Q&A on...

Research Papers

Four Problems With GST Redistribution And How To Fix Them

Morgan Begg 18 April 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Our new research brief discusses Australia’s alarming GST problem. IPA research has found that the states that are responsible for contributing the most to the GST pool – New South Wales...

Media Releases

Time To End GST Redistribution, 2018 Update

Morgan Begg 12 April 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

New research released by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs reveals how GST equalisation is creating a class of winners and losers among Australian states. IPA Research Fellow...

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