Peter Gregory

Research Fellow

Peter Gregory is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He focuses on development economics, entrepreneurship in developing countries, free market solutions to poverty and sport. He has also been an author and member of the editorial team for the IPA’s weekly email Hey… What did I miss?

Peter has featured on ABC Radio National as well as various state and community radio stations and his articles have appeared in most major Australian newspapers including The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Courier Mail. He has also had pieces published in major newspapers in South Africa, Cambodia, Uganda and India.

He was the presenter in the IPA’s Free Markets: The Key to Human Flourishing in Cambodia video shot on location in Cambodia.

Peter has presented his work at various conferences around Australia, the United States and at Oxford University. In 2014 he was a member of the Planning Group for the Y20 conference in Sydney – the youth counterpart of that year’s G20 conference.

Prior to joining the IPA Peter worked in the Latin America, Middle East and Asia Team at World Vision Australia and in the Research and Development Team of the Small Enterprise Foundation - a microfinance institution in South Africa.

He joined the IPA after becoming disillusioned with the prevailing poverty alleviation orthodoxy of the development sector.

Peter completed an Honours degree in Political Science at Monash University and is in the final stages of a PhD in development economics at RMIT.

The Young IPA Podcast 200: The Last Episode
23 December 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 200: The Last Episode

It’s the last episode of The Young IPA Podcast and we’re going out with a bang. Premiers rush to shut their borders to NSW despite the outbreak being under control and cause a fresh wave of suffering – why is it constant panic and where is Scott Morrison? The Coate inquiry into Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine gets handed down and it’s
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The Young IPA Podcast 198: Paul Murray
15 December 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 198: Paul Murray

The vaccine hits the UK and the US but Australia still won’t budge its approval date. The Four Corners saga continues to play on which is exactly why the ABC should be privatised and Victoria cancels the Australia Day parade even though 30,000 are allowed at the Boxing Day test. Heroes and villains this week includes cricketer Ben Dunk not
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The Young IPA Podcast 197: What We Learned In 2020
8 December 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 197: What We Learned In 2020

This week the boys talk about the IR changes on the table at the federal level and why you should care, the slow lifting of COVID restrictions around Australia and how the creaking EU bureaucracy is preventing Europeans from accessing COVID vaccines as quickly as the British. Heroes and Villains this week include Walter E. Williams, an LA businesswoman, an
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The Young IPA Podcast 196: James Lindsay
1 December 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 196: James Lindsay

Penguin employees revolt over Jordan Peterson’s latest book, COVIDSafe data ‘incidentally’ collected by intelligence agencies and the Liberal Party’s proposed ban on cash payments is quietly shelved. James and Pete discuss those stories and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Piotr Marklielau, the schoolkids protesting to learn about controversial views, the Denver mayor travelling for Thanksgiving after
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The Young IPA Podcast 194: Is South Australia Locking Down?
17 November 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 194: Is South Australia Locking Down?

South Australia’s new cluster sparks fears of another lockdown and other states immediately close their borders…after 20 cases. James and Pete discuss the fallout from this and a new proposal for the government to track credit card purchases to fight COVID which will never, ever have any downsides. Heroes and Villains this week include the Coalition reforming public sector pay,
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How Leftists Are Gaslighting Australia With Their Murdoch Madness
11 November 2020

How Leftists Are Gaslighting Australia With Their Murdoch Madness

Kevin Rudd’s claim that the Murdoch media is a “cancer on democracy” is gaslighting the Australian people. Last week a Rudd-initiated petition was submitted to the House of Representatives calling for a Royal Commission into “the strength and diversity of Australian news media”. In case anyone was in any doubt over what that meant, Rudd called the Murdoch media a “cancer on democracy” when announcing the petition
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The Young IPA Podcast 193: Joe Biden Is Mostly President & Brendan O’Neill
10 November 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 193: Joe Biden Is Mostly President & Brendan O’Neill

    James and Pete recap all the latest with the US election – including what a Biden administration might be like, is Kamala Harris as far left as people think and how America isn’t actually on fire – and the Four Corners MeToo episode making waves across Australia. Heroes and villains this week are Californians, Joel Fitzgibbon, AOC’s blacklist
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The Young IPA Podcast 192: No One Knows Anything – Recapping US Election
5 November 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 192: No One Knows Anything – Recapping US Election

 [trx_video url=”https://youtu.be/jDGsGrgjcXk” ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”off” top=”inherit” bottom=”inherit” left=”inherit” right=”inherit”]   YUGE show this week with everything you need to need know about the US Presidential election (except of course, who won). Will the Dems steal it? Will Trump lead a coup? Is “Trump is racist” now dead? And if Trump loses, what will Trumpism be like without Trump? (00:00 –
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The Young IPA Podcast 191: Lockdown (Kind Of) Ends & QLD, US Election Preview
27 October 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 191: Lockdown (Kind Of) Ends & QLD, US Election Preview

Victoria is (somewhat) free as the lockdown comes to an end, and the US and Queensland prepare for elections while Israel continues to sign peace deals with Middle Eastern countries. Pete and James discuss those topics and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Nick Cave, Kanye West going on Joe Rogan, Chelsea Handler saying she had to
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The Young IPA Podcast 190: Missing Kiwis & Inside Dan Andrews’ Press Conferences
20 October 2020

The Young IPA Podcast 190: Missing Kiwis & Inside Dan Andrews’ Press Conferences

There are Kiwis on the loose in Australia and fingers are being pointed everywhere. Victoria’s new roadmap continues to leave retail and hospitality out and the Western Australia border closure is under more pressure as the CHO admits to a Parliamentary Inquiry he thinks they should be open. In the US, Big Tech tries to suppress the New York Post’s
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