IPA Review Articles

19 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Executive Director of the IPA, John Roskam. If Ian Harper had been American instead of an Australian, and if he been a professor at the University of Chicago instead of the Melbourne Business School, Economics for Life would have been a hit on The New York Times

19 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by BBC health correspondent, Nick Triggle. Like a bloodied fighter who won’t give in, the government in England keeps slugging away in its battle over reform of the National Health Service. The administration-a coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats-has found itself trading blows with unions, academics and

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by federal member for Mayo and Coalition spokesman on scrutiny of government, Jamie Briggs MP. It is easy to denigrate ‘free trade’ because like democracy, it is not perfect. Developed countries unwisely continue to protect politically-sensitive markets. Developing countries, in too many cases, fail to apply the same

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by freelance writer and advertising creative director, Rowan Dean. There was a time in the late 1980s when there was only one thing worse than admitting you were a conservative at heart. And that was admitting you worked in advertising. Of all the vocations guaranteed to earn you

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by cabinet minister in the Howard government, and Fellow with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, Dr David Kemp. Infringements on freedom of speech are hard to justify, and they should be. The public debate that grows out of freedom of speech is the fundamental social

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Member of Helmet Freedom and a former Investment banker, Luke Turner. Australia is one of only two countries in the world with national all-age mandatory bicycle helmet laws (MHLs). Introduced by state and territory governments under threat of cuts to federal road funding in the early 1990s,

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Research Fellow at the IPA, Richard Allsop. It seems we used to get a lot more infrastructure before we had the word ‘infrastructure’. Indeed, these days we rarely hear the word ‘infrastructure’ without ‘backlog’ following close behind. The word ‘infrastructure’ came into common usage amongst urban planners,

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of Education Standards Institute and author of ‘Australia’s Education Revolution: How Kevin Rudd Won and Lost the Education Wars’, Dr Kevin Donnelly. Australia’s education system is overly bureaucratic and overdue for real reform. As a result of the federal Labor government’s education revolution, teachers and schools

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Researcher at the IPA, Peter Gregory. Over the past two decades, much has been made of so-called ‘market-based’ solutions to extreme poverty. The prevailing view is that poverty alleviation schemes premised upon market forces, such as micro finance, offer additional benefits in comparison to traditional charitable or

17 April 2012

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by journalist with ‘The Australian’, Christian Kerr. If 2011 was Julia Gillard’s year of decision and delivery. 2012 needs to be Tony Abbott’s. Here’s hoping he has more success. The opposition leader needs to decide if he is going to be a populist, political opportunist-or a leader, a genuine alternative prime minister.