IPA Review Articles

4 September 2023

Alan Joyce will depart from his role as Qantas CEO in November, leaving as his legacy one of the world’s most woke airlines. Given its impeccable political correctness, it is somewhat surprising that after declaring a $1.4 billion half-year profit, the airline declined to return any of the $2.7 billion dollars it received in government subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic. For passengers,

20 December 2022

‘Traditional combat… [is] now accompanied by prolific disinformation and the manipulation of whole communities and societies. What if a lie, told repeatedly, and across many platforms, prompts, inspires or motivates others… to turn a blind eye to atrocities, or worse, become complicit in them?This is no longer a hypothetical.’ – Jacinda Ardern, UN General Assembly, 24 September Maybe Jacinda Ardern

19 April 2021

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15 January 2021

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21 October 2020

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Manager of Online Content and Audio at the IPA, James Bolt. Tired of being blamed for problems you caused? Sick of having to admit to the mistakes you’ve made? Enrol now at the Daniel Andrews School of Avoiding Responsibility. This course uses principles drawn from the

13 August 2020

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Manager of Online Content and Audio at the IPA, James Bolt. With statues of famous figures in history being torn down around the world, I know what many of you are thinking: how can I protect myself from the mob when I’m dead? In life, you

20 December 2019

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Manager of Online Content and Audio at the IPA, James Bolt. I thought I was used to horrifying stories coming out of Canberra, but this month I saw something that’s kept me sleepless ever since. According to the Minerals Council of Australia, more nuclear radiation is emitted

9 August 2019

  This article by James Bolt appeared in the August 2019 IPA Review We live in divided times, but I always thought the one thing that could unite us all was our shared love of dodgeball. It demonstrates all that is life—the ecstasy, the agony, the drama, the tension, the joy and the anger. No matter your station in life, or your political

29 April 2019

Are cyclists human? This question has moved from the lips of SUV drivers to the minds of researchers from Monash University, QUT and the University of Melbourne, who put together their magnum opus, Dehumanization of cyclists predicts self-reported aggressive behaviour toward them. This study, surprisingly the first in its field, sought to find whether drivers who scream “how dare you

1 December 2018

Nothing sets the scene for me in October quite like Halloween. I love nothing more than dressing up, throwing a few decorations around, and getting spooky. Which is why I was so happy to see the local government of Chesapeake, Virginia, get into the spirit by showing kids the spookiest monster of all: government red tape. The government there decided