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Sherry Sufi
There’s Room For Debate
Democracy can only work when citizens are both free and keen to hear arguments and speak their minds, argues IPA Senior Fellow Sherry Sufi. Democracy is central to the Australian way of life. We take for granted that it is the best form of government, even if somewhat apologetically as the ‘least bad’ form of government, as if to indemnify

John Dahlsen
Don’t Bank On Housing
New homes in Australia cost more than they should, and banks have concentrated too much on home loans at the expense of business lending, argues former ANZ director John Dahlsen. The overheated housing market is a deep-seated problem that has existed for some time and unlikely to be solved without fundamental changes. This is a problem for politicians. Any solution

John Kananghinis
Fuel For Thought
Taking advantage of Australia’s huge uranium reserves to generate nuclear power is clearly our best path to prosperity and a better environment, argues communication and marketing expert John Kananghinis. If recent geopolitical events have not caused you to become concerned for future energy security, then you have not been paying attention. Perhaps, not entirely coincidently, the abandonment of the troubled
Book Reviews
Claire Peter-Budge
Ok Boomer, Is That It?
The gap between Boomers and Millennials is as wide as the one between idealism and reality, writes IPA Membership Officer Claire Peter-Budge. Journalist and author Helen Andrews is already interesting as a self-proclaimed conservative in a very woke era, leading from the front in her role as editor of the American Conservative (co-founded by the paleoconservative and former Nixon speechwriter,
Richard Allsop
Time To Try Freedom
David Kemp chronicles how an ascendant utopian socialism dragged Australia down, until believers in freedom regrouped and fought back, writes IPA Senior Fellow Richard Allsop. It is rare to be able to say when a task is 80 per cent complete that it is already a classic, but that is certainly the case with David Kemp’s landmark five-volume historical study