IPA Review – Winter 2020

This book review from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Cian Hussey. According to a 2019 election study published by the Australian National University, only 25 per cent of Australians think our government can be trusted. While certainly a low figure, it becomes more alarming when compared to the 1969 result of

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Campus Coordinator, Luca Rossi. At a time when mobs are tearing down statues and peaceful protests give way to destructive looting, the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky’s historic meditation on nihilism and modernity is as relevant as ever. Study.com helpfully defines nihilism as “the belief

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Peter Gregory. One of Renee Gorman’s first acts as National Manager of Generation Liberty was to send members a sticker featuring the famous Ronald Reagan quote: “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave.” Frenzied attacks are being carried

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Tristan Prasser. Filmmaking activist Michael Moore’s most recent documentary, Planet of the Humans, was released earlier this year to a storm of controversy and criticism. The film, directed by Jeff Gibbs and executive produced by Moore, takes aim at the green energy industry—predominately

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Morgan Begg. Australia’s success as a multicultural nation has depended on our commitment to the idea that one law governs the multiplicity of Australians, regardless of their background. Yet in February this year the High Court set out a new and radical position

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by bushfire expert Dr Christine Finlay.* As bushfires peaked in the Australian summer of 2019-20, we heard a lot of the myth of climate change as the prime cause of the flames’ spread and severity. In this article I address climate change but also a second myth,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by UNSW Professor Emeritus of Economics, Wolfgang Kasper. The unprecedented Corona slump of 2020 confronts Australians with massive challenges. Reviving the battered economy has been made more difficult by confrontational acts of Communist China aimed at limiting Australia’s sovereignty. This demonstrates the vulnerability of free economies, which

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by barrister, Stuart Wood. I have known Bill Shorten—distantly—half my life. We went to school and university in Melbourne at the same time and thereafter parallel careers in industrial relations. Mine at the Bar and his in the union movement. He was an obvious star: charming, confident,

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

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by author and former intelligence analyst, Paul Monk. The national security law imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on Hong Kong, as of 1 July 2020, is a red alert. A great deal of geopolitical capital was expended for decades to draw China—on highly favourable terms—into the

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Research, Daniel Wild. As the tide of the pandemic and government-imposed restrictions in Australia has finally begun to recede, it is clear the effect has been anything but even across our society. The private sector—the engine of our prosperity—has suffered a greater negative

This is the editorial from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review by Editor of the IPA Review, Scott Hargreaves.  A Table of Contents can viewed here. IPA Members receive a print edition and online versions of articles are progressively released in the months following publication. To join/subscribe see here. Right from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the IPA