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Drone Regulations Stifle Business And Innovation With New Technology

Drone Regulations Stifle Business And Innovation With New Technology

Darcy Allen 19 May 2017 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Ipa today,

The Senate committee examining Australian drone regulations has had just one public hearing and is months away from its December reporting date. Nevertheless, last week they wrote to the Minister...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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Integration, Not Segregation Is Best. There’s No Need For Privacy Curtains

Integration, Not Segregation Is Best. There’s No Need For Privacy Curtains

Bella d'Abrera 19 May 2017 Faith and society, Ipa today,

THE decision by Auburn Council in NSW to install ‘privacy’ curtains at a new public swimming pool in Auburn is a disgrace and completely at odds with Australian values. Belgravia Leisure, which...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Opinion
Why Canberra Will Ignore Trump’s Gaffes

Why Canberra Will Ignore Trump’s Gaffes

Andrew Shearer 19 May 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

It’s every intelligence chief’s nightmare – a phone call announcing the unexpected disclosure of highly sensitive secrets. The stakes are high: intelligence methods potentially...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
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Climate Alarmism In C Major

Climate Alarmism In C Major

Morgan Begg 18 May 2017 Hey…what did i miss?, Ipa today,

Dilbert gets it: Not only are Australia’s 5 major banks to be hit with a new $6.2bn tax, which Simon Breheny said “every single one of us is going to have to pay for“, they have...

Criminal Justice
Changes Could Reduce Reoffending For Low-Risk Criminals

Changes Could Reduce Reoffending For Low-Risk Criminals

Andrew Bushnell 16 May 2017 Criminal justice, Ipa today,

The NSW government continues to lead the way on innovative criminal justice policy. Having last year committed $3.8 billion to new and improved prisons, the government is now pivoting to reforms...

Originally appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald
Opinion
Budget 2017: Energy Policy’s Gushing Wounds Won’t Be Fixed With A Mop And Bucket

Budget 2017: Energy Policy’s Gushing Wounds Won’t Be Fixed With A Mop And Bucket

Brett Hogan 12 May 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

If you had a wound that was gushing blood onto the floor and your doctor prescribed a mop and bucket, you’d ask where he got his practicing certificate and why he wasn’t fixing the actual problem...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
No Contest Of Ideas Just A Grubby Fight For Votes

No Contest Of Ideas Just A Grubby Fight For Votes

Simon Breheny 12 May 2017 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

For years, legitimate questions have been raised over what the modern Labor Party stands for. Following the 2017 budget, those same questions now hang over the Liberal Party. In the House of...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Opinion
This Budget Ends The Liberal Age

This Budget Ends The Liberal Age

John Roskam 12 May 2017 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

Maybe it’s time to acknowledge what in recent years has become obvious, and what was confirmed on budget night. A unique period in Australia’s modern history is drawing to a close. For...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Opinion
Best Way To Make Markets More Competitive Lies In Legislating To Cut Red Tape

Best Way To Make Markets More Competitive Lies In Legislating To Cut Red Tape

Morgan Begg 12 May 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Competition is a natural feature of a free market. The idea that the way to increase competition is to strengthen competition laws is naive and misguided. The debate over strengthening section 46...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Research Papers
3 Reasons Why Westpac is Wrong on Coal

3 Reasons Why Westpac is Wrong on Coal

Brett Hogan 11 May 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Westpac’s new Climate Change Action Plan limits new thermal coal lending to existing basins and to projects with an energy content of at least 6,300kCal/kg23. If adopted by all financial...

IPA TODAY
Bank Tax Is An Arbitrary Abuse Of Government Power

Bank Tax Is An Arbitrary Abuse Of Government Power

Daniel Wild 11 May 2017 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

“The bank tax is an unconscionable violation of the Coalition government’s low tax principles. All taxes are paid for by workers, consumers, and shareholders. The bank tax is no...

Hey…What Did I Miss?
Next The NYT Will Ask Hollywood Why Trump Won

Next The NYT Will Ask Hollywood Why Trump Won

Peter Gregory 11 May 2017 Hey…what did i miss?, Ipa today,

Taxes are up, spending is up, debt is growing – as John Roskam said, “this is a Labor budget delivered by a Coalition government“. This graph shows Commonwealth tax will reach...

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New research released today by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has found that the bottom fifth of income earners saw over half a million jobs disappear because of lockdowns...

Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic
Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic

The state government’s attempt to impose a constitutional ban on fracking is an unprecedented attack on democracy. No policy restriction like this exists in the Victorian constitution. Never...

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Government And Little People: The Democratic Divide In Danandrewstan

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