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The Young IPA Podcast
The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 57 with Simon Breheny, Professor Robert Tombs & Tim Andrews

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 57 with Simon Breheny, Professor Robert Tombs & Tim Andrews

James Bolt and Peter Gregory 27 April 2018 Ipa today, The young ipa podcast,

This week James and Pete discuss the Royal Commission into the banks, Kanye West’s big week on Twitter and two free speech cases in Britain. We talk to IPA Policy Director Simon Breheny to get his...

IPA TODAY
Never Forget: We Fought For Freedom

Never Forget: We Fought For Freedom

Bella d'Abrera 26 April 2018 In the news, Ipa today,

The thousands of Australians who enlisted to fight in the First World War did so because they believed that their liberties were under threat. They fought for freedom and democracy. However...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
The New Assault On Anzac Day

The New Assault On Anzac Day

Georgina Downer 25 April 2018 In the news, Ipa today,

For the last few years, there has been a growing annual assault against Australian identity. It starts off in early January, a rude awakening from New Year’s celebrations, and rises to a crescendo...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
In The News
Senate Inquiry into Business Council commitments

Senate Inquiry into Business Council commitments

Simon Breheny and Daniel Wild 24 April 2018 Finance and economics, In the news,

IPA Director of Policy, Simon Breheny, and Research Fellow, Daniel Wild, today appeared before the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the commitments made by the Business Council of Australia...

Submissions
Inquiry into the ‘Commitment to the Senate’ issued by the Business Council of Australia

Inquiry into the ‘Commitment to the Senate’ issued by the Business Council of Australia

Simon Breheny and Daniel Wild 24 April 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Below is an extract from the IPAs submission to the Senate Economics References Committee This Senate Inquiry is highly questionable. It refers to an undertaking made by private companies in...

PUBLICATIONS
Why It Would Be Wrong Not To Cut Company Tax

Why It Would Be Wrong Not To Cut Company Tax

Sinclair Davidson 24 April 2018 Finance and economics, In the news,

Writing in these pages Professor Peter Swan AO has forwarded several arguments against the federal government’s proposed company tax rate changes. While he is a giant of the profession and a...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
The Young IPA Podcast
The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 56 with Andrew Bushnell & Professor Robert Tombs (Part 3)

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 56 with Andrew Bushnell & Professor Robert Tombs (Part 3)

James Bolt and Peter Gregory 20 April 2018 Ipa today, The young ipa podcast,

This week James and Pete talk the anniversary that has the whole nation talking, the latest with Sam Rahim, the hot water than Sean Hannity is in, the ACTU’s call to increase the minimum wage and...

IPA TODAY
Why The Liberal Party Is In So Much Trouble

Why The Liberal Party Is In So Much Trouble

John Roskam 20 April 2018 Ideas and liberty, In the news,

In the 1980s, the Labor Party implemented the Liberal Party’s policies.  Three decades later, policy has come full circle.  Today, the Liberal Party is implementing the Labor Party’s...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
ACTU’s Minimum Wage Hike Would Destroy 115,000 Jobs

ACTU’s Minimum Wage Hike Would Destroy 115,000 Jobs

Matthew Lesh 19 April 2018 Ipa today,

The ACTU’s proposed minimum wage hike would destroy 115,000 jobs, the IPA has calculated based upon modelling developed by economist and Labor MP Andrew Leigh. The ACTU are claiming that their...

Research Papers
Four Problems With GST Redistribution And How To Fix Them

Four Problems With GST Redistribution And How To Fix Them

Morgan Begg 18 April 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Our new research brief discusses Australia’s alarming GST problem. IPA research has found that the states that are responsible for contributing the most to the GST pool – New South Wales...

IPA TODAY
Removal of NT Fracking Ban Good For Australia

Removal of NT Fracking Ban Good For Australia

Daniel Wild 17 April 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

“The decision by the Northern Territory government to lift the ban on the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of onshore gas will create jobs, drive down energy prices, and boost economic...

IPA TODAY
Asking Britain To Apologise For Its Empire Is Lunacy

Asking Britain To Apologise For Its Empire Is Lunacy

Bella d'Abrera 17 April 2018 In the news, Ipa today,

Emily Thornberry’s call for Theresa May to apologise for Britain’s “historic wrongs” has caused bemusement here in Australia and doubtless other Commonwealth countries. What exactly is it that the...

Originally appeared in The Times (UK)
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Trending posts
Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?
Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?

The hypocrisy of Australia’s anti-coal contingent was exemplified this week by Richard Marles, who is the federal Labor Party’s spokesman for Defence. Mr Marles said “the global market for thermal...

The NAB Board Will Pay A Heavy Price
The NAB Board Will Pay A Heavy Price

The story of the resignation from NAB of its chief executive Andrew Thorburn and its chairman Ken Henry after the Hayne royal commission is instructive. It reveals just how hopeless the boards of...

Ep 5: Will We Regret Trump’s National Emergency?
Ep 5: Will We Regret Trump’s National Emergency?

Does the passage of the medivac bill really show the decline of major political parties in Australia (1:40-17:20)? What does the declaration of a national emergency mean for America, and could the...

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 97 with Dave Rubin
The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 97 with Dave Rubin

Why Trump’s national emergency declaration over the wall shows the US President has too much power, why staging your own attack is not a good PR move and why men eating meat is causing...

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Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?
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22 February 2019
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21 February 2019
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