The Magna Carta; The Journey to Australia
The untold story of how a copy of the 1297 Magna Carta made its way from England to Canberra.
Penalising Work – A Historical Account of Penalty Rates in Australia
Penalty rates have been a fixture of Australian industrial relations regimes since the late 1800s. With federation, a series of decisions by various state and federal wage-setting bodies began...
IPA Research Exposes Selfish Union Campaign On Penalty Rates
A new report released today by the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs: Penalising work, a historical account of penalty roles in Australia, examines the history of penalty...
$150 Million For 6 Minutes Of Work – Why Not?
Less than a day after the news that shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors are down 20% on their peak as questions start to mount about the company’s ability to successfully deliver quality products...
Why Should Conservatives Support Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals?
When a few days ago Immigration Minister Peter Dutton urged “rusted on conservatives” to continue supporting the Liberal Party he was giving voice to the hopes of every federal Liberal...
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Laws Should Be Changed To Allow Patients Right To Try Experimental Lifesaving Drugs
HOW far would you go if you were told that you had an incurable cancer and just 12 months to live? I went 12,000 miles to save my life. After being declared terminally ill two years ago, I moved...
Originally appeared in The Herald Sun
Cut Red Tape To Launch Five-Step Recovery Plan
A popular myth is that Australia survived the 2007-08 global financial crisis because our major banks didn’t collapse and a technical recession was never called, but closer inspection reveals...
Originally appeared in The Australian
SA Bank Levy Has Already Caused Harm To The South Australian Economy
A new report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs, has found that the South Australian Bank Levy has already damaged the investment reputation of South Australia, despite not yet...
The South Australian Major Bank Levy: Arbitrary, Unjustified, and Harmful for South Australia And The Rest Of The Country
In the South Australian state budget 2017-18, South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis announced that the state government intended to introduce a South Australian Major Bank Levy, one of two...
Do You Have A Permit For That Water Bottle?
Two convicts in Australia, just six months after the First Fleet landed, taking a ship’s captain to court for their stolen luggage…and winning. Watch our latest short documentary on...
If Only Trump Were Australian
Amongst the recent brouhaha about US President Trump’s late-night tweeting habits, a lot of people missed a major speech he delivered last week on energy policy which included details of a new six...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Volume 2. ‘The Castle’ in 18th Century Australia
Just six months after the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay in 1788, one event in particular demonstrates just how important the concept of the rule of law was to the British founders of...