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IPA Research Exposes Selfish Union Campaign On Penalty Rates

IPA Research Exposes Selfish Union Campaign On Penalty Rates

Evan Mulholland 10 July 2017 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

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?

$150 Million For 6 Minutes Of Work – Why Not?

Brett Hogan 7 July 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

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...

Opinion
Why Should Conservatives Support Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals?

Why Should Conservatives Support Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberals?

John Roskam 7 July 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

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
Opinion
Laws Should Be Changed To Allow Patients Right To Try Experimental Lifesaving Drugs

Laws Should Be Changed To Allow Patients Right To Try Experimental Lifesaving Drugs

Deborah Henderson 7 July 2017 Ipa today, Opinion,

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
Opinion
Cut Red Tape To Launch Five-Step Recovery Plan

Cut Red Tape To Launch Five-Step Recovery Plan

Daniel Wild 7 July 2017 Ipa today, Opinion,

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
Media Releases
SA Bank Levy Has Already Caused Harm To The South Australian Economy

SA Bank Levy Has Already Caused Harm To The South Australian Economy

Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson 7 July 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

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...

Research Papers
The South Australian Major Bank Levy: Arbitrary, Unjustified, and Harmful for South Australia And The Rest Of The Country

The South Australian Major Bank Levy: Arbitrary, Unjustified, and Harmful for South Australia And The Rest Of The Country

Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson 7 July 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

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...

Hey…What Did I Miss?
Do You Have A Permit For That Water Bottle?

Do You Have A Permit For That Water Bottle?

James Bolt 6 July 2017 Hey…what did i miss?, Ipa today,

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...

Opinion
If Only Trump Were Australian

If Only Trump Were Australian

Brett Hogan 5 July 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

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
The Marxist roots of VCE

The Marxist roots of VCE

Bella d'Abrera 4 July 2017 Ipa today,

The truth is finally out. Over twenty -five years after the ALP Government led by John Cain government in Victoria introduced a new two year compulsory Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)...

IPA TV
Volume 2. ‘The Castle’ in 18th Century Australia

Volume 2. ‘The Castle’ in 18th Century Australia

Bella d'Abrera 4 July 2017 Ipa today, Ipa tv,

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...

Media Releases
Liberals Right To Reject Economic Vandalism

Liberals Right To Reject Economic Vandalism

Daniel Wild 3 July 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the call of the South Australian Liberal Party Room to block South Australia’s disastrous bank levy. “This is a bad tax which...

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Hayne Is The Green Harbinger Of More Red Tape
Hayne Is The Green Harbinger Of More Red Tape

Far from being a disinterested arbiter of banking regulation, Kenneth Hayne’s comments about climate change have proven he is just another left-wing representative of the Canberra swamp and the...

Canberra Swamp Needs Draining
Canberra Swamp Needs Draining

Yesterday,  Scott Morrison announced the number of federal government departments would be cut from 18 to 14. Even if the Prime Minister hasn’t quite pulled the plug on the Canberra swamp...

Cutting Red Tape Will Drive Growth
Cutting Red Tape Will Drive Growth

Momentum is building for bi-partisan reform between the Western Australia state Labor government and the federal coalition government to cut red tape and boost economic growth. As reported in...

Academia Rooted
Academia Rooted

The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences continues to be the standard bearer for everything that is desperately wrong with modern academia. In October, the university’s...

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