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The IPA is a constant presence in the Australian media. IPA staff have been published in every major metropolitan paper. Here is a collection of all op-eds written by IPA staff.
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Hayne Is The Green Harbinger Of More Red Tape

Hayne Is The Green Harbinger Of More Red Tape

Daniel Wild 10 December 2019 Climate change, Government services,

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...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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Canberra Swamp Needs Draining

Canberra Swamp Needs Draining

John Roskam 6 December 2019 Government services, Ipa today,

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...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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Cutting Red Tape Will Drive Growth

Cutting Red Tape Will Drive Growth

Daniel Wild 6 December 2019 Environment and agriculture, Ipa today,

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...

Originally appeared in The West Australian
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Academia Rooted

Academia Rooted

Bella d'Abrera 6 December 2019 Education and skills, Ipa today,

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...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Haunted By The Miserable Ghost

Haunted By The Miserable Ghost

Gideon Rozner 2 December 2019 Climate change, Ideas and liberty,

I still think back to that night in mid-May this year: scrutineering in some far-flung warehouse in suburban Melbourne, running down my phone battery to check seat-by-seat results, as it dawned on...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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More Regulation Is Not The Solution To Westpac Revelations

More Regulation Is Not The Solution To Westpac Revelations

Andrew Bushnell 2 December 2019 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Yet another scandal among Australia’s banks suggests the industry is in dire need of a clean-out. Westpac has committed one of the most startling failures of corporate governance in Australian...

Originally appeared in The Age
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There May Be 1300 Reasons This Law Does Not Work

There May Be 1300 Reasons This Law Does Not Work

Evan Mulholland 29 November 2019 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

There are potentially 1300 smoking guns pointing to evidence that the Attorney­-General’s Department has been using the power of the commonwealth to target conservatives­ in Australia. It is not...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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Christian Porter’s Defamation Reform Would Be A Catastrophic Mistake

Christian Porter’s Defamation Reform Would Be A Catastrophic Mistake

Chris Berg and Aaron Lane 26 November 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Attorney-General Christian Porter wants social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to be legally liable for defamatory comments made by their users. Right now, the common law can distinguish...

Originally appeared in Sydney Morning Herald
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Cut Red Tape, Get In Black

Cut Red Tape, Get In Black

Daniel Wild 26 November 2019 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

If Scott Morrison and his government want to deliver an economic boom, they should follow the highly successful template of President Trump in the US and cut red tape. New research released today...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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The Woke Bank Asleep At The Wheel

The Woke Bank Asleep At The Wheel

John Roskam 22 November 2019 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

The phrase “Go Woke, Go Broke” doesn’t quite apply to Westpac. But it nearly does. Allegations that it breached anti-money-laundering laws 23 million times probably won’t...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
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Taxpayers Fleeced, Betrayed As Unis Ponder Why Christ Born A Man

Taxpayers Fleeced, Betrayed As Unis Ponder Why Christ Born A Man

Bella d'Abrera 20 November 2019 Ipa today, Opinion,

Australian universities are abandoning their role as custodians of Western civilisation in favour of a seemingly endless obsession with identity politics. I wrote recently about the University of...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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IPA Cautions Against Flawed Religious Freedom Laws

IPA Cautions Against Flawed Religious Freedom Laws

John Roskam 15 November 2019 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

The Institute of Public Affairs has today released a new report, Religious Liberty and Its Challenges In Australia Today: A Report into the Federal Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill 2019...

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