I Hope The French Ambassador Was Being Sarcastic
If Cambridge University had the same free speech policies as Charles Sturt University, where they’ve banned sarcasm, we would never have had Peter Cook, Clive James (contributor to Climate...
If Cambridge University had the same free speech policies as Charles Sturt University, where they’ve banned sarcasm, we would never have had Peter Cook, Clive James (contributor to Climate...
This graph shows how dysfunctional the Australian federation is. In a forthcoming IPA report, Morgan Begg exposes the overreliance of Australia’s states on federal grants compared to other...
This quote from a Department of Industry report on declining annual business entry rates tells you all you need to know about government reports: “I find it quite puzzling… this...
Lost in talk about Donald Trump’s low approval rating is the reality that world leaders across the West have even lower approval ratings: People are tuning out of the political class in general...
When the US left the Paris Climate Accord, Angela Merkel said Germany would stay in to “save the Earth“. That’s a bit rich given America has reduced carbon dioxide emissions more...
“Red tape in Australia has reached a crisis point.” That’s the key finding of IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild’s new report Barriers to Prosperity: Red Tape and the...
The federal government’s rejection of the so-called Indigenous Voice in Parliament is a victory for equality and liberal democracy, as the IPA’s Simon Breheny explained in our new...
Say what you want about this country – but at least ‘prawn-like’ stygofauna gets the protection it deserves! Since 1992 Australia’s federal list of protected species has...
Below are the most used keywords in the titles and subject descriptions of history subjects in Australian universities. If you squint hard enough, you might just be able to see the Enlightenment...
Before Wednesday, the Netherlands hadn’t had a government since their election on 15 March 2017. Let’s see how that worked out for them: They have reduced the government debt ratio to...
If you want to know why 730,000 Australians are unemployed, and why one in five prime-age males don’t work, this is a good place to start: Australia is 110th out of 137 countries for flexibility...
Donald Trump laid out his plan to slash America’s company tax rate to 20% this morning. Meanwhile, Australia still has one of the highest rates in the OECD: The next big 18C case is...