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Media Releases

The IPA prides itself on its ability to provide instant and research-backed analysis to daily news stories and major events. Here is a collection of the IPA’s media releases.
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IPA: Australia Must Follow United States And Cut Tape

IPA: Australia Must Follow United States And Cut Tape

Daniel Wild 31 January 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

“President Donald Trump announced today that his Administration will significantly reduce red tape on job creating businesses. Australia must implement serious reforms to reduce the $176...

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Free Speech Not A Fringe Issue – Poll

Free Speech Not A Fringe Issue – Poll

Simon Breheny 31 January 2017 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

New opinion poll research shows that 95% of Australians think free speech is important to them with over 57% saying it is “very important”. “Much to the surprise of some members...

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Australia Must Cut More Red Tape On Drones

Australia Must Cut More Red Tape On Drones

Darcy Allen 20 January 2017 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Media releases,

Regulators must continue efforts to cut unnecessary red tape on drone technology – including removing restrictions on flying beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) for commercial operators...

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Business Confidence High But Small Businesses Know There Is More Work To Be Done

Business Confidence High But Small Businesses Know There Is More Work To Be Done

Darcy Allen 18 January 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Today’s Sensis Small Business Index shows that small and medium businesses are more confident about the future than they have been since early 2010. However, the report also shows that small...

Media Releases
Young Australians Full Of Optimism About The Future

Young Australians Full Of Optimism About The Future

Simon Breheny 30 December 2016 Ideas and liberty, Media releases,

The IPA’s “Growing Freedom: Survey of Young Australians” report has identified that young people are overwhelmingly positive about their own future, and also positive about the...

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IPA: Reduce Spending And Government Intervention To Repair Budget

IPA: Reduce Spending And Government Intervention To Repair Budget

Daniel Wild 19 December 2016 Finance and economics, Media releases,

The worsening condition of the Federal Budget is further evidence of the need to re-think the role of the government in Australia, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public...

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Australians Don’t Want Higher Power Bills From Forced Coal Closures

Australians Don’t Want Higher Power Bills From Forced Coal Closures

Brett Hogan 16 December 2016 Energy and resources, Media releases,

Nearly 50% of Australians would disapprove of the closure of coal-fired power plants if electricity prices were to increase by between 4 and 10 per cent the following year, according to a new...

Media Releases
Repeal, Not Reform, Of Section 18C The Only Way Forward For Free Speech: IPA

Repeal, Not Reform, Of Section 18C The Only Way Forward For Free Speech: IPA

Simon Breheny 13 December 2016 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs is calling for the full repeal of section 18C as the only adequate protection for freedom of speech, in a comprehensive submission to the...

Media Releases
Labor’s Books Backdown A Protectionist Throwback

Labor’s Books Backdown A Protectionist Throwback

Evan Mulholland 9 December 2016 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

Parallel Import Restrictions on books are an effective tariff on international trade, similar to the archaic tariffs that were abolished under the Hawke-Keating government. “Labor’s...

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The Punishment Must Fit The Crime, Not The Criminal

The Punishment Must Fit The Crime, Not The Criminal

Andrew Bushnell 6 December 2016 Criminal justice, Media releases,

Today Institute of Public Affairs Research Fellows Andrew Bushnell and Darcy Allen presented at the Senate, Economics References Committee Inquiry into criminal, civil and administrative penalties...

Media Releases
IPA Research Indicates Need For Criminal Justice Reform

IPA Research Indicates Need For Criminal Justice Reform

Andrew Bushnell 2 December 2016 Criminal justice, Media releases,

“Australia’s overuse of prison is failing to keep the community safe from crime by wasting resources that could be better spent elsewhere in the criminal justice system,” said...

Media Releases
Construction Industry Legislation Passage A Great Result

Construction Industry Legislation Passage A Great Result

Brett Hogan 30 November 2016 Media releases, Planning and housing,

The passage through Parliament of a Bill to reconstitute the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is a great result for employers and workers in the construction industry, as...

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There is good reason why former communications minister Richard Alston may have thought the ABC has a high-quality media of record while growing up in the 1940s and 1950s. For the times, it...

Beware The Anti-Trump Tyrants
Beware The Anti-Trump Tyrants

The year recently ended revealed that the authoritarian impulse is never very far from the surface. It may lay dormant for a time but it never goes away. Here in Australia, and indeed around the...

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Banning Donald Trump From Twitter, Facebook Undermines Public Debate

Donald Trump has been banned from Twitter as well as Facebook, TikTok, and Snapchat. This came after a violent mob stormed the United States Capitol last week, desecrating key symbols of the...

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The federal government released on Saturday the interim report on an Indigenous Voice, through its co-design process for what an Indigenous Voice would look like and how it might operate. IPA...

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