It’s funny how in such a supposedly egalitarian country as Australia we pay so much deference to public servants. We pay them a lot (much more than their overseas counterparts), we give them a lot...
A Greens-backed bill prohibiting government funding of coal-fired power in Australia would further worsen Australia’s electricity crisis. Government intervention in the energy market has seen...
Australia’s constitutional system cannot function properly with a Governor-General inserting himself into contemporary political debate. If the current Governor-General wishes to do so, then he...
Recent scenes of chaos at the University of Queensland as pro- and anti-Hong Kong freedom demonstrators squared off on campus, and reports that the Chinese-based families of anti-communist...
Australia is becoming increasingly intolerant of speech. From the Australian Rugby Union terminating Israel Folau’s playing contract to the fake controversy about the impending visit of British...
The Institute of Public Affairs is on a unity ticket with Noel Pearson, whether he cares to admit it or not. Like the work of the respected indigenous leader, our work endeavours to help people...
Nearly exactly the same things said about social media today could have been said in the middle of the 15th century about the development of movable type and the printing press. People will use...
Proponents of an indigenous voice to parliament make two key claims: it would be confined only to areas affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and it would not become a third chamber of...
Australian universities have been slow to act against worrying violence and intimidation by pro-Chinese Communist Party students on campus. Unwilling to upset their CCP-dependent business...
All Australians are equal. Our legal status should not be determined by race, ethnicity, gender, or skin colour. Any proposal to divide Australians by race is illiberal, undemocratic, and...
It’s understandable that some of Australia’s biggest companies including BHP, Rio Tinto, Lendlease, Qantas and Woolworths would support the Uluru Statement. Business leaders have a...
The New South Wales government must grant an amnesty to all farmers who are being prosecuted under laws which no longer exist. They are facing huge fines of up to half a million dollars for...
