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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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Coronavirus: Shift To Virtual Courtrooms Leaves Justice System Ailing

Coronavirus: Shift To Virtual Courtrooms Leaves Justice System Ailing

Dara Macdonald 25 November 2020 Constitution and law, Criminal justice,

The coronavirus restrictions passed in 2020 requiring courts to go virtual is an under-appreciated but serious threat to the traditions that have been built up over centuries to protect our...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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Why The Liberals Need A Better Labor Than The One They’ve Got

Why The Liberals Need A Better Labor Than The One They’ve Got

John Roskam 20 November 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

It was 13 years ago last week Kevin Rudd as the then-Labor opposition leader announced ‘This sort of reckless spending must stop’. He said it at the launch of the ALP campaign for the...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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Quarantine Diary

Quarantine Diary

Bella d'Abrera 19 November 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

I am now halfway into my 14-day internment in the Howard Springs Quarantine Facility, located in the Top End, a mere 25km from Darwin. The complex, complete with pool, theatre, tavern, and tennis...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Sorry, ABC, We Can See Your Bias

Sorry, ABC, We Can See Your Bias

Evan Mulholland 19 November 2020 Ipa today, Opinion,

It is revealing that in attempting to demonstrate that the ABC is not biased against the views of mainstream Australians, ABC board member Joseph Gersh, writing in The Australian on Tuesday, used...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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Their ABC Must Be Worried

Their ABC Must Be Worried

Sinclair Davidson 17 November 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Joe Gersh – ABC board member – has an op-ed in The Australian this morning. Chris Kenny has been a vigorous critic of the ABC while previously “resisting calls for its privatisation or abolition”...

Originally appeared in Catallaxy Files
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Will The Australian Way Of Life Be A Long-Term Coronavirus Victim?

Will The Australian Way Of Life Be A Long-Term Coronavirus Victim?

Cian Hussey 13 November 2020 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

COVID-19 has consumed the public’s attention for almost six months, but the economic crisis caused by devastating lockdowns has started to shed light on a nefarious threat to the Australian way of...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Labor Would Keep Us Handcuffed To The Paris Climate Deal

Labor Would Keep Us Handcuffed To The Paris Climate Deal

Daniel Wild 12 November 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Opposition legal affairs spokesman Mark Dreyfus’s comment yesterday that Joel Fitzgibbon’s opinions on climate change represented the views of “only a handful” of people within the Labor Party is...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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How Leftists Are Gaslighting Australia With Their Murdoch Madness

How Leftists Are Gaslighting Australia With Their Murdoch Madness

Peter Gregory 11 November 2020 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Kevin Rudd’s claim that the Murdoch media is a “cancer on democracy” is gaslighting the Australian people. Last week a Rudd-initiated petition was submitted to the House of Representatives calling...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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America Is Losing Its Wall Against The Authoritarians

America Is Losing Its Wall Against The Authoritarians

John Roskam 6 November 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

A few days ago Alexander Downer wrote on these pages that if he were American he would have voted for Donald Trump – but through gritted teeth. My view is different from Downer. I would have voted...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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Bloated Super Sector Sucking Up Workers’ Wealth

Bloated Super Sector Sucking Up Workers’ Wealth

Cian Hussey 5 November 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

The Morrison government has a key decision to make before the end of this financial year: does it stand with mainstream Australians who have suffered through the lockdown-induced recession, or...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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A Warning From Australia: Boris Johnson’s Cure Is Worse Than The Disease

A Warning From Australia: Boris Johnson’s Cure Is Worse Than The Disease

James Bolt 2 November 2020 Ipa today, Keeping you in touch,

Victoria has become famous for using lockdowns to ‘defeat coronavirus.’ Dr Anthony Fauci mentioned Australia as a country that did “quite well”. We haven’t defeated the virus. The virus is at bay...

Originally appeared in The Telegraph
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We Need To Put Corruption Watchdogs On Short Leash

We Need To Put Corruption Watchdogs On Short Leash

Morgan Begg 30 October 2020 Constitution and law, Ideas and liberty,

Labor’s push for a so-called federal anti-corruption body would be an undemocratic and illiberal forum for legalised defamation to be weaponised against political opponents. The most recent call...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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