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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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Malcolm Turnbull’s Thoroughly Liberal Blasphemies

Malcolm Turnbull’s Thoroughly Liberal Blasphemies

John Roskam 15 September 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

What’s been obvious to anyone outside the Canberra bubble for the last six months might finally have dawned upon Malcolm Turnbull and his ministers. The Coalition can win the next federal...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
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Not Really Fit For Purpose: The Bureau Of Meteorology

Not Really Fit For Purpose: The Bureau Of Meteorology

Jennifer Marohasy 11 September 2017 Climate change, Ipa today,

He studied chemistry at Imperial College, London, has 10 degrees, including a law degree, and has published more than 100 scientific papers. I’m referring to my husband, John Abbot. He is also a...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Lack Of Same Sex Protection

Lack Of Same Sex Protection

Morgan Begg 2 September 2017 Constitution and law, Faith and society,

The (thankfully) former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs suggested recently that the same-sex marriage debate was taking place in a ‘post-truth’ climate and...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Why Politicians Are Going Nowhere

Why Politicians Are Going Nowhere

John Roskam 1 September 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The refusal to celebrate Australia Day by a handful out of the more than 500 local councils around the country represents more than just another example of “political...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
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Teachers As Activists

Teachers As Activists

Bella d'Abrera 29 August 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Earlier this month, parents at Forestville Public School in the Northern beaches were invited to watch their children perform in a play entitled ‘Australia –You’re Standing in It’. Much of the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
Australia Can’t Be Silent Amid The Misery Of Venezuela

Australia Can’t Be Silent Amid The Misery Of Venezuela

Matthew Lesh 29 August 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

Venezuela is a failing socialist state. The economy is 40 per cent smaller than a few years ago. Nine in 10 households are unable to ­afford enough food. Infant mortality has risen 30 per cent...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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Simon Breheny: Daniel Andrews’ Inflated Power Bills Will Punish The Poor

Simon Breheny: Daniel Andrews’ Inflated Power Bills Will Punish The Poor

Simon Breheny 24 August 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Premier Daniel Andrews’ claim that he can bring down power prices by increasing red tape is hogwash. The more regulation government imposes on the energy market, the higher your bills will be...

Originally appeared in The Herald Sun
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Big Data Finds The Medieval Warm Period – No Denial Here

Big Data Finds The Medieval Warm Period – No Denial Here

Jennifer Marohasy 22 August 2017 Climate change, Ipa today,

According to author Leo Tolstoy, born at the very end of the Little Ice Age, in quite a cold country: The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
The Freedom Conundrum

The Freedom Conundrum

Matthew Lesh 19 August 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Recently I attended the Centre for Policy Studies’ Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security 2017 at the august Guildhall in the heart of the City of London. The theme of the day was threats to the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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With Little Thought To Consequences, Gay Marriage Could Reduce Freedom

With Little Thought To Consequences, Gay Marriage Could Reduce Freedom

John Roskam 18 August 2017 Constitution and law, Ideas and liberty,

After this country’s politicians eventually work out who is and isn’t entitled to sit in Parliament, hopefully they’ll turn their attention back to more important things –...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Opinion
Blockchain Offers An Innovative Solution To The Brexit Customs Puzzle

Blockchain Offers An Innovative Solution To The Brexit Customs Puzzle

Matthew Lesh 17 August 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

This week the government released a new paper calling for the “freest and most frictionless trade possible” with the EU. Ideally, Britain wants no customs border, which, the paper admits, would be...

Originally appeared in BrexitCentral
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Resilient Alliance With Us Underwrites Our Strength

Resilient Alliance With Us Underwrites Our Strength

Andrew Shearer 15 August 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

For all the furore it generated, the prickly phone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull was a blip in Australia’s alliance relations with the US. In the mid-1950s Canberra and Washington...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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The ABC No Longer Has A Purpose, Except Pleasing Itself
The ABC No Longer Has A Purpose, Except Pleasing Itself

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...

Banning Donald Trump From Twitter, Facebook Undermines Public Debate
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...

Legislated Voice Will Divide Australians By Race
Legislated Voice Will Divide Australians By Race

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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