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Research Papers

The IPA prides itself on thorough and interesting research. Here you will find the IPA’s history of research papers on topics such as free speech, free market economics and climate change.
Media Releases
University Audit Finds Humanities Riddled With Critical Race Theory And Identity Politics

University Audit Finds Humanities Riddled With Critical Race Theory And Identity Politics

Bella d'Abrera 16 January 2021 Ipa today, Media releases,

A new audit of Australia’s top ten ranked universities reveals that the humanities are no longer concerned with the intellectual and cultural inheritance of Western Civilisation. The audit The...

PUBLICATIONS
Letter to Treasurer

Letter to Treasurer

Evan Mulholland 16 December 2020 Finance and economics, Keeping you in touch,

  Dear Treasurer, As you would be aware the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has long been concerned about issues of freedom of speech in Australia. The IPA strongly supports freedom of the...

PUBLICATIONS
Report: Australian Small And Family-Run Business In Crisis

Report: Australian Small And Family-Run Business In Crisis

Cian Hussey 9 December 2020 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

Research released today by the Institute of Public Affairs outlines how a dramatic re-shaping to the structure of Australia’s economy has largely benefited big corporates and the financial sector...

Research Papers
Evidence Based Policy Research Project: 20 Case Studies

Evidence Based Policy Research Project: 20 Case Studies

Dara Macdonald 20 November 2020 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

Australia’s governments, both state and federal, are failing to undertake best practice policy making. This failure is undermining the quality of public policy and is having a detrimental impact...

Research Papers
Report – Mainstream Australians Smashed As Lockdowns Disfigure Economy

Report – Mainstream Australians Smashed As Lockdowns Disfigure Economy

Cian Hussey 11 October 2020 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Lockdowns implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have permanently disfigured the economy, according to a new report from free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The report...

Research Papers
Medical Capacity: An Alternative To Lockdowns

Medical Capacity: An Alternative To Lockdowns

Daniel Wild and Asher Judah 30 September 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

The best available domestic and international evidence suggests that lockdowns don’t work. They impose significant social, cultural, humanitarian, and economic costs while at best being of...

Research Papers
How Red Tape Stops Business And Job Creation

How Red Tape Stops Business And Job Creation

Cian Hussey 30 August 2020 Ipa today, Publications,

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state governments in Australia implemented social distancing rules and lockdown measures which forced many businesses to close with the effect of...

Media Releases
Red Tape Stops 398,000 New Businesses, 894,000 Jobs, And $26 Billion In Wages

Red Tape Stops 398,000 New Businesses, 894,000 Jobs, And $26 Billion In Wages

Cian Hussey 27 August 2020 Ipa today, Media releases,

Red tape prevented up to 398,000 businesses and 894,400 jobs, paying a total of $26.3 billion in wages, from being created over the past 15 years according to new research released today by the...

Research Papers
Bypassing Democracy: A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight

Bypassing Democracy: A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight

Dara Macdonald and Morgan Begg 30 June 2020 Constitution and law, Government services,

Questioning and challenging the policies and actions of ministers and senior bureaucrats is fundamental to parliament’s role in holding the government to account. While the Commonwealth parliament...

Research Papers
Bypassing Democracy – A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight

Bypassing Democracy – A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight

Morgan Begg and Dara Macdonald 25 June 2020 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

Questioning and challenging the policies and actions of ministers and senior bureaucrats is fundamental to parliament’s role in holding the government to account. While the Commonwealth parliament...

Research Papers
Australians Support Shared Sacrifice

Australians Support Shared Sacrifice

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

In the April edition of this newsletter I wrote about the importance of shared sacrifice between the public and private sectors, and that many in the public sector and quasi-public institutions...

Research Papers
Making the Case for Private Enterprise

Making the Case for Private Enterprise

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Australia will live or die by the success of private enterprise. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 75 per cent of all jobs in Australia are created in the private sector, with the...

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Lockdowns Hit Low-Income Australians Hardest
Lockdowns Hit Low-Income Australians Hardest

New research released today by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has found that the bottom fifth of income earners saw over half a million jobs disappear because of lockdowns...

Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic
Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic

The state government’s attempt to impose a constitutional ban on fracking is an unprecedented attack on democracy. No policy restriction like this exists in the Victorian constitution. Never...

Government And Little People: The Democratic Divide In Danandrewstan
Government And Little People: The Democratic Divide In Danandrewstan

The disconnect between the protected public sector and mainstream Victorians was perfectly encapsulated by the Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance, David Martine, last week...

Spectator Australia TV | CounterCulture Ep 1 | Welcome To The Most ANTI WOKE Show On The Internet
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    Welcome to the BRAVEST, BOLDEST, most ANTI WOKE show on the internet! 💪🏼 📺 | CounterCulture Episode 1 – Spectator Australia TV Are you sick of the woke, luvvie-infested...

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