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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.
Research Papers
States Of Emergency: An Analysis Of COVID-19 Petty Restrictions

States Of Emergency: An Analysis Of COVID-19 Petty Restrictions

Morgan Begg 30 April 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Since the World Health Organization’s declaration of the coronavirus as a pandemic-level public health event Australians have been subject to an increasingly arbitrary, inconsistent and petty...

Research Papers
445% Increase In Federal Enviornmental Regulation Since 2000

445% Increase In Federal Enviornmental Regulation Since 2000

Cian Hussey 24 April 2020 Environment and agriculture, Ipa today,

“The Morrison government must slash environmental red tape to boost business investment and job creation in the post-coronavirus economy,” said Cian Hussey, Research Fellow at the Institute of...

Research Papers
Section 487: How Activists Use Red Tape To Stop Development And Jobs (2020 Update)

Section 487: How Activists Use Red Tape To Stop Development And Jobs (2020 Update)

Kurt Wallace 10 March 2020 Climate change, Environment and agriculture,

Legal activism by environmental groups has put $65 billion of investment at risk in Australia by holding major projects up in court for a cumulative total of 10,100 days (28 years) since the year...

Research Papers
More News Is Good News

More News Is Good News

Gideon Rozner 9 March 2020 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Click here to download the report. Notions such as the ‘death of journalism’, the proliferation of ‘fake news’ and the nefarious influence of ‘powerful voices in the media’ have been prominent in...

Media Releases
Coalition Government Trashes Legal Rights

Coalition Government Trashes Legal Rights

Morgan Begg 7 February 2020 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

“The Coalition government is trashing the legal rights of all Australians, creating an unprecedented challenge to individual freedom and human dignity,” said Morgan Begg, Research Fellow with the...

Research Papers
Skewed Priorities – Comparing The Growth Of Prison Spending With Police Spending

Skewed Priorities – Comparing The Growth Of Prison Spending With Police Spending

Andrew Bushnell 19 November 2019 Criminal justice, Ipa today,

Over the past decade, Australia has seen an unsustainable rise in the rate and cost of incarceration. Nationally, the incarceration rate is at an all-time high of 217 per 100,000 adults, and...

Research Papers
Evidence Based Policy Research Project: 20 Case Studies

Evidence Based Policy Research Project: 20 Case Studies

Matthew Lesh 15 November 2019 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

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

Research Papers
Religious Liberty And Its Challenges In Australia Today: A Report Into The Federal Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill 2019

Religious Liberty And Its Challenges In Australia Today: A Report Into The Federal Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill 2019

Morgan Begg and Daniel Wild 15 November 2019 Faith and society, Ipa today,

Religious freedom and its challenges in Australia The freedom to hold a religious conviction and to live a life according to deeply held religious beliefs is a fundamental aspect of the humanity...

Ideas and Liberty
Australian Values And The Enduring Importance Of The Nation-State

Australian Values And The Enduring Importance Of The Nation-State

Daniel Wild, Zachary Gorman and Andrew Bushnell 18 October 2019 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

The preparation of Australian values and the enduring importance of the nation-state is motivated by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee’s Inquiry into nationhood...

Media Releases
Rein In Regulators To Cut Red Tape

Rein In Regulators To Cut Red Tape

Kurt Wallace 11 June 2019 Ipa today, Media releases,

“Unelected regulators are imposing red tape on businesses and the community with little democratic oversight, resulting in significant and irreparable economic damage,” said Kurt Wallace, Research...

Media Releases
244,000 Young Australians Missing The Dignity Of Work Due To Inflexible Industrial Relations

244,000 Young Australians Missing The Dignity Of Work Due To Inflexible Industrial Relations

Kurt Wallace 1 April 2019 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

“Australia’s youth unemployment crisis is worsening as Australia continues to tumble down global international competitiveness rankings”, said Kurt Wallace, Research Fellow with the free market...

PUBLICATIONS
Report Into The Victorian On-Demand Workforce

Report Into The Victorian On-Demand Workforce

John Lloyd 27 March 2019 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

The IPA’s Submission to Inquiry into the Victorian on-demand workforce The Inquiry’s terms of reference are very broad ranging. However, the issue being examined according to the Foreword in...

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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...

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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...

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