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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.
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Why Proposed ‘Reforms’ To Consumer Leases Are Just More Red Tape

Why Proposed ‘Reforms’ To Consumer Leases Are Just More Red Tape

Gideon Rozner 21 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

New research by the Institute of Public Affairs explains why the Turnbull Government’s proposed changes to consumer lease regulation would amount to unnecessary red tape. The rental of household...

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Barriers To Prosperity: Red Tape And The Regulatory State In Australia

Barriers To Prosperity: Red Tape And The Regulatory State In Australia

Daniel Wild 7 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Australia has experienced 26 years of unbroken economic growth. However, this aggregate figure masks stagnant wages growth and a deterioration in the living standards of many in the Australian...

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Reigniting Australia’s Entrepreneurial Flame: Finding The Missing 275,000 Businesses

Reigniting Australia’s Entrepreneurial Flame: Finding The Missing 275,000 Businesses

Matthew Lesh 5 November 2017 Finance and economics, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The Institute of Public Affairs has tracked the state of entrepreneurship in Australia since 2014. This research was developed by Dom Talimanidis, the IPA’s former Ian Mence Fellow for...

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Australia’s Declining Economic Competitiveness

Australia’s Declining Economic Competitiveness

Daniel Wild 30 October 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report ranks the competitiveness of 134 countries. Competitiveness is measured using 114 indicators such as macroeconomic health, the...

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Decentralising The Protection Of Australian Threatened Species

Decentralising The Protection Of Australian Threatened Species

Morgan Begg, Darcy Allen and Daniel Wild 23 October 2017 Environment and agriculture, Ipa today,

With business creation and investment in Australia in precipitous decline, it is critical that all levels of Australian government undertake reforms to reduce red tape to achieve minimum best...

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The Rise Of Identity Politics: An Audit Of History Teaching At Australian Universities In 2017

The Rise Of Identity Politics: An Audit Of History Teaching At Australian Universities In 2017

Bella d'Abrera 17 October 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

This is a systematic review of all 746 history undergraduate courses taught in 2017 at the 35 Australian universities which offer history as a program of study. The main findings of The Rise of...

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Three Reasons The Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 Is Bad Law

Three Reasons The Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 Is Bad Law

Simon Breheny 3 October 2017 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

This IPA Parliamentary Research Brief seeks to explain the problems with this law. Our research demonstrates that the Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 is bad law because it...

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Indigenous Australians And The Criminal Justice System

Indigenous Australians And The Criminal Justice System

Andrew Bushnell 15 September 2017 Criminal justice, Ipa today,

This paper provides an overview of national statistics pertaining to the high level of incarceration of Indigenous Australians and the socioeconomic background to that phenomenon. The paper goes...

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Four Facts about Inequality in Australia

Four Facts about Inequality in Australia

Daniel Wild 31 August 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Our new research brief provides four facts about economic inequality in Australia. Despite the claims, income inequality in Australia is low and decreasing. While wealth inequality has increased...

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The Disappearing Australian Working Man

The Disappearing Australian Working Man

Gideon Rozner 19 August 2017 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

In Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis, American Enterprise Institute fellow Nicholas Eberstadt takes a close look at the rapidly growing cohort of American men who are out of work...

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Australia’s Criminal Justice Costs: An International Comparison

Australia’s Criminal Justice Costs: An International Comparison

Andrew Bushnell 8 August 2017 Criminal justice, Publications,

Incarceration in Australia is growing rapidly. The 2016 adult incarceration rate was 208 per 100,000 adults, up 28 percent from 2006. There are now more than 36,000 prisoners, up 39 percent from a...

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Four Reasons To Reject The Referendum Council Recommendations

Four Reasons To Reject The Referendum Council Recommendations

Simon Breheny 28 July 2017 Constitution and law, Ipa today,

Our new research brief is on the Four Reasons why the Referendum Council’s recommendations for Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be rejected. The...

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