Submissions

Draft Terms Of Reference For A Royal Commission Into The Covid-19 Response
12 October 2022

Draft Terms Of Reference For A Royal Commission Into The Covid-19 Response

Letters Patent are a legal instrument issued by the King granting an office, title, or status to a person. The Institute of Public Affairs has drafted this Letters Patent that should be used to appoint a person to conduct a Royal Commission into the causes and consequences of the Australian governmental Covid-19 response. The Letters Patent include the terms of
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Notes For The Opening Statement Delivered To The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
28 September 2022

Notes For The Opening Statement Delivered To The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee

Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. I’d like to set out some broader economic context for the bill and its intent to alleviate the crippling worker shortage facing our nation. Forthcoming research by the Institute of Public Affairs has established the significant economic challenges facing Australia, which this bill seeks to alleviate. New private sector
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Parliamentary Research Brief To The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
23 August 2022

Parliamentary Research Brief To The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee

Australia is facing an unprecedented, country- wide shortage of workers, the effect of which is to reduce business investment, economic growth, and productivity, as well as forgone wages and government revenue. Urgent government action is needed to reduce the shortage of workers, with one promising initiative being to encourage more pensioners to re-enter the workforce by reduce the unfair penalty
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Submission To The Senate Standing Committees On Environment And Communications Inquiry Into The Climate Change Bill 2022 And The Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022
10 August 2022

Submission To The Senate Standing Committees On Environment And Communications Inquiry Into The Climate Change Bill 2022 And The Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022

LABOR NET ZERO BILL TO INVITE ENVRONMENTAL LAWFARE AND CRIPPLE REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Dear Secretariat, The Institute of Public Affairs appreciates the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications inquiry into the Climate Change (2022) Bill and Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022. These Bills seek to legislate, among other matters, a reduction to
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Submission to the Inquiry Into The Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Related Bills
21 December 2021

Submission to the Inquiry Into The Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Related Bills

Freedom of religion is a core Australian value which has enriched the lives of Australians at an individual level and benefited society as a whole. The freedom to hold, express, and act on religious beliefs is an inalienable human right and integral to the dignity of the individual. Religion has also enriched Australian life through the provision of material welfare
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Submission to the Review Of The Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018
29 November 2021

Submission to the Review Of The Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018

Since 1943 the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) ha s undertaken and published research to defend and extend the principles of individual freedom, legal rights, and the rule of law in Australia. The purpose of this letter is to share with the Parliamentary Joint Committee research of the IPA into the operation of the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018
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Submission to the Australian Curriculum Review by the Institute of Public Affairs
12 July 2021

Submission to the Australian Curriculum Review by the Institute of Public Affairs

The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has undertaken and published research and analysis of the Australian Curriculum since the beginning of the development of the Australian Curriculum in 2009. The proposed Australian Curriculum presents a singular ideology which is hostile to all aspects of the Australian way of life in the following ways; it is skewed to the political left,
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Australians Must Not Be Divided By Race
23 March 2021

Australians Must Not Be Divided By Race

The Institute of Public Affairs is committed to undertaking research to defend and extend the Australian way of life and mainstream Australian values. Central to the Australian way of life is the idea that all Australians are equal in the eyes of the law and that every Australian shares an equal voice in the governance of the nation. This letter,
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The COVID Omnibus Bill Would Be The Most Significant Violation Of Human Rights In Australian History
7 October 2020

The COVID Omnibus Bill Would Be The Most Significant Violation Of Human Rights In Australian History

Victorians have been living through a period of social and political restrictions on the Australian way of life that is unprecedented in our history. Since March 2020, Victorians have been required to comply with strict stay at home orders and restrictions on public activities and gatherings. These restrictions have been issued under the State of Emergency declared under the Public Health
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Cross-Curriculum Priorities and the Teaching of History in NSW
6 October 2020

Cross-Curriculum Priorities and the Teaching of History in NSW

The Institute of Public Affairs is committed to undertaking research to promote the importance of Western Civilisation in Australian society. The Foundations of Western Civilisation Program was established in 2011 to defend and extend Australians’ understanding of the influential, historical role of the West in establishing many of the liberties enjoyed by Australians today. A significant focus of the Foundations
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