As the editor of the last book — and the next — in the Institute of Public Affairs’ Climate Change: The Facts series I spend a lot of time pondering the nature of ‘facts’. A fact is something...
The Government’s proposed restrictions on the use of cash bill which would ban cash payments over $10,000 is a disproportionate and ineffective way of tackling the illegal activity of the ‘black...
“Stronger incentives for rehabilitation can improve private prisons and lead to reduced reoffending, less crime, and lower costs for taxpayers,” said Andrew Bushnell, Research Fellow at the free...
Australia has a red tape crisis. And it’s the red tape you can’t see that’s making the problem worse. Kurt Wallace’s new report exposes Regulatory Dark Matter in...
In nineteenth-century Australia, the early colonists had to decide what sort of institutions they were going to choose, if they going to be a protectionist or free trade set of colonies, if they...
A Greens-led bill to prohibit government funding of coal-fired power in Australia has been slammed as a reckless ideological tactic, which would cause significant and irreparable economic damage...
Fundamental to the scientific method is the assumption that reality exists independently of our belief systems; that there is such a thing as evidence, and that it matters. There seems to be...
Trust the perennially sanctimonious Kerryn Phelps to capture in a couple of sentences why the Israel Folau saga has resonated with so many. The one-time MP took to Twitter on Tuesday to share her...
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...
Britain’s reaction to Russia’s aggression on its soil is tough and right. This is the type of response we should expect from a post-Brexit Britain, which is not bound by the lowest...
There is a freedom of religion problem in Australia because there is a freedom of speech problem. The Coalition government has failed to refute the notion that freedom of speech is a positive...
Australia has a red tape crisis. And it’s the red tape you can’t see that’s making the problem worse. Kurt Wallace’s new report exposes Regulatory Dark Matter in...
If there were fewer poor people on the roads, rich people could get to work more easily and everyone would be better off. This, in a nutshell, is the argument for the congestion tax, a charge on...
Australia has a red tape crisis. And it’s the red tape you can’t see that’s making the problem worse. Kurt Wallace’s new report exposes Regulatory Dark Matter in...
Nearly exactly the same things said about social media today could have been said in the middle of the 15th century about the development of movable type and the printing press. People will use...
The 2019 election result was driven by mainstream Australians rejecting an agenda to fundamentally transform Australia. The government now has an opportunity to build and reinforce institutional...
Australia has a red tape crisis. And it’s the red tape you can’t see that’s making the problem worse. Kurt Wallace’s new report exposes Regulatory Dark Matter in...
This is an excerpt from the IPA’s publication The 100 Great Books of Liberty on The Western Canon: The Books and Schools of the Ages by Harold Bloom. Canon: In relation to literature, this...
