All Australians are equal. Our legal status should not be determined by our skin colour or our race. This clear principle is being undermined by a campaign to divide Australians in our nation’s...
This article by John Lloyd first appeared in the April 2019 edition of the IPA Review. ACTU Secretary Sally McManus told the ALP National Conference on 18 December 2018 that the trade union...
“The Morrison government must not hold a referendum which would ask Australians to divide themselves by race”, said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free market think tank the Institute...
When one hears about the development of the principles of liberty, the story generally begins with the ancient Greeks who invented philosophy and democracy, and then moves on to the Romans with...
15 Policies The Coalition Should Implement But Will Not And 5 Policies They Should Not Implement But Will (Click here to download the full list of policies.) A Statement on Liberal Philosophy...
“Australia is the greatest nation on earth, but our freedoms and way of life must be protected if our prosperity is to endure,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free market think...
Australia’s successful constitution is a combination of a written document and an unwritten parliamentary system based on custom and precedent imported from Britain. This series – first...
“The erosion of the fundamental legal rights of all Australians have accelerated under federal law in 2018,” says Morgan Begg, Research Fellow at free-market think tank the Institute...
The only way to ensure vested interests in the federal government don’t misuse their power is to ensure the federal government doesn’t wield so much power in the first place. The Morrison...
This submission responds to the University of Tasmania’s Draft University Behaviour Policy and Procedure. This submission raises concern that the proposed policy seriously threatens freedom of...
It is time to change laws that are restricting religious liberty, an essential feature of freedom and liberal democracy, argues Morgan Begg. (this article first appeared in the August 2018 edition...
Liberalism in Australia has a proud, much older history than the Liberal Party, writes Zachary Gorman.* There is a common misconception that the liberal movement in Australia essentially began...
There is no right not to be offended. Yet dozens of provisions on the commonwealth statute books make it unlawful or illegal to offend. There is a right to freedom of speech, and each of these...
This article first appeared in the May 2018 edition of the IPA Review. PDF available here. A recent university study found that public satisfaction with our democratic processes and public trust...
“Bill Shorten’s call for a federal corruption commission should be rejected by the government and by anyone that believes in basic legal rights,” said Simon Breheny, Director of Policy at...
This report illustrates the ongoing erosion of legal rights that persists in Australia. This has been measured by an analysis of the content of all legislation passed by the federal parliament in...
This article first appeared in the December 2017 IPA Review. The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed into law by the British parliament in 1900, received royal assent, and...
“Section 18C must be included in any review of religious freedoms,” said Morgan Begg, research fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The Coalition...
