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It is vital that Australia's education system exposes all sides of the important political issues to young people, and gives them the skills to participate in the modern world. However, many schools and universities are turning their back on free speech, and are indoctrinating children with political dogma. Here you will find our research on restoring freedom to education.

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Costly Clamps On Free Speech

Matthew Lesh 3 July 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Australian university leaders and their supporters have asserted repeatedly that there is no problem with free speech on campuses. The evidence hardly supports this. If there were no problem...

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Wentworth Must Stand

Renee Gorman 28 June 2019 Education and skills, In the news,

At the University of Sydney we can see what happens when students are no longer taught our history. When the halls of higher learning focus more on identity politics and postmodernist ideas of...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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Union’s War On The West

Bella d'Abrera 2 May 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

How threatening to some academics is the idea of a program in Western civilisation being taught on their campuses? Enough that it’s worth going to court over. That’s right: the National Tertiary...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph

IPA TODAY

Shut Up, You White Males

Renee Gorman 30 April 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Earlier this week news broke of a controversial workshop entitled “How privilege manifests in tutorials” run at the University of Melbourne by the Student Union’s Environment Collective. Those...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph

PUBLICATIONS

Can’t Howl This Down: More Must Be Done To Protect Free Speech

Matthew Lesh 24 April 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Former chief justice Robert French’s review into university freedom of speech is a powerful vindication of those who have raised concerns about free speech protection on Australia’s campuses...

Originally appeared in The Australian

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IPA Welcomes Free Speech Review, Time For Universities To Act

Matthew Lesh 9 April 2019 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the Government’s independent review into university freedom of speech undertaken by the Hon Mr Robert French AC, former...

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Trust An Academic To Be So Foolish

Bella d'Abrera 25 March 2019 Education and skills, In the news,

Last month the University of Sydney sacked a lecturer in politics who showed his class a swastika superimposed over the flag of Israel. Last week another University of...

Originally appeared in The Australian

IPA TODAY

Radical Feminism Has No Place In Psychology

Renee Gorman 14 February 2019 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

Australian boys and men seeking help for mental illness may soon find themselves being lectured about toxic masculinity and white privilege. The Australian Psychological Society (APS), Australia’s...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph

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Three Years In An Aussie Re-Education Camp

Bella d'Abrera 9 February 2019 Education and skills, In the news,

The next cohort of prospective undergraduates who plan on studying Australia’s history at university in 2019 should scrutinise the subject descriptions on offer with considerable care. If they are...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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Children Lose Out If Academics Shade Literature With Gender Politics

Bella d'Abrera 8 February 2019 Education and skills, In the news,

The news that academics from Queensland University of Technology are demanding that the selection of texts recommended by the national curriculum should “better reflect the sexual diversity of the...

Originally appeared in The Australian

PUBLICATIONS

Australia Day Discord Devised By Academe

Bella d'Abrera 21 January 2019 Education and skills, In the news,

To understand the self-loathing narrative pushed on us by some Australians about the date of our national day, you need only examine the way Australia’s history is being taught. There is a direct...

Originally appeared in The Australian

IPA TV

Australian History’s Last Stand

Bella d'Abrera 14 January 2019 Education and skills, Ipa today,

In the latest IPA Explainer, the IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera discusses the findings of the latest IPA report ‘Australian History’s Last Stand: An Audit of Australian History...

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Universities Want To Have Their Cake – And Censor It

Matthew Lesh 18 December 2018 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Universities have entered a bargain with the devil. Universities accept significant state direction in exchange for privileges and funding. Universities are a regulated oligopoly. They have a...

Research Papers

Free Speech on Campus Audit 2018

Matthew Lesh 10 December 2018 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)’s Free Speech on Campus Audit 2018 is the third systematic analysis of over 190 policies and actions at Australia’s 42 universities. The Audit...

Media Releases

Free Speech in Decline: IPA Free Speech On Campus Audit 2018

Matthew Lesh 10 December 2018 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Free expression at Australian universities is slipping even further, according to the Institute of Public Affairs’ Free Speech on Campus Audit 2018. The audit analyses over 190 policies and...

IPA TODAY

Literacy And Numeracy Skills Are Declining As Students Are Taught To Be More Politically Active

Bella d'Abrera 5 December 2018 Education and skills, In the news,

Last week, thousands of angry and emotional schoolchildren carrying an array of crudely-made placards bearing messages of varying degrees of originality took to the streets of Sydney to protest...

Education and Skills

The Writing on the Wall

Bella d'Abrera Started 1 December 2018 Education and skills, Government services,

Returning to the true purpose of education can reverse plummeting academic standards, argues the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation Program director Bella d’Abrera. The evidence is in...

Freedom of Speech

Six of the Best

Renee Gorman Started 1 December 2018 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Being a conservative or libertarian at uni can be tough these days, so here are six rules for making the most of student life, from the IPA’s National Manager of Generation Liberty, Renee Gorman...

Education and Skills

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