It’s almost budget time. That means that every rent-seeker in the country is off to Canberra with their begging bowl: Please Mr Morrison can we have some more? To be fair to Morrison there are an...
From the sandstones to the concrete monstrosities, Australia’s university students are returning to lecture halls and classrooms in coming weeks. This provides an opportune time to ask: are our...
In the last few months, the concept of ‘Western Civilisation’ has received significant coverage in the Australian press. In the aftermath of the announcement that healthcare and media entrepreneur...
Our universities are restricting speech like never before in a misguided attempt to protect students’ feelings Australia’s universities are becoming increasingly hostile to...
Australia’s universities are failing to protect free speech on campus. The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)’s Free Speech on Campus Audit 2017 is a systematic analysis of over 165...
Australian universities are hostile to free speech on campus, according to the Institute of Public Affairs’ Free Speech on Campus Audit 2017 authored by IPA research fellow Matthew Lesh. The Audit...
At the end of last week, the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English convened in Melbourne for its annual conference entitled ‘’Now, Gods, Stand Up for Bastards!” which is a direct quote...
Western Civilisation is being neglected in Australian history courses. But there is hope for the future, writes Dr Bella d’Abrera. As part of its Foundations of Western Civilisation Program...
In 440 BC, the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus broke with tradition by collecting primary sources and then systematically and critically arranging them into a narrative. In doing so, he...
On the IPA’s latest report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities “Personally I think [these subjects] don’t belong in history faculties. They are...
The IPA’s report, The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017, written by Bella d’Abrera, has received a strong reaction since its release last...
The history and substance of Western civilisation that are essential to understanding our present and shaping our future are not being taught to history undergraduates. Instead, the focus of a...
History undergraduates are not being taught about the history and substance of Western Civilisation, according to a new Institute of Public Affairs report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit...
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...
The IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera joined The Young IPA Podcast to discuss her recent article in the Daily Telegraph on the University of Sydney’s ‘Unlearn Campaign’. Here’s what she had to say: “They...
Australia’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher education, the University of Sydney, has reached an all- time low. In a remarkable act of institutional suicide, the university...
Academic freedom is increasingly under threat on Australian campuses, and widespread speech codes leave universities unprepared to combat the danger. The latest threat comes from a new source...
Earlier this month, parents at Forestville Public School in the Northern beaches were invited to watch their children perform in a play entitled ‘Australia –You’re Standing in It’. Much of the...
