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Energy and Resources

Access to reliable and affordable energy for the Australian public should be the goal of any energy policy. Here you will find the IPA's work on energy and privatisation.
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Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?

Why Won’t Australia’s Ruling Elite Acknowledge The Benefits Of Coal?

Daniel Wild 22 February 2019 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

The hypocrisy of Australia’s anti-coal contingent was exemplified this week by Richard Marles, who is the federal Labor Party’s spokesman for Defence. Mr Marles said “the global market for thermal...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Opinion
Businesses And Workers Pay A High Price For Zero Emissions Targets

Businesses And Workers Pay A High Price For Zero Emissions Targets

Evan Mulholland 20 December 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Don Harwin is to be credited for his role as the state’s Minister for Energy and Utilities. But his recent suggestions for the future of energy and climate policy in Australia are misguided. This...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Book Reviews
What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World

Richard Conrad Started 1 December 2018 Book reviews, Energy and resources,

Hans Rosling’s posthumous book Factfulness proves Louis Armstrong and Paul McCartney were right: it’s a wonderful world and getting better all the time, writes reformed pessimist Richard Conrad...

IPA TODAY
Right Climate for Nuclear Power

Right Climate for Nuclear Power

Ben Heard Started 8 November 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

Whatever your take on climate change, nuclear power is the safest option for averting Australia’s looming energy crisis, argues Bright New World Founder Dr Ben Heard. Once upon a time, Australia...

Parliamentary Research Briefs
Ten Points About The Paris Climate Agreement

Ten Points About The Paris Climate Agreement

Daniel Wild and Morgan Begg 26 October 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

Our new research brief provides ten points about the Paris Climate Agreement. The binding international emissions reduction obligations imposed on Australia by the Paris Climate Agreement will...

PUBLICATIONS
Scott Morrison’s Politics Must Have Some Policy

Scott Morrison’s Politics Must Have Some Policy

John Roskam 7 September 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

“Dare to be different” is an advertising slogan employed in some form or another by companies like Honda to sell cars and Apple to sell computers, and by practically anyone who’s...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
PUBLICATIONS
ScoMo, Scrap Snowy 2.0

ScoMo, Scrap Snowy 2.0

Daniel Wild 6 September 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Only politicians could think it’s a good idea to spend billions of dollars pumping water uphill to generate electricity in a land with enough coal to last 1,000 years. Yet that is exactly what the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Blaming Jeff For Our Energy Mess Is A Joke

Blaming Jeff For Our Energy Mess Is A Joke

Gideon Rozner 3 September 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Blaming your problems on the previous government is poor form. But blaming your problems on something that another government did over 25 years ago is, to put it politely, taking the mickey. Yet...

Originally appeared in Herald Sun
PUBLICATIONS
Australia Must Withdraw From Paris

Australia Must Withdraw From Paris

Daniel Wild 30 August 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

“The Morrison Government must put Australians ahead of European bureaucrats and withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement”, said Daniel Wild, Research Fellow at the free market think tank the...

Energy and Resources
Boondoggling Australia

Boondoggling Australia

Daniel Wild, Gideon Rozner, Evan Mulholland, Matthew Lesh and Bella d'Abrera Started 1 August 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

When politicians are tempted by a big vision, fiscal prudence is rarely front of mind. Once there are nine or more digits after the dollar sign, the numbers are so ridiculously large that...

Media Releases
Government Should Dump The NEG

Government Should Dump The NEG

Daniel Wild 20 July 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

“The National Energy Guarantee (NEG) will impose substantial and irreparable economic damage without delivering a discernible environmental benefit. It is not in Australia’s national interest and...

Lighting Up Australia’s Energy Future

Lighting Up Australia’s Energy Future

Daniel Wild Started 18 July 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

This article was first published in the December 2017 IPA Review. Australia has some of the most plentiful energy resources in the world. The last two decades, however, have paradoxically seen...

IPA TODAY
Power Policy Prioritises Expensive Green Goals

Power Policy Prioritises Expensive Green Goals

Daniel Wild 26 June 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

The key lesson of recent wrangling over energy policy is this: if it sounds like a tax and looks like a tax, then it probably is a tax. The National Energy Guarantee (NEG) is the government’s...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
IPA TODAY
Removal of NT Fracking Ban Good For Australia

Removal of NT Fracking Ban Good For Australia

Daniel Wild 17 April 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

“The decision by the Northern Territory government to lift the ban on the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of onshore gas will create jobs, drive down energy prices, and boost economic...

Opinion
Socialist Conceit Not Limited To Coal

Socialist Conceit Not Limited To Coal

John Roskam 6 April 2018 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

“Socialism” is how critics have described the proposal of some federal Coalition MPs gathered together as the Monash Forum that the government build, own, and operate a coal-fired...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
IPA TODAY
Australia’s Energy Future

Australia’s Energy Future

Daniel Wild Started 23 December 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Australia has some of the most plentiful energy resources in the world. The last two decades, however, have paradoxically seen high and rising energy prices. In just the past decade, Australian...

Opinion
Failure Atop Failure: Turnbull’s NEG

Failure Atop Failure: Turnbull’s NEG

Daniel Wild 13 November 2017 Climate change, Energy and resources,

The government’s National Energy Guarantee is not the knockout blow in Australia’s energy wars. Rather, it marks a continuation of three decades of failed energy policies. We shouldn’t buy the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Senate Committee Report Confirms Red Tape Strangling The Australian Economy

Senate Committee Report Confirms Red Tape Strangling The Australian Economy

Daniel Wild 19 October 2017 Energy and resources, Environment and agriculture,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the recommendations from the Select Committee on Red Tape interim report: Effect of red tape on environmental assessment and...

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