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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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National Energy Guarantee A Missed Opportunity

National Energy Guarantee A Missed Opportunity

Daniel Wild 17 October 2017 Climate change, Energy and resources,

“The government’s decision to keep emissions reductions at the centre of Australia’s energy policy is a missed opportunity,” said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market think tank the...

Opinion
Simon Breheny: Daniel Andrews’ Inflated Power Bills Will Punish The Poor

Simon Breheny: Daniel Andrews’ Inflated Power Bills Will Punish The Poor

Simon Breheny 24 August 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Premier Daniel Andrews’ claim that he can bring down power prices by increasing red tape is hogwash. The more regulation government imposes on the energy market, the higher your bills will be...

Originally appeared in The Herald Sun
Opinion
A Brown Coal Plan That’s Worse Than Finkel?

A Brown Coal Plan That’s Worse Than Finkel?

Brett Hogan 26 July 2017 Climate change, Energy and resources,

The Victorian Government’s new Statement on Future Uses of Brown Coal, released earlier this month, is further proof that there is no such thing as bipartisanship when it comes to energy policy...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
$150 Million For 6 Minutes Of Work – Why Not?

$150 Million For 6 Minutes Of Work – Why Not?

Brett Hogan 7 July 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Less than a day after the news that shares in Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors are down 20% on their peak as questions start to mount about the company’s ability to successfully deliver quality products...

IPA TODAY
The Destruction By Government Of Australia’s Electricity Market

The Destruction By Government Of Australia’s Electricity Market

Brett Hogan 1 July 2017 Climate change, Energy and resources,

Throughout the western world over the last 20-30 years in particular, we have witnessed the tightening hand of the state, which has become ever more bold in insisting where and how we live, who we...

PUBLICATIONS
What Will They Finkel Next?

What Will They Finkel Next?

Brett Hogan 20 June 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

The greatest contribution the Finkel Review makes to Australian public policy may, in fact, be a new verb. From June 2017, to ‘finkel’ will be a term to describe how a government sets up an...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Media Releases
Media Release: Five Unanswered Questions From The Finkel Review

Media Release: Five Unanswered Questions From The Finkel Review

Brett Hogan 15 June 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today sent all Federal Parliamentarians a new Research Brief highlighting the ‘Five Unanswered Questions from the Finkel Review.’ IPA...

Research Papers
Five Unanswered Questions From The Finkel Review

Five Unanswered Questions From The Finkel Review

Brett Hogan 14 June 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

In the wake of South Australia’s September 2016 blackout, the Council of Australian Governments Energy Council announced the establishment of an ‘expert panel’ chaired by Chief Scientist Dr Alan...

Media Releases
More Renewables Will Not Solve The Renewables Problem – Finkel Review

More Renewables Will Not Solve The Renewables Problem – Finkel Review

Brett Hogan 9 June 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

The recommendations of today’s Finkel Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market, if accepted by government, will ensure that electricity prices continue to rise with...

The Potential For Nuclear Power In Australia

The Potential For Nuclear Power In Australia

Brett Hogan 2 June 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

While President Trump was last night finalising his Paris withdrawal announcement, in Melbourne the IPA was hosting an event on nuclear power  in honour of the visiting Director of Energy at The...

Energy and Resources
Big Australians

Big Australians

Stuart Eaton Started 1 June 2017 Energy and resources, Finance and economics,

A fascinating book on Australia’s 1960s resources boom holds many lessons for today’s policymakers on the importance of encouraging investment, writes Stuart Eaton. In the nineteenth century, gold...

Opinion
Budget 2017: Energy Policy’s Gushing Wounds Won’t Be Fixed With A Mop And Bucket

Budget 2017: Energy Policy’s Gushing Wounds Won’t Be Fixed With A Mop And Bucket

Brett Hogan 12 May 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

If you had a wound that was gushing blood onto the floor and your doctor prescribed a mop and bucket, you’d ask where he got his practicing certificate and why he wasn’t fixing the actual problem...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Research Papers
3 Reasons Why Westpac is Wrong on Coal

3 Reasons Why Westpac is Wrong on Coal

Brett Hogan 11 May 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Westpac’s new Climate Change Action Plan limits new thermal coal lending to existing basins and to projects with an energy content of at least 6,300kCal/kg23. If adopted by all financial...

Media Releases
Westpac Can’t See the Forest for the Tweets

Westpac Can’t See the Forest for the Tweets

Brett Hogan 28 April 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Westpac’s revised Climate Change Plan, which rules out funding new coal-producing regions and imposes other restrictions on lending for coal mines and power stations, is another example of...

The New Brisbane Line

The New Brisbane Line

Scott Hargreaves and Daniel Wild Started 20 April 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

In the darkest days of World War II, military planners considered falling back to protect Australia’s industrial heartland in the south-east, below what became known as the Brisbane Line. Now...

Opinion
Like It Or Not, Coal Is Still King

Like It Or Not, Coal Is Still King

Brett Hogan 23 March 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

On Wednesday, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and CoalSwarm released the 2017 edition of Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline, a publication that helpfully tallies up all of the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TV
Why Section 487 Must Go

Why Section 487 Must Go

Daniel Wild 15 March 2017 Energy and resources, Environment and agriculture,

Section 487 holds back our economy, our environment and global development. It must be repealed. The IPA’s Daniel Wild explains why:   Written by Daniel Wild and James Bolt Produced by...

Media Releases
South Australian Energy Statement An Admission Of Failure

South Australian Energy Statement An Admission Of Failure

Brett Hogan 14 March 2017 Energy and resources, Ipa today,

Today’s energy package announcement by the South Australian Government is an admission of policy failure according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. “This...

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