Yet another scandal among Australia’s banks suggests the industry is in dire need of a clean-out. Westpac has committed one of the most startling failures of corporate governance in Australian...
If Scott Morrison and his government want to deliver an economic boom, they should follow the highly successful template of President Trump in the US and cut red tape. New research released today...
The phrase “Go Woke, Go Broke” doesn’t quite apply to Westpac. But it nearly does. Allegations that it breached anti-money-laundering laws 23 million times probably won’t...
This article from the October 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Kurt Wallace. For a supposedly free market economy where prices are formed by the market, an inordinate amount of attention...
The preparation of Australian values and the enduring importance of the nation-state is motivated by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee’s Inquiry into nationhood...
The Reserve Bank’s extended low interest rate policy and consideration of “unconventional monetary policy tools” reveals a lack of self-reflection and a commitment to a model that is...
This Editorial from the Spring 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by IPA Executive General Manager and Editor of the IPA Review, Scott Hargreaves Boris Johnson is fighting not just for a United...
If there were fewer poor people on the roads, rich people could get to work more easily and everyone would be better off. This, in a nutshell, is the argument for the congestion tax, a charge on...
In a week’s time the federal Coalition will have been in government for six years after having won three elections in a row. For all the worthwhile things it has done over those years – and...
The culture wars were off the table, but for the first time in memory we had a Federal Education Minister who at least seemed aware the creed of identity politics and culture of political...
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Australia’s premier free market think tank, is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of economic and political freedom. The Parliamentary...
It’s funny how in such a supposedly egalitarian country as Australia we pay so much deference to public servants. We pay them a lot (much more than their overseas counterparts), we give them a lot...
(This article first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). After spending the past half a year watching the Brexit drama unfold, it’s easy to forget another Euro crisis is still...
This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Chris Berg Suddenly, we live in a world of policy dilemmas around social media, digital platforms, personal data, and digital...
Reviving wage growth requires supply-side measures including economic liberalisation. (This article first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). The collapse to the supply-side of...
This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Kurt Wallace On 27 December 2016, just under a month before his inauguration, Donald Trump tweeted: “The world was gloomy...
Gary Wolfram, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Hillsdale College in Michigan, gives a lecture to the IPA Academy about the power of the free market in being able to deliver goods and...
Scott Morrison’s vision to cut red tape will allow more Australians to reach their potential and for the Australian economy to flourish. In an address to the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of...
