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The IPA is committed to the advancement of free market ideas. Free markets encourage innovation, wealth and the allieviation of poverty. Here you will find the IPA's work on free market economics, the role of govenrment in an economy, and how to lift people out of poverty.

IPA TV

Lower Taxes Will Benefit All Australians

Daniel Wild 15 February 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Daniel Wild explains how lower taxes on businesses increase wages.

Research Papers

Employment and Wages in the Western Australian Public Sector

Aaron Lane 14 February 2018 Finance and economics, Government services,

Our latest research brief reports on the trends of the size, cost and wages of the Western Australian public service using statistical measures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the...

Research Papers

Six Myths About The Business Tax Cut

Daniel Wild 5 February 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Our new research brief debunks six myths surrounding the Turnbull government’s proposal to cut the company tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per cent. Australia has a high corporate tax rate...

Labor’s ‘Living Wage’ Will Hurt The Poor, Unemployed

Gideon Rozner 1 February 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

True to form, the unions are using clever marketing to beat the drum for a lousy idea. And true to form, that lousy idea is finding its way into the policy platform of the Australian Labor Party...

In The News

Dignity Is Attained Through Opportunity, Not Redistribution

Daniel Wild and Andrew Bushnell 19 January 2018 Faith and society, Finance and economics,

The most important task of public policy is to ensure the next generation of Australians have more opportunities to flourish than the last. But declining business investment, worsening school...

Originally appeared in Sydney Morning Herald

IPA TODAY

Commonwealth Should Hand Income Taxes To The States

Daniel Wild 10 January 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

“Australia’s tax system is broken and the Palaszczuk government is right to call for structural reform”, said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market tank the Institute of Public...

In The News

Australia Must Match Trump To Compete On Tax

Daniel Wild 22 December 2017 Finance and economics, In the news,

Workers in America are set to enjoy massive Christmas bonuses thanks to Donald Trump cutting the business tax rate. In one of the biggest tax cuts in history, the business rate in the US is set to...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph

Media Releases

Senate Must Cut Australia’s High Business Tax

Daniel Wild 21 December 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

“Australia must cut its high business tax rate so that Australian workers, consumers, and shareholders can keep more of their earned income,” said Daniel Wild, research fellow with the free market...

Research Papers

Five Questions On The Size And Cost Of The Commonwealth Public Sector

Aaron Lane 19 December 2017 Finance and economics, Government services,

Our new research brief askes five questions on the size and cost of the Commonwealth Public Sector. Recent data shows that public sector employee numbers are declining, but the public sector...

Research Papers

Time to End GST Redistribution

Morgan Begg 11 December 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Horizontal fiscal equalisation attempts to address differing economic financial circumstances of the state governments by redistributing GST revenue according to an elaborate relativity formula...

Media Releases

GST Redistribution Creating Fiscal Imbalance Between States

Morgan Begg 11 December 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

A new report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs reveals how GST equalisation is creating a class of winners and losers among the Australian states. The report, Time to End GST...

Finance and Economics

The Blockchain Revolution

Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson and Jason Potts Started 1 December 2017 Finance and economics,

Economists explain the far-reaching implications of blockchain technology on society and on how we are governed. A blockchain is a digital, decentralised, distributed ledger. This year saw a...

IPA TV

How the trade union movement is funded by Industry Super

Simon Breheny 30 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa tv,

Simon Breheny explains how the union movement received over $18 million from Industry super funds.

Media Releases

Royal Commission A Thoroughly Bad Idea

Daniel Wild 30 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

“A Royal Commission into the banking sector is a bad idea because it will not solve the key problems in that sector: too much red tape and a lack of competition,” said Daniel Wild, research fellow...

New Businesses Fallen By 60 Per Cent: Government Report

Matthew Lesh 30 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

A new report from the Department of Industry has found that the Australian entrepreneurship downturn is worse than previously thought. Earlier this month the IPA’s new report...

Research Papers

Rivers Of Gold – How The Trade Union Movement Is Funded By Industry Super

Morgan Begg and Simon Breheny 29 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Superannuation has been a relevant public policy consideration in Australia since at least 1915, when the Income Tax Assessment Act 1915 created a taxation exemption for superannuation fund...

Media Releases

How The Trade Union Movement Is Funded By Industry Super

Morgan Begg and Simon Breheny 29 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

A new report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs uncovers millions of dollars being used to fund the union movement in the form of industry super fund directors’ fees. The report...

IPA TODAY

Highlights of Professor Sinclair Davidson on The Young IPA Podcast

James Bolt and Peter Gregory 28 November 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Professor Sinclair Davidson, IPA Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University, joined us on The Young IPA Podcast this week. Here’s some of what he had to...

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