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Government Services

What is the proper role of government? What services should the government provide, and not the private sector? Here you will find the IPA's work on the cause of limited government, the ABC, the proper running of government services in Australia and public sector reform.
IPA TODAY
Craig Kelly: Cancel Culture Has Now Come To The Government’s Backbenches

Craig Kelly: Cancel Culture Has Now Come To The Government’s Backbenches

Daniel Wild 24 February 2021 Freedom of speech, Government services,

That Craig Kelly does not believe he can speak “frankly” and “fearlessly” on important public policy matters such as the government’s health response to the coronavirus from the government benches...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
It’s Not Just Albo And Labor. Both Parties Must Meet Mainstream Australia’s Needs, Not Pander To Special Interests

It’s Not Just Albo And Labor. Both Parties Must Meet Mainstream Australia’s Needs, Not Pander To Special Interests

Cian Hussey 29 January 2021 Government services, Ipa today,

If Labor’s reshuffle will be enough to correct the party’s woeful policy agenda and reconnect with mainstream Australians remains to be seen.  The most significant change is the removal of Mark...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Australia Versus Google

Australia Versus Google

Sinclair Davidson 22 January 2021 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The out-going Trump administration finally woke up to a nasty little rort that the Australian government was planning on running against United States tech giants operating in Australia. On...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
The Empire Strikes Back With A Wet Lettuce Leaf

The Empire Strikes Back With A Wet Lettuce Leaf

Sinclair Davidson 19 January 2021 Government services, Ipa today,

After my AFR piece on the weekend, their ABC have responded. Sinclair Davidson writing in the Australian Financial Review has presented a basket case of inaccuracies about the role of the ABC and...

Originally appeared in Catallaxy Files
PUBLICATIONS
The ABC No Longer Has A Purpose, Except Pleasing Itself

The ABC No Longer Has A Purpose, Except Pleasing Itself

Sinclair Davidson 15 January 2021 Government services, Ipa today,

There is good reason why former communications minister Richard Alston may have thought the ABC has a high-quality media of record while growing up in the 1940s and 1950s. For the times, it...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Government Services
Our States Of (In)competence

Our States Of (In)competence

Matthew Lesh Started 15 January 2021 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Matthew Lesh. An edited version also appeared in The Australian on February 13, 2021, see here...

PUBLICATIONS
It Reeks Of Blasphemy, But Might More MPs Give Us Better Service?

It Reeks Of Blasphemy, But Might More MPs Give Us Better Service?

Andrew Bushnell 6 January 2021 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Australian democracy faces a crisis of representation. People feel alienated from our politics and our institutions. Donkey votes are up, minor parties’ votes are up, and the major parties...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Hurry Up And Then Stop

Hurry Up And Then Stop

Matthew Lesh 14 December 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Australia is not following the science. The decision to dither on the Covid-19 vaccines will not delay the economic recovery but could risk lives and undermine faith in immunisation. Last week the...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
PUBLICATIONS
Warts And All Memorial

Warts And All Memorial

Andrew Bushnell 11 December 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

As its name makes clear, the Australian War Memorial exists to memorialise the service and sacrifice of Australians in war, as a reflection of our shared commitment to our country and each other...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Why Is The Coalition Planning To Give More Money To The ABC?

Why Is The Coalition Planning To Give More Money To The ABC?

Evan Mulholland 2 December 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Given the spite and the scorn with which many at the national broadcaster view the Coalition and mainstream Australians, one would think that the last thing that a Coalition government worth its...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Fake News: Their ABC Is Not Popular

Fake News: Their ABC Is Not Popular

Sinclair Davidson 26 November 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Whenever anyone criticises the ABC a stock standard response is that Australians love the ABC. Well do they? It turns out that the ABC tell us that Australians love them. But the ABC tells us so...

Originally appeared in Catallaxy Files
PUBLICATIONS
Their ABC Must Be Worried

Their ABC Must Be Worried

Sinclair Davidson 17 November 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Joe Gersh – ABC board member – has an op-ed in The Australian this morning. Chris Kenny has been a vigorous critic of the ABC while previously “resisting calls for its privatisation or abolition”...

Originally appeared in Catallaxy Files
PUBLICATIONS
Commonwealth Integrity Commission An Illiberal Kangaroo Court

Commonwealth Integrity Commission An Illiberal Kangaroo Court

Dara Macdonald 5 November 2020 Constitution and law, Government services,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called on Attorney-General Christian Porter to abandon plans for the federal government’s proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission...

PUBLICATIONS
Bloated Super Sector Sucking Up Workers’ Wealth

Bloated Super Sector Sucking Up Workers’ Wealth

Cian Hussey 5 November 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

The Morrison government has a key decision to make before the end of this financial year: does it stand with mainstream Australians who have suffered through the lockdown-induced recession, or...

Originally appeared in The Australian
PUBLICATIONS
What The ACT Election Results Tell Us About Our Rulers In The Bubble

What The ACT Election Results Tell Us About Our Rulers In The Bubble

Andrew Bushnell 25 October 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

Last weekend’s ACT election results have again revealed how out of touch our nation’s capital city is with mainstream Australians. While it is tempting to write off the ACT Legislative Assembly as...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Red Tape
Costing An Arm and a Leg

Costing An Arm and a Leg

Ben Harris Started 21 October 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Private Health Australia’s Policy and Research Director, Ben Harris. If you want to know why private health insurance is...

Dignity of Work
Unions’ Last Stand

Unions’ Last Stand

Bradley Bowden Started 21 October 2020 Dignity of work, Education and skills,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by labour and management historian, Bradley Bowden. Many myths purport to explain union decline in Australia; myth entrenched...

Book Reviews
Send out the Clowns

Send out the Clowns

Cian Hussey Started 21 October 2020 Book reviews, Government services,

This book review from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Cian Hussey. According to a 2019 election study published by the Australian National University...

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Lockdowns Hit Low-Income Australians Hardest
Lockdowns Hit Low-Income Australians Hardest

New research released today by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has found that the bottom fifth of income earners saw over half a million jobs disappear because of lockdowns...

Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic
Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic

The state government’s attempt to impose a constitutional ban on fracking is an unprecedented attack on democracy. No policy restriction like this exists in the Victorian constitution. Never...

Government And Little People: The Democratic Divide In Danandrewstan
Government And Little People: The Democratic Divide In Danandrewstan

The disconnect between the protected public sector and mainstream Victorians was perfectly encapsulated by the Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance, David Martine, last week...

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