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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.

To Be Released: Costing An Arm and a Leg

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To Be Released: Unions’ Last Stand

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Book Reviews

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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Danger Across The Ditch As Incompetent Leader Ardern Wins Office

Gideon Rozner 19 October 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Nobody skewered Barack Obama during his presidency like legendary comedian Dennis Miller. “It’s not all that dramatic with me and Obama,” Miller once told his audience. “It’s not racist, it’s not...

Originally appeared in The Australian

Environment and Agriculture

Still the Sunshine State?

Marcus Smith and Dan Petrie Started 14 October 2020 Environment and agriculture, Finance and economics,

This article from the forthcoming Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by economists Marcus Smith and Dan Petrie. The Queensland state election on 31 October will provide voters with...

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Daniel Andrews’ Lockdowns Create Two Victorias

Daniel Wild 14 October 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

A new poll of 1,042 Victorians commissioned by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs demonstrates that the lockdown measures implemented by the Andrews government has created two...

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The ABC Has Just Moved Further From The Mainstream

Evan Mulholland 4 October 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Perhaps the staff at the ABC voted themselves a pay rise so they could donate the extra money to the 606,000 Australians who have lost their job in the private sector since March because of the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

Research Papers

Medical Capacity: An Alternative To Lockdowns

Daniel Wild and Asher Judah 30 September 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

The best available domestic and international evidence suggests that lockdowns don’t work. They impose significant social, cultural, humanitarian, and economic costs while at best being of...

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Please Welcome Victoria’s First Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner

Dara Macdonald 25 September 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian Government last week decided to announce the appointment of the first Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner, Dr Niki...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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Dan Vs Democracy

Daniel Wild 29 August 2020 Constitution and law, Government services,

When Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says that it is ‘foreseeable’ that a state of emergency could last beyond another 12 months, Australians would not be out of place in wondering if that means...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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Dan’s Divine Rule Betrays Our History

John Roskam 28 August 2020 Constitution and law, Government services,

Most Victorians wouldn’t have a clue what you were talking about if you said Premier Daniel Andrews was acting like King Charles I. Coronavirus or not, the government of the state of...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review

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Double Standard At Play As PM Stays Silent On Andrews

John Roskam 14 August 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

If Daniel Andrews were a bank chief executive instead of a state premier, he would have been forced to resign weeks ago. And the person leading the demands for Andrews’ resignation would...

To Be Released: Fire and Blame

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To Be Released: How They Shortened the Odds

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Private Sector Smashed While Bureaucrats Flourish In Lockdown

Cian Hussey 13 August 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

More than 604,000 private sector jobs have been destroyed since lockdowns were introduced in March while 14,000 jobs have been added to the public sector according to an analysis of Australian...

Ideas and Liberty

Uphold Values, Rebuild Wealth

Daniel Wild Started 13 August 2020 Dignity of work, Government services,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Research, Daniel Wild. As the tide of the pandemic and government-imposed restrictions in Australia has...

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Checked Out: When Activism Quarantines Common Sense

Bella d'Abrera 13 August 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

If you want to know what is going wrong in Victoria, all you need do is look at a job being advertised on Seek by the state’s Department of Justice and Community Safety. The department wishes to...

Originally appeared in The Australian

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We’re Not All In This Together

Cian Hussey 10 August 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

As Victoria is plunged back into lockdowns, with those in greater Melbourne facing unprecedented restrictions on their every move, the difference between the two Australias has never been so...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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