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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.
PUBLICATIONS
Why The ABC Shouldn’t Just Receive A Funding Freeze, But A Cut.

Why The ABC Shouldn’t Just Receive A Funding Freeze, But A Cut.

Dara Macdonald 3 July 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

The ABC using its own airtime to cry poor makes for tedious viewing and ignores the concerns of ordinary Australians.  Other than having the host’s position filled by Virginia Trioli, this...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Research Papers
Bypassing Democracy: A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight

Bypassing Democracy: A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight

Dara Macdonald and Morgan Begg 30 June 2020 Constitution and law, Government services,

Questioning and challenging the policies and actions of ministers and senior bureaucrats is fundamental to parliament’s role in holding the government to account. While the Commonwealth parliament...

Research Papers
Australians Support Shared Sacrifice

Australians Support Shared Sacrifice

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

In the April edition of this newsletter I wrote about the importance of shared sacrifice between the public and private sectors, and that many in the public sector and quasi-public institutions...

Freedom of Speech
Defending Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press

Defending Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Freedom of speech, Government services,

Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are two foundational components of a free, liberal democratic nation like Australia. Never has this been truer than in the current debate over the...

Research Papers
Making the Case for Private Enterprise

Making the Case for Private Enterprise

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Australia will live or die by the success of private enterprise. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 75 per cent of all jobs in Australia are created in the private sector, with the...

Climate Change
Holding the ABC to Account for Staff-led, Taxpayer-funded Climate Activism

Holding the ABC to Account for Staff-led, Taxpayer-funded Climate Activism

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Climate change, Government services,

If there are concerns with the quality of journalism in Australia perhaps the AMCA could start by investigating the ABC given that less than one-third of Australians believe the ABC represents the...

Government Services
When Everything Is Flattened

When Everything Is Flattened

Andrew Bushnell Started 15 May 2020 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

This article from the Autumn 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Research Fellow at the IPA,  Andrew Bushnell.  Awareness is growing that the coronavirus disease might cause two...

PUBLICATIONS
Why It’s Time To Get Back To Point-Scoring

Why It’s Time To Get Back To Point-Scoring

John Roskam 8 May 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

The sooner politics in Australia returns to normal the better. A national cabinet of the Prime Minister and premiers was a good idea at the time, but it has now served its purpose and should be...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
IPA TODAY
Western Lockdowns Are Killing People In The Developing World

Western Lockdowns Are Killing People In The Developing World

Peter Gregory 3 May 2020 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

There are a million reasons why the economy vs lives meme in relation to relaxing COVID-19 restrictions is a false dichotomy. Here’s another: Western lockdowns are killing people in the developing...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Government Services
Coronavirus: Scott Morrison Needs to Speak to Hard-hit Young Australians

Coronavirus: Scott Morrison Needs to Speak to Hard-hit Young Australians

Janet Albrechtsen 2 May 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Despite the sweet-sounding idea that we are all in this together, the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis are not being shared anywhere equally. Look at the University of Sydney, where casual...

Research Papers
States Of Emergency: An Analysis Of COVID-19 Petty Restrictions

States Of Emergency: An Analysis Of COVID-19 Petty Restrictions

Morgan Begg 30 April 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Since the World Health Organization’s declaration of the coronavirus as a pandemic-level public health event Australians have been subject to an increasingly arbitrary, inconsistent and petty...

PUBLICATIONS
We Cannot Tax Our Way Out Of Debt

We Cannot Tax Our Way Out Of Debt

John Roskam 24 April 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

These days probably the best way to guarantee the federal Coalition government won’t do something is to have Malcolm Turnbull suggest it. So when Turnbull on the publicity tour for his...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Criminal Justice
Mitigate Coronavirus Risks By Reducing Remand For Non-Violent Charges

Mitigate Coronavirus Risks By Reducing Remand For Non-Violent Charges

Andrew Bushnell and Daniel Wild 20 April 2020 Constitution and law, Criminal justice,

The coronavirus pandemic is an extraordinary threat to public health, and governments around Australia have taken appropriate, and so far successful, steps to protect the population. As the crisis...

Government Services
Has the Chief Medical Officer replaced the parliament of Danandrewstan?

Has the Chief Medical Officer replaced the parliament of Danandrewstan?

Morgan Begg 20 April 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

This article originally featured in the Spectator Australia The Andrews’ Labor government’s draconian response to the coronavirus pandemic has given all Victorians a taste of what it is like to...

IPA TODAY
We Must Ensure Our Liberties Are Returned As Swiftly As They Have Been Taken

We Must Ensure Our Liberties Are Returned As Swiftly As They Have Been Taken

Dara Macdonald 10 April 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

On March 30, New South Wales went to bed in a liberal democracy and woke up in a police state as with a stroke of a pen Brad Hazzard signed into law an Orwellian directive. The Public Health...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Beautiful One Day, Police State The Next

Beautiful One Day, Police State The Next

John Roskam 3 April 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

To control the spread of a dangerous virus that as yet has taken 24 lives in this country, 25 million Australians have been placed under indefinite house arrest, children’s playgrounds are...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
RESEARCH AREAS
IPA COVID-19 Economic Update – 26 March 2020

IPA COVID-19 Economic Update – 26 March 2020

Daniel Wild 26 March 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

A new daily email by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, providing the latest economic data and policy measures for journalists, commentators and IPA members. Latest daily...

PUBLICATIONS
Some Stimulating Ideas

Some Stimulating Ideas

Cian Hussey 12 March 2020 Energy and resources, Government services,

Rather than engaging in a shortsighted and reckless cash splash, the federal government should seize the opportunity created by the economic fallout from the coronavirus to cut red tape, reduce...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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