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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 Is NSW Fining Farmers Under Laws That No Longer Exist?

Why Is NSW Fining Farmers Under Laws That No Longer Exist?

Kurt Wallace 16 July 2019 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The New South Wales government must grant an amnesty to all farmers who are being prosecuted under laws which no longer exist. They are facing huge fines of up to half a million dollars for...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
Race Has No Place

Race Has No Place

Morgan Begg and Daniel Wild 8 June 2019 Constitution and law, Government services,

All Australians are equal. Our legal status should not be determined by our skin colour or our race.   This clear principle is being undermined by a campaign to divide Australians in our nation’s...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Parliamentary Research Briefs
An Economic Policy Agenda For Mainstream Australia

An Economic Policy Agenda For Mainstream Australia

Daniel Wild and Andrew Bushnell 3 June 2019 Finance and economics, Government services,

The 2019 election result was driven by mainstream Australians rejecting an agenda to fundamentally transform Australia. The government now has an opportunity to build and reinforce institutional...

PUBLICATIONS
Bureaucrats Immersed In Canberra Bubble Out Of Touch With Nation

Bureaucrats Immersed In Canberra Bubble Out Of Touch With Nation

John Lloyd 3 June 2019 Dignity of work, Government services,

Last month’s federal election result throws up a worrying anomaly. The ACT electorates diverge markedly from the nation. In the ACT, the electors embrace the ALP big time. In the Canberra-based...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Faith and Society
Success In Failure

Success In Failure

Richard Allsop Started 29 April 2019 Faith and society, Government services,

An excellent biography finally provides an opportunity to fairly evaluate Billy McMahon’s legacy, argues IPA Senior Fellow Richard Allsop. An argument can be made for Saturday, 2 December...

PUBLICATIONS
Labor Is Coming After Apple Pie-Baking Nanas

Labor Is Coming After Apple Pie-Baking Nanas

Daniel Wild 1 February 2019 Finance and economics, Government services,

On Thursday, Labor’s Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said something that a politician is never supposed to utter. At least not in public. In response to those who will face higher taxes under Labor’s...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
PUBLICATIONS
Labor’s Franking Credits Plan Adds Up To A Nana Tax

Labor’s Franking Credits Plan Adds Up To A Nana Tax

Sinclair Davidson 30 January 2019 Finance and economics, Government services,

Australia’s dividend taxation regime is a complex solution to a simple problem. It is well known and understood that double taxation of corporate income gives rise to economic distortions...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Finance and Economics
A Tax or Attacks?

A Tax or Attacks?

Dimitri Burshtein Started 1 December 2018 Finance and economics, Government services,

The simple solution to the burden of constant tax increases is for Australian governments to spend less, argues finance company director Dimitri Burshtein. Among the many theories of the...

FEATURED
A Keen Observer of Liberal Reform

A Keen Observer of Liberal Reform

Michael James Started 1 December 2018 Featured, Government services,

Former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson (1927-2018) was alert to growing threats to economic liberalism, writes Michael James. In the mid-1990s, economic liberalism seemed likely to become the...

Education and Skills
The Writing on the Wall

The Writing on the Wall

Bella d'Abrera Started 1 December 2018 Education and skills, Government services,

Returning to the true purpose of education can reverse plummeting academic standards, argues the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation Program director Bella d’Abrera. The evidence is in...

PUBLICATIONS
Regulators, The Royal Commission And Crony Capitalism

Regulators, The Royal Commission And Crony Capitalism

Daniel Wild 11 October 2018 Finance and economics, Government services,

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and Finances Services Industry has uncovered some inexcusable behaviour. Charging client’s fees without providing services...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Government Services
To Yield And Not To Strive

To Yield And Not To Strive

Simon Breheny Started 1 October 2018 Government services,

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull promised ‘a thoroughly Liberal Government’ … but instead it was a thorough disappointment, argues Simon Breheny. In the years and decades to come, it is hard to...

IPA TODAY
IPA Urges Rethink Of State Ownership Of The ABC

IPA Urges Rethink Of State Ownership Of The ABC

Gideon Rozner 26 September 2018 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today called on the Morrison Government to privatise the ABC in light of allegations of editorial interference by ABC Chair Justin Milne...

Energy and Resources
Boondoggling Australia

Boondoggling Australia

Daniel Wild, Gideon Rozner, Evan Mulholland, Matthew Lesh and Bella d'Abrera Started 1 August 2018 Climate change, Energy and resources,

When politicians are tempted by a big vision, fiscal prudence is rarely front of mind. Once there are nine or more digits after the dollar sign, the numbers are so ridiculously large that...

Government Services
Straw Time

Straw Time

James Bolt Started 1 August 2018 Government services,

There is finally an international movement against the most silent of killers – single use plastic straws. You may know this killer. You may even trust this killer, calmly sending liquid to your...

PUBLICATIONS
The ABC, ‘Independent’ To A Fault

The ABC, ‘Independent’ To A Fault

Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson 19 June 2018 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

It is appalling that a sitting government should have to complain that the ABC is repeating Labor lies as facts. The ABC itself should be ashamed to have received such a complaint. Yet that is...

Originally appeared in Quadrant
PUBLICATIONS
ABC Is About Partisanship Not Diversity

ABC Is About Partisanship Not Diversity

Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson 14 June 2018 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

The difference between the ABC and Fairfax and News Ltd is that the ABC is a $1 billion government program that provides media services to Australians. Fairfax and News Ltd are private entities...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
IPA TODAY
AFL Acts As Cheerleaders For Labor’s Left Agenda

AFL Acts As Cheerleaders For Labor’s Left Agenda

Andrew Bushnell 16 April 2018 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

The decision by the Victorian Government to spend $225 million of taxpayers’ money on renovating Etihad Stadium is corporate cronyism of the highest order, and inseparable from the...

Originally appeared in Herald Sun
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In the wake of an underwhelming summer of cricket in which the Australians lost a home series to the depleted Indian squad, Australia’s governing body for cricket has identified where it’s...

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott Joins The IPA’s Fight For Australian Values
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott Joins The IPA’s Fight For Australian Values

The Institute of Public Affairs has today announced that the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony Abbott will join the IPA as a Distinguished Fellow. Mr Abbott will be working with the...

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