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HomeRESEARCH AREASIdeas and Liberty

Ideas and Liberty

The debate over individual liberty is never over, and it is waged over various philosophical concepts and news stories. Here you will find the IPA's work on the advancement of individual liberty and the ideas that underpin a free society.
Constitution and Law
Modern Activism’s Maoist Roots

Modern Activism’s Maoist Roots

Magnus O’Mallon Started 15 January 2021 Constitution and law, Criminal justice,

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Melbourne free speech activist, Magnus O’Mallon. Being a virus, Marxism has its strains. Increasingly, the strain of the...

To Be Released: Charted Waters

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To Be Released: O, Teach Me How … To Think!

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To Be Released: Ideals Carved In Stone

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To Be Released: Aim For Common Sense

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To Be Released: Pray For Freedom

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To Be Released: Let There Be (Gas)Light

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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
Climate Change
Lasting Legacy

Lasting Legacy

IPA Review Started 20 December 2020 Climate change, Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review was written by IPA staff. America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World’s...

Ideas and Liberty
What Just Happened … And What’s Next?

What Just Happened … And What’s Next?

Scott Hargreaves Started 20 December 2020 Ideas and liberty,

This is the editorial from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Reviewby Editor of the IPA Review, Scott Hargreaves. A Table of Contents can viewed here. IPA Members receive a print edition and...

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
IPA TODAY
Modern Labor’s Forgotten Workers

Modern Labor’s Forgotten Workers

John Roskam 4 December 2020 Dignity of work, Ideas and liberty,

What ACTU boss Sally McManus said about blue-collar workers at the National Press Club a few days ago doesn’t quite compare with Hillary Clinton describing Donald Trump’s supporters as a...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
PUBLICATIONS
Quarantine Diary

Quarantine Diary

Bella d'Abrera 19 November 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

I am now halfway into my 14-day internment in the Howard Springs Quarantine Facility, located in the Top End, a mere 25km from Darwin. The complex, complete with pool, theatre, tavern, and tennis...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
America Is Losing Its Wall Against The Authoritarians

America Is Losing Its Wall Against The Authoritarians

John Roskam 6 November 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

A few days ago Alexander Downer wrote on these pages that if he were American he would have voted for Donald Trump – but through gritted teeth. My view is different from Downer. I would have voted...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
PUBLICATIONS
We Need To Put Corruption Watchdogs On Short Leash

We Need To Put Corruption Watchdogs On Short Leash

Morgan Begg 30 October 2020 Constitution and law, Ideas and liberty,

Labor’s push for a so-called federal anti-corruption body would be an undemocratic and illiberal forum for legalised defamation to be weaponised against political opponents. The most recent call...

Originally appeared in The Australian

To Be Released: Wash Your Hands Of It

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Faith and Society
No Country For Bold Men

No Country For Bold Men

Andrew Bushnell Started 21 October 2020 Faith and society, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Andrew Bushnell. One of the striking features of the coronavirus recession is that, as IPA research...

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