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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.
Western Civilisation
Artefacts and Fiction

Artefacts and Fiction

Bella d'Abrera Started 21 October 2020 Education and skills, Energy and resources,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Director of the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation Program, Bella d’Abrera. This August, the British Museum...

Ideas and Liberty
Not In The Same Boat

Not In The Same Boat

Cian Hussey Started 21 October 2020 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Cian Hussey. In 2017 former captain Francesco Schettino was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his...

Ideas and Liberty
Loaded Silence: Women’s Stories of Lockdown

Loaded Silence: Women’s Stories of Lockdown

Laura Patterson Started 21 October 2020 Finance and economics, Freedom of speech,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by company director, Laura Patterson. This is what you should know straight up about Victorian Women: we’re not in lockdown...

Ideas and Liberty
The Cost Has Been More Than Lives

The Cost Has Been More Than Lives

Scott Hargreaves Started 21 October 2020 Faith and society, Ideas and liberty,

This is the editorial from the Spring 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...

Ideas and Liberty
What Is Really At Risk?

What Is Really At Risk?

Tony Abbott Started 21 October 2020 Constitution and law, Dignity of work,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by former PM, Tony Abbott. How to deal with a potential pandemic was often on my mind during four years [2003 –2007] as...

Constitution and Law
High & Mighty

High & Mighty

Daniel Wild Started 21 October 2020 Constitution and law, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Research, Daniel Wild. The Western world is regressing to a form of feudalism similar to that which...

Western Civilisation
A Future Atlas of Dystopia

A Future Atlas of Dystopia

Gideon Rozner 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 Director of Policy, Gideon Rozner. I had heard anti-woke novelist Lionel Shriver interviewed many times, but never...

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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Danger Across The Ditch As Incompetent Leader Ardern Wins Office

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
PUBLICATIONS
Daniel Andrews’ Lockdowns Create Two Victorias

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...

PUBLICATIONS
Australia’s Travel Strategy – Imprisoning Its People Until A Vaccine Arrives – Is Illiberal And Naive

Australia’s Travel Strategy – Imprisoning Its People Until A Vaccine Arrives – Is Illiberal And Naive

James Bolt 9 October 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

If you were thinking of seeing friends and family from Australia next year, think again. Maybe after living under Boris Johnson’s restrictions for the next six months, you’d want to get as far...

Originally appeared in The Telegraph
Western Civilisation
An Old Book and Modern Dilemmas

An Old Book and Modern Dilemmas

Luca Rossi Started 6 October 2020 Ideas and liberty, Western civilisation,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Campus Coordinator, Luca Rossi. At a time when mobs are tearing down statues and peaceful protests give way to...

Book Reviews
Stand up for Yourself

Stand up for Yourself

Peter Gregory Started 6 October 2020 Book reviews, Freedom of speech,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Peter Gregory. One of Renee Gorman’s first acts as National Manager of Generation Liberty was to send...

PUBLICATIONS
The ABC Has Just Moved Further From The Mainstream

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
PUBLICATIONS
Young Australians’ Jobs Smashed By Lockdowns

Young Australians’ Jobs Smashed By Lockdowns

Kurt Wallace 17 September 2020 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

Analysis by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ August Labour Force figures has found that young Australians have disproportionately...

PUBLICATIONS
Danandrewstan And The Death Of Melbourne, Explained

Danandrewstan And The Death Of Melbourne, Explained

Gideon Rozner 14 September 2020 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

It was the image that shocked Australia and soon went global. A pregnant woman, handcuffed in her own kitchen, in front of her children, as police officers seized every computer, tablet and cell...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Living In Trumpland

Living In Trumpland

Gideon Rozner 3 September 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

If Donald Trump was looking a bit wobbly in the last few months, he certainly isn’t anymore. Not after the triumph of political communication that was the Republican National Convention last week...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
The WHO Has Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: COVID-19 Is Now More About Politics Than Public Health

The WHO Has Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: COVID-19 Is Now More About Politics Than Public Health

Daniel Wild 2 September 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The World Health Organisation’s Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last Friday that “we will not – we cannot – go back to the way things were… the pandemic has given new impetus to...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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