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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.
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Dan Vs Democracy

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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Double Standard At Play As PM Stays Silent On Andrews

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...

Ideas and Liberty
Prosperity is the Best Protection

Prosperity is the Best Protection

Wolfgang Kasper Started 13 August 2020 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by UNSW Professor Emeritus of Economics, Wolfgang Kasper. The unprecedented Corona slump of 2020 confronts Australians with...

To Be Released: How They Shortened the Odds

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To Be Released: Frozen by Fear

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Freedom’s Narrow Corridor

Freedom’s Narrow Corridor

Paul Monk Started 13 August 2020 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by author and former intelligence analyst, Paul Monk. The national security law imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on...

Ideas and Liberty
Uphold Values, Rebuild Wealth

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

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
Ideas and Liberty
Cure Must Not be Worse than the Disease

Cure Must Not be Worse than the Disease

Scott Hargreaves Started 12 August 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

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

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ABC Enforces Divisive Identity Politics In Leaked Document

ABC Enforces Divisive Identity Politics In Leaked Document

Evan Mulholland 7 August 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

An internal ABC document obtained by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has exposed the divisive identity politics that is being forced onto mainstream Australians by the...

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Information Commissioner To Investigate SBS Over Deleted Bushfires Article

Information Commissioner To Investigate SBS Over Deleted Bushfires Article

Evan Mulholland 31 July 2020 Climate change, Ideas and liberty,

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has looked at the Institute of Public Affairs’ submission and decided to commence a review into the rejection of the IPA’s Freedom of...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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The Rage Of The Economics Establishment

The Rage Of The Economics Establishment

John Roskam 31 July 2020 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

An article on these pages last weekend by this newspaper’s economics correspondent, Matthew Cranston, titled “We need reform like we’ve never seen before” revealed...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
PUBLICATIONS
No Excuse For Shutting Parliament In The Digital Age

No Excuse For Shutting Parliament In The Digital Age

Evan Mulholland 20 July 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

There has never been a time since the end of World War II when it has been more important to scrutinise government and hold politicians to account. There are monumental issues for the federal...

Originally appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald
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‘Eliminating’ The Virus Is Suppressing Truth

‘Eliminating’ The Virus Is Suppressing Truth

Gideon Rozner 17 July 2020 Dignity of work, Ideas and liberty,

Recent calls for an ‘elimination strategy’ to defeat the coronavirus pandemic are misguided, and may not even work. Why? Because pursuing elimination would mean longer and harder lockdowns. That...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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Déjà Vu In Dan Andrewstan

Déjà Vu In Dan Andrewstan

Daniel Wild 8 July 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

“For those of us who are old enough to remember it is starting to feel like 1990 has come again,” James Campbell, the National Political Editor of the Herald Sun, wrote this week regarding the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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ABC Adept At Playing Cuts Victim

ABC Adept At Playing Cuts Victim

John Roskam 3 July 2020 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

The current behaviour of the ABC’s management and staff is a perfect demonstration of just how removed the national broadcaster has become from mainstream Australia. By complaining the way...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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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
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ScoMo’s Flawed Hawke Fantasy

ScoMo’s Flawed Hawke Fantasy

Zachary Gorman 4 June 2020 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

As Scott Morrison eyes consensus-based industrial relations reform, he must not commit the ultimate sin for any Liberal leader and forget Sir Robert Menzies’ forgotten people. As part of his...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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