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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.
PUBLICATIONS
To The Victim, Belong The Spoils Of (This) Law

To The Victim, Belong The Spoils Of (This) Law

Dara Macdonald 6 March 2020 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

The government’s proposed religious discrimination bill puts the shoe on the other foot, and now the activists who championed every other discrimination law are bemoaning the “divisiveness” of...

Originally appeared in The Australian
IPA TODAY
Media Watch Watch

Media Watch Watch

Evan Mulholland 4 March 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

On Monday, Paul Barry on Media Watch covered a new poll by the Institute of Public Affairs released last week. Reported in news.com.au it found that one third of Australians think the ABC does not...

PUBLICATIONS
Poll: Only 32% Of Australians Believe The ABC Represents The Views Of Ordinary Australians

Poll: Only 32% Of Australians Believe The ABC Represents The Views Of Ordinary Australians

Gideon Rozner 27 February 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called on the Morrison Government to rule out giving more taxpayer dollars to the ABC that already receives over $1.1 billion per year...

Opinion
Intellectual freedom? Only if your values are ‘aligned’

Intellectual freedom? Only if your values are ‘aligned’

Janet Albrechtsen 13 February 2020 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

The university year began with a rumbling noise that all is not well with intellectual freedom in this country. What started as a small story at a Queensland campus has become a very big one that...

PUBLICATIONS
Unelected Bureaucrats Engaged In ‘Political Hit Job’ At Labor’s Request

Unelected Bureaucrats Engaged In ‘Political Hit Job’ At Labor’s Request

Daniel Wild 3 February 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

The real scandal in the grants administered by Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie is that unelected bureaucrats at the Australian National Audit Office engaged in political hit job against a...

Originally appeared in Sky News Online
PUBLICATIONS
Welcome To The Real World, Law Grads

Welcome To The Real World, Law Grads

John Roskam 24 January 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

There are a few responses to all those young graduate lawyers complaining about hard work, long hours and low pay. The first is: “Welcome to the real world.” If they don’t like being a...

PUBLICATIONS
A Tale Of Two Malcolms

A Tale Of Two Malcolms

Gideon Rozner 24 January 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

When it comes to that ugly chapter in Australian political history that was Malcolm Turnbull, we always knew what we were getting. It was always – always – about Malcolm. For some, it was...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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Celebrate Australia Day In 2020

Celebrate Australia Day In 2020

Bella d'Abrera 20 January 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Australians do love Australia day. It turns out we do want to celebrate Australia day on the 26th of January because Australians love being free! Australia day is a chance for us to come together...

PUBLICATIONS
Celebrate A Day Of Unity

Celebrate A Day Of Unity

Bella d'Abrera 20 January 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

This year, the bushfires have well and truly dulled the usual noise around Australia Day. There has been a notable absence of activist voices either calling to change the date of Australia Day or...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Red Tape
Up, Up and IPA!

Up, Up and IPA!

James Bolt Started 20 December 2019 Ideas and liberty, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Manager of Online Content and Audio at the IPA, James Bolt. I thought I was used to horrifying stories coming out of Canberra, but...

Faith and Society
Beyond Reason

Beyond Reason

Zachary Gorman Started 20 December 2019 Faith and society, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation Program Researcg Fellow, Zachary Gorman. Of all the crises facing the West...

Freedom of Speech
Farce From the Madding Crowd

Farce From the Madding Crowd

Bella d'Abrera Started 20 December 2019 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of the IPA Foundations of Western Civilisation Program, Bella d’Abrera. In his masterful new book, The Madness of...

Ideas and Liberty
Caricature Building

Caricature Building

Mitchell Toy Started 19 December 2019 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Melbourne artist Mitchell Toy. Editorial cartoons do not seem fair. On any day, a metropolitan newspaper’s columns and homepages...

Western Civilisation
How The West Spread South

How The West Spread South

Bella d'Abrera Started 19 December 2019 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of the IPA Foundations of Western Civilisation Program, Bella d’Abrera. Australia’s colonists were deeply engaged...

Education and Skills
Principles over Principals

Principles over Principals

Moira Deeming Started 19 December 2019 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Moira Deeming. When I was in year 12 our school hired a trendy new Principal. She wore shapeless artsy clothes, a severe haircut...

Education and Skills
From Realism to Surrealism

From Realism to Surrealism

David Martin Jones Started 19 December 2019 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by David Martin Jones. Before this millennium began, the study of international relations (IR) represented a minor field in the...

Western Civilisation
Closer to Home

Closer to Home

Andrew Bushnell, Zachary Gorman and Daniel Wild Started 19 December 2019 Faith and society, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Summer 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of Research Daniel Wild and IPA Research Fellows Zachary Gorman and Andrew Bushnell. It is an edited extract from...

PUBLICATIONS
The Great Realignment

The Great Realignment

Matthew Lesh 13 December 2019 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Britain’s General Election- the results of which will, hopefully, be seen by the end of today (Sydney time)- is the most consequential in a generation. It pits avid socialist Labour Party leader...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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Constitutional Ban On Fracking Autocratic, Illiberal and Undemocratic
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The state government’s attempt to impose a constitutional ban on fracking is an unprecedented attack on democracy. No policy restriction like this exists in the Victorian constitution. Never...

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The disconnect between the protected public sector and mainstream Victorians was perfectly encapsulated by the Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance, David Martine, last week...

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