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HomeRESEARCH AREASInnovation and Entrepreneurship

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The world is changing rapidly. As new technologies arrive, Australians can use them to design new products and enrich people's lives. But what are these new technologies, and what role should government play in regulating these new industries? Here you will find the IPA's work on new innovations and the Australian entrepreneurial spirit.
PUBLICATIONS
Australia Versus Google

Australia Versus Google

Sinclair Davidson 22 January 2021 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The out-going Trump administration finally woke up to a nasty little rort that the Australian government was planning on running against United States tech giants operating in Australia. On...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Government Services
Our States Of (In)competence

Our States Of (In)competence

Matthew Lesh Started 15 January 2021 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Matthew Lesh. An edited version also appeared in The Australian on February 13, 2021, see here...

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
Red Tape
Costing An Arm and a Leg

Costing An Arm and a Leg

Ben Harris Started 21 October 2020 Finance and economics, Government services,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Private Health Australia’s Policy and Research Director, Ben Harris. If you want to know why private health insurance is...

Dignity of Work
Unions’ Last Stand

Unions’ Last Stand

Bradley Bowden Started 21 October 2020 Dignity of work, Education and skills,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by labour and management historian, Bradley Bowden. Many myths purport to explain union decline in Australia; myth entrenched...

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
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 from former PM, the Hon Tony Abbott AC, drawing upon his speech to the Policy Exchange in London on 1 September, 2020. How to deal...

Environment and Agriculture
Still the Sunshine State?

Still the Sunshine State?

Marcus Smith and Dan Petrie Started 14 October 2020 Environment and agriculture, Finance and economics,

This article from the forthcoming Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by economists Marcus Smith and Dan Petrie. The Queensland state election on 31 October will provide voters with...

Research Papers
Making the Case for Private Enterprise

Making the Case for Private Enterprise

Daniel Wild 28 May 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

Australia will live or die by the success of private enterprise. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 75 per cent of all jobs in Australia are created in the private sector, with the...

IPA TODAY
Western Lockdowns Are Killing People In The Developing World

Western Lockdowns Are Killing People In The Developing World

Peter Gregory 3 May 2020 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

There are a million reasons why the economy vs lives meme in relation to relaxing COVID-19 restrictions is a false dichotomy. Here’s another: Western lockdowns are killing people in the developing...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Research Papers
Section 487: How Activists Use Red Tape To Stop Development And Jobs (2020 Update)

Section 487: How Activists Use Red Tape To Stop Development And Jobs (2020 Update)

Kurt Wallace 10 March 2020 Climate change, Environment and agriculture,

Legal activism by environmental groups has put $65 billion of investment at risk in Australia by holding major projects up in court for a cumulative total of 10,100 days (28 years) since the year...

PUBLICATIONS
Green Activism Puts $65 Billion Of Investment At Risk

Green Activism Puts $65 Billion Of Investment At Risk

Kurt Wallace 6 March 2020 Climate change, Environment and agriculture,

“A small group of green activists are using a special legal privilege to delay and disrupt $65 billion of investment, which is disproportionately damaging regional Australia,” said Kurt Wallace...

PUBLICATIONS
We’ll Not Prosper In A World Tied By Red Tape

We’ll Not Prosper In A World Tied By Red Tape

Morgan Begg 23 January 2020 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Ipa today,

While the wider Australian economy struggles under excessive regulatory burden and lack of ­opportunity, the Canberra swamp charges ahead as a perpetual growth machine. According to Deloitte...

Originally appeared in The Australian
PUBLICATIONS
Automating The Big State Will Need More Than Computers

Automating The Big State Will Need More Than Computers

Chris Berg 20 December 2019 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Robodebt – the automated Centrelink debt issuance program that was found invalid by a federal court last month – is not just an embarrassment for the government. It is the first truly twenty-first...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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...

Foreign Affairs and Trade
Los Ignorantes

Los Ignorantes

IPA Review Started 17 October 2019 Foreign affairs and trade, Government services,

Diego Ilan Méndez is an actuary employed as an economic risk analyst based in the Buenos Aires office of an international banking group. He has an actuary in economics degree from Universidad de...

IPA TV
Regulatory Dark Matter – Australia’s Secret Red Tape Crisis

Regulatory Dark Matter – Australia’s Secret Red Tape Crisis

Kurt Wallace 30 September 2019 Dignity of work, Government services,

  Australia has a red tape crisis. And it’s the red tape you can’t see that’s making the problem worse. Kurt Wallace’s new report exposes Regulatory Dark Matter in...

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