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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.
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How To Solve Australia’s Small Business Crisis

How To Solve Australia’s Small Business Crisis

Kurt Wallace 19 August 2019 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Ipa today,

The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Australia’s premier free market think tank, is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of economic and political freedom. The Parliamentary...

Finance and Economics
Regulate? Innovate!

Regulate? Innovate!

Chris Berg Started 5 August 2019 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Chris Berg Suddenly, we live in a world of policy dilemmas around social media, digital platforms, personal data, and digital...

PUBLICATIONS
Why Is NSW Fining Farmers Under Laws That No Longer Exist?

Why Is NSW Fining Farmers Under Laws That No Longer Exist?

Kurt Wallace 16 July 2019 Government services, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The New South Wales government must grant an amnesty to all farmers who are being prosecuted under laws which no longer exist. They are facing huge fines of up to half a million dollars for...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Intrusions That Just Drive Us Crazy

Intrusions That Just Drive Us Crazy

John Roskam 21 June 2019 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Ipa today,

Maybe ASIC is trying to do to big public companies what the AFL is well on the way to doing to the game of Australian football. Numerous and never-ending changes to the rules, ever-shifting...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
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The Higher Pay Paradox

The Higher Pay Paradox

Gideon Rozner 31 May 2019 Dignity of work, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

In Australia, nothing is certain except death, taxes and increases to the minimum wage. And while understandably welcome news for workers, each wage hike tightens the noose around the necks of...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph
PUBLICATIONS
Latest First Home Buyers Policy Is Shortsighted And Likely To Create A Bubble

Latest First Home Buyers Policy Is Shortsighted And Likely To Create A Bubble

Daniel Wild 14 May 2019 Ideas and liberty, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The now-bipartisan bank deposit subsidy scheme is a shortsighted policy which, far from solving the problem of housing affordability, is likely to push up house prices and make housing less...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph
PUBLICATIONS
Shorten’s Alternative IR Reality Based On Trumpian Alternative Facts

Shorten’s Alternative IR Reality Based On Trumpian Alternative Facts

John Roskam 8 March 2019 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

This week the Prime Minister got his wish. On Tuesday, in his speech to The Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Scott Morrison wanted to get the media talking about the risk of a...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
IPA TODAY
A Capital Idea: Modern Management in a Free Society

A Capital Idea: Modern Management in a Free Society

Bradley Bowden Started 13 December 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

Benefits for workers are the real success of modern management in free market societies, writes Professor Bradley Bowden  (originally published in the October 2018 IPA Review). Management, as a...

PUBLICATIONS
Daniel Andrews: A Threat To A Twenty-First Century Economy

Daniel Andrews: A Threat To A Twenty-First Century Economy

Kurt Wallace 23 November 2018 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

This article first appeared in The Spectator Australia Melbourne prides itself on its cafe culture, vibrant laneways, quality restaurants, and marquee sporting events. This dynamic and...

IPA TODAY
Protecting Flexibility in a Dynamic Economy

Protecting Flexibility in a Dynamic Economy

Kurt Wallace 23 November 2018 Dignity of work, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

A new research paper from the IPA concludes that if the Andrews government is re-elected, Victorians can expect fundamental changes to the sharing economy and the labour hire industry, that will...

IPA TODAY
Stick Your Neck Out

Stick Your Neck Out

Scott Hargreaves Started 20 November 2018 Faith and society, Ideas and liberty,

In this review of “Skin in the Game; Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life”, Scott Hargreaves argues that Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s writings on the benefits of a stake in risks—‘skin in the...

Red Tape
Clause For Concern

Clause For Concern

Darcy Allen Started 1 October 2018 Finance and economics, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Counting restrictive clauses in legislation is a powerful tool to reduce red tape, argues Darcy Allen. It is time for a new approach to red tape reduction. Governments seeking to systematically...

Finance and Economics
Banking on Competition (by John Dahlsen).

Banking on Competition (by John Dahlsen).

John Dahlsen Started 27 August 2018 Finance and economics, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Overregulation and red tape in banking has destroyed competition to the detriment of consumers, argues former ANZ Director, John Dahlsen. [This article first appeared in the IPA Review of August...

Red Tape
Red Tape Corrodes Democracy

Red Tape Corrodes Democracy

David Kemp Started 1 August 2018 Finance and economics, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

The more government regulates its people, the more it fails them, writes David Kemp. Understanding regulation – its sources and its consequences – lies at the very heart of the debate about the...

PUBLICATIONS
Where Have All Our Entrepreneurs Gone?

Where Have All Our Entrepreneurs Gone?

Matthew Lesh 21 June 2018 Finance and economics, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Australia is has experienced a gigantic fall in entrepreneurship. Between 2003-05 and 2012-14, small business start-ups — as a percentage of all small businesses — declined by 40 per cent. This...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Scott Morrison Must Show He Has Real Courage

Scott Morrison Must Show He Has Real Courage

Simon Breheny 8 May 2018 Finance and economics, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

When a politician promises to give you something in 10 years, you can bet it’ll never happen. Promised tax cuts in Tuesday night’s Budget won’t match expectations, and a Coalition government —...

Originally appeared in Herald Sun
IPA TODAY
Your License To Work

Your License To Work

Gideon Rozner Started 1 May 2018 Dignity of work, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

It’s hard to recall an Australian election in which the word ‘skills’ didn’t find its way into at least one of the major parties’ policy platforms. A vague mantra of ‘investing in skills’ is often...

IPA TV
How British Columbia Defeated Red Tape – And How We Can Too

How British Columbia Defeated Red Tape – And How We Can Too

Gideon Rozner 20 March 2018 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Ipa today,

Gideon Rozner explains how British Columbia deregulated its way to a better economy and higher individual wages, and how Australia could do the same

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