Australia Has Returned To Being A Convict Nation
It must be nice to be Shane Warne. Shane was one of the 22,640 citizens The Australian Border Force granted permission to leave the country between March 25 and July 31. The 69,310 people who were...
Three Years’ Worth Of Jobs Destroyed In Lockdown
Analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ July Labour Force data by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has found that 707,000 Australians are out of work as a result of...
Private Sector Smashed While Bureaucrats Flourish In Lockdown
More than 604,000 private sector jobs have been destroyed since lockdowns were introduced in March while 14,000 jobs have been added to the public sector according to an analysis of Australian...
Over Half Of The Labour Force Still Reliant On Government
Analysis by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs reveals that in June 52.1% of the Australian labour force were either directly employed by Commonwealth and state governments or...
Cutting Red Tape In Project Approvals Can Boost WA Jobs
Western Australia’s prospects of becoming the fastest-growing, highest-potential state in Australia after the coronavirus recession was boosted by the commitment of the Commonwealth and McGowan...
Originally appeared in The West Australian
We’re Not All In This Together
As Victoria is plunged back into lockdowns, with those in greater Melbourne facing unprecedented restrictions on their every move, the difference between the two Australias has never been so...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Small Business And Jobs Smashed By COVID-19 Lockdowns
Analysis by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs of recently released data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that over 230,000 small businesses are expected to...
Melbourne’s Slide Into Covid Dystopia
A couple are watching their child play in a playground. They are fined by the police. They are further than five kilometres from their home. A man leaves his home at 9.30pm to buy some cigarettes...
Originally appeared in Spiked
The Economic Crisis Is Still To Come
It is pretty clear what Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews wants: the overwhelming majority of Victorians to remain in their homes for, at least, 23 hours a day. Go out for exercise, and shopping...
Originally appeared in The Age
Stage 4 A $3.17 Billion Hit Per Week To The Victorian Economy
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has estimated that Stage 4 restrictions imposed by the Victorian Government will hit Gross State Product by $3.17 billion per week. This is...
No Excuse For Shutting Parliament In The Digital Age
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
How Coronavirus Is Killing Small Business – And Threatening Our Values
The heart of the Australian way of life is under threat with small businesses fighting for survival as lockdown restrictions continue. The crisis has hastened the ongoing decline of small business...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
‘Eliminating’ The Virus Is Suppressing Truth
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
11.7% The Real Unemployment Rate: IPA
Although the official unemployment rate is 7.4%, analysis by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs estimates that the real unemployment rate, including those who have on net left...
Déjà Vu In Dan Andrewstan
“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
Cuts to the ABC? – IPA Keeping in Touch – 2 July 2020
Dear IPA Members I’ve been away on paternity leave for the last few weeks after the birth of our first child Theodore. While changing nappies and during sleepless nights, I’ve been keeping on top...
“Around 1.6 Million Businesses Have Seen Their Revenue Decline”
A daily email by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, providing the latest economic data and policy measures for journalists, commentators and IPA members. Daily IPA comment...
Get Australia Back To Work Now – IPA Keeping In Touch – 23 June 2020
Dear IPA Members The unemployment crisis unleashed by government-imposed lockdowns is truly a human tragedy. Over 5 million of Australia’s population of 25 million are now on the unemployment...