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To what extent should people's choices be limited because of the harm they could do to themselves? Here you will find the IPA's work on the Nanny State, or government regulations over areas that should be left up to the choice of the individual

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Ideas and Liberty

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?

Tony Abbott Started 21 October 2020 Constitution and law, Dignity of work,

This article from the Spring 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by former PM, Tony Abbott. How to deal with a potential pandemic was often on my mind during four years [2003 –2007] as...

Research Papers

Medical Capacity: An Alternative To Lockdowns

Daniel Wild and Asher Judah 30 September 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

The best available domestic and international evidence suggests that lockdowns don’t work. They impose significant social, cultural, humanitarian, and economic costs while at best being of...

PUBLICATIONS

Young Australians Suffer One Third Of Job Losses Since Lockdown

Kurt Wallace 13 August 2020 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

Analysis by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ July Labour Force figures has found that young Australians have disproportionately...

Research Papers

States Of Emergency: An Analysis Of COVID-19 Petty Restrictions

Morgan Begg 30 April 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

Since the World Health Organization’s declaration of the coronavirus as a pandemic-level public health event Australians have been subject to an increasingly arbitrary, inconsistent and petty...

Government Services

Has the Chief Medical Officer replaced the parliament of Danandrewstan?

Morgan Begg 20 April 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

This article originally featured in the Spectator Australia The Andrews’ Labor government’s draconian response to the coronavirus pandemic has given all Victorians a taste of what it is like to...

PUBLICATIONS

Beautiful One Day, Police State The Next

John Roskam 3 April 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

To control the spread of a dangerous virus that as yet has taken 24 lives in this country, 25 million Australians have been placed under indefinite house arrest, children’s playgrounds are...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review

PUBLICATIONS

Comic Books Are Now A Laughing Stock

Morgan Begg 2 April 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

History will likely say that the comic book industry was sunk by the repressive measures adopted to control the spread of coronavirus. In reality it is the industry’s bizarre obsession with...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

IPA TODAY

The Case Against Four Bin System

Evan Mulholland 25 February 2020 Environment and agriculture, Ipa today,

The Andrews Government’s announced statewide move to four colour-coded rubbish bins is a waste of time, money and space. Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio is conscripting every citizen to...

Originally appeared in Herald Sun

Ideas and Liberty

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...

Nanny State

Strange Times: Artful Dodgeball

James Bolt Started 9 August 2019 Education and skills, Nanny state,

This article by James Bolt appeared in the August 2019 IPA Review We live in divided times, but I always thought the one thing that could unite us all was our shared love of dodgeball. It...

IPA TODAY

Keep The ACCC Out Of Social Media

John Roskam 2 August 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Nearly exactly the same things said about social media today could have been said in the middle of the 15th century about the development of movable type and the printing press. People will use...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review

Red Tape

Trick or Tax

James Bolt Started 1 December 2018 Nanny state, Red tape,

Nothing sets the scene for me in October quite like Halloween. I love nothing more than dressing up, throwing a few decorations around, and getting spooky. Which is why I was so happy to see the...

Freedom of Speech

Social Credit Score

James Bolt Started 1 October 2018 Freedom of speech, Nanny state,

China’s ‘Social Credit’ system gives people a score that determines their social standing. People with higher scores, which is influenced by decisions and actions they make, get better treatment...

IPA TODAY

Leaving Us Hungry

Simon Breheny 8 March 2018 Ipa today, Nanny state,

Food, nutrition and human behaviour are far too complex to be regulated with a star rating system Mandatory food labelling is a bureaucrat’s dream and a consumer’s nightmare. Just take...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph

IPA TODAY

Malcolm Turnbull’s Sex Ban Signals All The Wrong Virtues

John Roskam 23 February 2018 Ipa today, Nanny state,

Before Malcolm Turnbull prohibited his ministers from having sexual relations with their staff, there’s a few dozen things he should have banned first. For example, he could have banned...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review

PUBLICATIONS

Alcohol Tax Hurts Us All — Not Just Boozers

Daniel Wild 8 January 2018 Ipa today, Nanny state,

Australians are expected to lose a record $404 billion in taxes in 2017-18. Yet this is not enough for some. Under plans submitted to the Turnbull government by anti-alcohol lobbyists, Australian...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph

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