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HomeRESEARCH AREASNanny State

Nanny State

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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Alcohol Tax Hurts Us All — Not Just Boozers

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
Opinion
Dan’s Ban On Plastic Bags Doesn’t Carry Any Weight

Dan’s Ban On Plastic Bags Doesn’t Carry Any Weight

Gideon Rozner 1 November 2017 Ipa today, Nanny state,

When Woolworths and Coles announced in July that they were phasing out the use of plastic shopping bags, it was only a matter of time before our politicians got in on the act. So it was no...

Originally appeared in The Herald Sun
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Creative Destruction

Creative Destruction

Stuart Eaton Started 24 November 2016 Ideas and liberty, Innovation and entrepreneurship,

This article first appeared in the November 2016 Edition of the IPA Review and is written by Engagement manager for the IPA, Stuart Eaton. For years, we have heard about the incredible population...

Opinion
Sugar Tax Leaves A Bitter Taste

Sugar Tax Leaves A Bitter Taste

Matthew Lesh 24 November 2016 Ipa today, Nanny state,

The Grattan Institute’s report demanding a new sugar tax on soft drinks is a blatant insult to the Australian people. Grattan, founded by the Rudd government, prides itself on...

Nanny State
A Licence To Nanny

A Licence To Nanny

Evan Mulholland Started 23 November 2016 Nanny state,

This article first appeared in the November 2016 Edition of the IPA Review and is written by Media and Communications manager at the IPA, Evan Mulholland. In July 2016 the New South Wales...

UK Nanny State Bullies Family Restaurants

UK Nanny State Bullies Family Restaurants

Matthew Lesh 1 October 2016 Ipa today, Nanny state,

The UK government’s nanny statist food ingredients and portion size policies are now being expanded to restaurants, cafés and pubs of all sizes. The government plans to set sugar reduction...

Way Too Much Fuss Over A Simple T-Shirt

Georgina Downer 7 September 2016 Freedom of speech, Nanny state,

This week Target became the latest target of the politically correct warriors. Target’s crime of political correctness was to sell a T-shirt. A pink T-shirt for girls. The t-shirt read...

Opinion
Time To Act: Curbs On Free Speech Must Go

Time To Act: Curbs On Free Speech Must Go

Simon Breheny 19 August 2016 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

A free speech revolution is just over the horizon. Several recent events are demonstrating that Australians are sick and tired of a political class that gets to decide the limits of public debate...

Opinion
ABS Census Farce Reminds Us Statistics Are The ‘Eyes Of The Bureaucrat’

ABS Census Farce Reminds Us Statistics Are The ‘Eyes Of The Bureaucrat’

John Roskam 12 August 2016 Faith and society, Government services,

In 1961, Murray Rothbard, the most important libertarian economist of the 20th century, wrote about the evils of government statistics. “Statistics are the eyes and ears of the bureaucrat...

10 Worst Nanny State Policies

Chris Berg Started 5 August 2016 Ideas and liberty, Nanny state,

10: Plain packet cigarettes The argument for plain cigarette packaging is one of the most stark examples of how Nanny State regulations treat individuals as childish automatons. Plain packaging...

Opinion
A Pokemon In The Eye For Nanny State

A Pokemon In The Eye For Nanny State

Matthew Lesh 13 July 2016 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Nanny state,

A new app is doing what years of nanny state programs and millions of wasted taxpayer dollars failed to do – get people outside, on their feet and living healthier lifestyles. Pokemon GO was...

Red Tape
The Amount of Red Tape in Schools is Getting Stupid

The Amount of Red Tape in Schools is Getting Stupid

James Bolt Started 1 April 2016 Nanny state, Red tape,

Hey readers would be familiar with Anthony Ruelas, a 15-year-old student in Texas, who broke his school’s code for dealing with asthma attacks by helping an asthmatic student to the school nurse...

Innovation Statement? The Government Doesn’t Even Allow Lemonade Stands

John Roskam 11 December 2015 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Nanny state,

The story of what happened to Chelsea-lee Downes reveals everything that’s wrong with Australia’s attitude to innovation and risk-taking. Malcolm Turnbull and Chris Pyne’s...

Nanny State
Evidence Lacking In The Tobacco Wars

Evidence Lacking In The Tobacco Wars

Sinclair Davidson Started 16 July 2014 Nanny state,

This article from the July 2014 edition of the IPA Review is by Senior Fellow with the IPA and Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT, Sinclair Davidson. Lord Kelvin famously argued, ‘When...

Opinion
End The Cotton Wool Culture For Kids

End The Cotton Wool Culture For Kids

John Roskam 31 January 2014 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

A lot of nonsense has been written lately about young people, alcohol and violence. But there’s one particular bit of nonsense that stands out. It’s this statement from Michael Daube...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Western Civilisation
The Government’s Guide To Australia Day

The Government’s Guide To Australia Day

Peter Gregory Started 31 May 2013 Faith and society, Nanny state,

I’m not going to lie (a first for Strange Times?). But Australia Day troubles me. There’s something slightly creepy about how our government gives a taxpayer funded pat on the head to the very...

Freedom of Speech
The War On Democracy

The War On Democracy

Chris Berg Started 30 May 2013 Freedom of speech, Nanny state,

This article from the May 2013 edition of the IPA Review is written by Director of Policy at the IPA, Chris Berg. In 1953 a bitter Bertolt Brecht wrote, ‘Would it not be easier / In that case for...

Nanny State
The Welfare State And Its Consequences

The Welfare State And Its Consequences

Julie Novak Started 6 December 2012 Finance and economics, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the December 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Research Fellow at the IPA, Julie Novak. The welfare state in its existing form, dominated by government financing and provision...

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