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HomeRESEARCH AREASRed Tape

Red Tape

Economic development is essential to continue improving the lives of all Australians. Yet government regulation is holding back the Australian economy. Here you will find the IPA's work highlighting areas of unnecessary regulations and red tape, and industrial reform
IPA TODAY
Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America

Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America

Scott Hargreaves and Daniel Wild 30 June 2019 Ipa today, Red tape,

This is the introduction to the IPA report, Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America, which can be downloaded here. There are many ways to measure red tape, from the “paperwork...

PUBLICATIONS
Cut Red Tape And Keep Investment In The Black

Cut Red Tape And Keep Investment In The Black

Daniel Wild 25 June 2019 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Scott Morrison’s vision to cut red tape will allow more Australians to reach their potential and for the Australian economy to flourish. In an address to the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of...

Originally appeared in The Australian
IPA TODAY
How Bureaucratic Dark Matter Is Swallowing Our Wealth

How Bureaucratic Dark Matter Is Swallowing Our Wealth

Kurt Wallace 14 June 2019 Ipa today, Opinion,

At every turn businesses are weighed down by red tape that prevents growth, discourages job creation, and sucks resources away from productive activity. Adding to the burden is the unknown nature...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
Delayed Adani Approval Highlights Australia’s Red Tape Crisis

Delayed Adani Approval Highlights Australia’s Red Tape Crisis

Daniel Wild 13 June 2019 Dignity of work, Ipa today,

“The delays to the Adani coal project caused by red tape, regulation, and government-enabled green activism must never be allowed to happen again to a resources project in Australia,” said Daniel...

Media Releases
Rein In Regulators To Cut Red Tape

Rein In Regulators To Cut Red Tape

Kurt Wallace 11 June 2019 Ipa today, Media releases,

“Unelected regulators are imposing red tape on businesses and the community with little democratic oversight, resulting in significant and irreparable economic damage,” said Kurt Wallace, Research...

PUBLICATIONS
Bureaucrats Immersed In Canberra Bubble Out Of Touch With Nation

Bureaucrats Immersed In Canberra Bubble Out Of Touch With Nation

John Lloyd 3 June 2019 Dignity of work, Government services,

Last month’s federal election result throws up a worrying anomaly. The ACT electorates diverge markedly from the nation. In the ACT, the electors embrace the ALP big time. In the Canberra-based...

Originally appeared in The Australian
PUBLICATIONS
Labor’s Childcare Splash: For Our Kids – Or Their Union Mates?

Labor’s Childcare Splash: For Our Kids – Or Their Union Mates?

Evan Mulholland 2 May 2019 Ipa today, Opinion,

Last weekend Labor announced a $4 billion funding increase to childcare subsidies. More worryingly, Labor would also intervene to raise the wages of early childhood educators by 20 per cent over...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
PUBLICATIONS
New Business Fund Ignores Biggest Issue: Red Tape

New Business Fund Ignores Biggest Issue: Red Tape

Daniel Wild 24 April 2019 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

The Australian Business Growth Fund is a short-sighted proposal which ignores red tape and industrial relations as the major constraints on small business growth in Australia. The fund, announced...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
PUBLICATIONS
IPA: Cut Red Tape To Boost Small Business

IPA: Cut Red Tape To Boost Small Business

Daniel Wild 23 April 2019 Dignity of work, Finance and economics,

“Small business growth in Australia requires less red tape, not another taxpayer subsidised, government run scheme,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free market think tank the...

PUBLICATIONS
Does The Morrison Government Have The Strength To Slash Red Tape?

Does The Morrison Government Have The Strength To Slash Red Tape?

Daniel Wild 31 January 2019 Ipa today, Opinion,

The future of freedom in Australia was dealt a blow at the start of the year with Senator David Leyonhjelm’s announcement that he will be resigning from federal politics to have a tilt at the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Red Tape
Trick or Tax

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...

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...

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...

Media Releases
Red Tape Strangling Small Business

Red Tape Strangling Small Business

Matthew Lesh 25 July 2018 Ipa today, Media releases,

Australian small businesses are being strangled by red tape according to a new report, The decline of small business: How red tape is undermining opportunity, prosperity, and community, released...

Originally appeared in Red Tape Strangling Small Business
Submissions
Submission To Inquiry Into Impediments To Business Investment

Submission To Inquiry Into Impediments To Business Investment

Daniel Wild 9 July 2018 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

The Institute of Public Affairs welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Impediments to Business Investment. This submission focusses on the role that public...

PUBLICATIONS
We Deserve The Chance To Save Our Own Lives

We Deserve The Chance To Save Our Own Lives

IPA 2 July 2018 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

This week marks the end of a turbulent time of my life. For the past three years I’ve been travelling to the other side of the world for lifesaving treatment at a huge personal cost. This week, I...

Originally appeared in Adelaide Advertiser
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