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Western Civilisation

Western Civilisation has had a profound influence on world history. Shaped by the cultural contributions of the ancient Greek and Roman Empires and Medieval Christian Europe, the West has produced the seminal events of the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Industrial and scientific revolutions, and the development of liberal democracy. Here you will find the IPA's research on Western Civilisation and the lessons we can learn from our past to improve our future.
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COVID Dystopia Comes To Melbourne

COVID Dystopia Comes To Melbourne

Gideon Rozner 8 September 2020 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

It was the image that shocked Australia and soon went global. A pregnant woman, handcuffed in her own kitchen, in front of her children, as police officers seized every computer, tablet and cell...

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Living In Trumpland

Living In Trumpland

Gideon Rozner 3 September 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

If Donald Trump was looking a bit wobbly in the last few months, he certainly isn’t anymore. Not after the triumph of political communication that was the Republican National Convention last week...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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ANU Students Want To Ban Churchill – But With No Traumatic Debate, Please

ANU Students Want To Ban Churchill – But With No Traumatic Debate, Please

Renee Gorman 3 September 2020 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Australia’s preeminent university, Australian National University is the latest institution to take part in the importation of cancel culture, with the university student association’s...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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The WHO Has Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: COVID-19 Is Now More About Politics Than Public Health

The WHO Has Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: COVID-19 Is Now More About Politics Than Public Health

Daniel Wild 2 September 2020 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The World Health Organisation’s Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last Friday that “we will not – we cannot – go back to the way things were… the pandemic has given new impetus to...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Stop Indoctrinating Kids

Stop Indoctrinating Kids

Bella d'Abrera 1 September 2020 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The news that some schools in NSW are bringing in extra teachers to help 6000 Year 12 students meet minimum standards in reading, writing and numeracy skills to pass their HSC should ring very...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
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Dan’s Divine Rule Betrays Our History

Dan’s Divine Rule Betrays Our History

John Roskam 28 August 2020 Constitution and law, Government services,

Most Victorians wouldn’t have a clue what you were talking about if you said Premier Daniel Andrews was acting like King Charles I. Coronavirus or not, the government of the state of...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review

To Be Released: Frozen by Fear

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Western Civilisation
Freedom’s Narrow Corridor

Freedom’s Narrow Corridor

Paul Monk Started 13 August 2020 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by author and former intelligence analyst, Paul Monk. The national security law imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on...

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Checked Out: When Activism Quarantines Common Sense

Checked Out: When Activism Quarantines Common Sense

Bella d'Abrera 13 August 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

If you want to know what is going wrong in Victoria, all you need do is look at a job being advertised on Seek by the state’s Department of Justice and Community Safety. The department wishes to...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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We’re Not All In This Together

We’re Not All In This Together

Cian Hussey 10 August 2020 Government services, Ipa today,

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
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Melbourne’s Slide Into Covid Dystopia

Melbourne’s Slide Into Covid Dystopia

James Bolt 8 August 2020 Ipa today, Keeping you in touch,

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
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IPA Welcomes Review Into University Free Speech Code Implementation

IPA Welcomes Review Into University Free Speech Code Implementation

Gideon Rozner 7 August 2020 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister Dan Tehan that former Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Sally Walker will review the...

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ABC Enforces Divisive Identity Politics In Leaked Document

ABC Enforces Divisive Identity Politics In Leaked Document

Evan Mulholland 7 August 2020 Government services, Ideas and liberty,

An internal ABC document obtained by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has exposed the divisive identity politics that is being forced onto mainstream Australians by the...

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‘Sonic Anti-Colonialism’ Sounds A Bit Off

‘Sonic Anti-Colonialism’ Sounds A Bit Off

Bella d'Abrera 6 August 2020 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Last week, Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan announced that the government will be dishing out $90.5 million worth of taxpayers’ money to 100 of the 690 applicants who applied to the Australian...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Peter Ridd Challenge Goes To the Heart Of A Free Society

Peter Ridd Challenge Goes To the Heart Of A Free Society

Gideon Rozner 29 July 2020 Climate change, Education and skills,

Peter Ridd has decided to fight last week’s decision in favour of James Cook University, and the case is of such public importance that the High Court simply must allow the appeal to be heard. The...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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Ridd Case: IPA Welcomes Historic High Court Appeal

Ridd Case: IPA Welcomes Historic High Court Appeal

Gideon Rozner 29 July 2020 Climate change, Education and skills,

The Institute of Public Affairs has welcomed the announcement that Dr Peter Ridd will appeal the judgement in the case of James Cook University (JCU) v Peter Ridd to the High Court of Australia...

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Poll: Mainstream Australians Support Statues Of Captain Cook

Poll: Mainstream Australians Support Statues Of Captain Cook

Bella d'Abrera 29 July 2020 Ipa today, Media releases,

“The stark divide between mainstream Australians and the those who seek to use identity politics as a vehicle to divide Australians has been made clear yet again with a new poll finding a...

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Vision Of Justice

Vision Of Justice

Daniel Wild 18 July 2020 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

‘Justice is the end [goal] of government. It is the end of civil society,’ argued James Madison, one of the Founding Fathers and the fourth president of the United States, in the Federalist No...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Key findings : The quality of the Australian way of life is collapsing.  The Australian Way of Life Scoreboard, which measures the quality of the Australian way of life, has declined by 28.5%...

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