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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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The Ramsay Centre And How Our Academic Appeasers Censor Students’ Right To Learn

The Ramsay Centre And How Our Academic Appeasers Censor Students’ Right To Learn

Renee Gorman 22 June 2018 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The University of Sydney’s jellyback Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence has given many excuses for why he may not accept the money from the Ramsay Centre. He has explained that he ‘rejects the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Comfortable and Relaxed with Conservative Populism

Comfortable and Relaxed with Conservative Populism

Andrew Bushnell 19 June 2018 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The last time identity played such an outsized role in Australian politics, then opposition leader John Howard famously stated his ambition for a country in which people should feel ‘comfortable...

Originally appeared in Meanjin
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Australian Unis Deliver Cookie Cutter Degrees

Australian Unis Deliver Cookie Cutter Degrees

John Roskam 15 June 2018 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Everything you need to know about about the condition of humanities teaching in Australia’s universities is summed up in what happened last week at the University of Sydney. A hundred...

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What Version of Western Civilization are Universities Offering Students?

What Version of Western Civilization are Universities Offering Students?

Bella d'Abrera 14 June 2018 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The study of Western civilization in Australia is in crisis. This has come to light in the last few weeks following the Australian National University’s decisionto pull out from the...

Originally appeared in ABC Religion & Ethics
IPA TODAY
At Uni With Mrs Potato Head

At Uni With Mrs Potato Head

Bella d'Abrera 9 June 2018 Education and skills, Ipa today,

These days, whenever a local council comes up with a lunatic idea that bewilders ordinary Australians, you can be guaranteed that there is a university behind it. Last month the Herald Sun...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Special Edition of The Young IPA Podcast – Interview with Mark Bauerlein

Special Edition of The Young IPA Podcast – Interview with Mark Bauerlein

James Bolt 7 June 2018 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Mark Bauerlein is Professor of English at Emory University, and has been teaching at Emory since 1989. He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post...

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Diversity Dangers In The Boardroom

Diversity Dangers In The Boardroom

John Roskam 18 May 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

The ideology of identity politics, the theory that individuals should be judged not on their personal merits but according to their gender, race, and class, has escaped from university lecture...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

Morgan Begg and Father James Grant Started 10 May 2018 Book reviews, Faith and society,

Morgan Begg reviews Keeping the Faith: The Battle for Australian Catholicism, by Fr James Grant. (this article first appeared in the May 2018 edition of the IPA Review. A PDF can be downloaded...

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Wishing You A Miserable 200th Birthday, Karl Marx

Wishing You A Miserable 200th Birthday, Karl Marx

Matthew Lesh 7 May 2018 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Karl Marx’s ideas have led to the death of 100 million people, extreme poverty, immense suffering, and relentless oppression – and you can’t even say he’s a nice guy. Marx...

Originally appeared in Crikey
IPA TODAY
Never Forget: We Fought For Freedom

Never Forget: We Fought For Freedom

Bella d'Abrera 26 April 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

The thousands of Australians who enlisted to fight in the First World War did so because they believed that their liberties were under threat. They fought for freedom and democracy. However...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
The New Assault On Anzac Day

The New Assault On Anzac Day

Georgina Downer 25 April 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

For the last few years, there has been a growing annual assault against Australian identity. It starts off in early January, a rude awakening from New Year’s celebrations, and rises to a crescendo...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TODAY
Asking Britain To Apologise For Its Empire Is Lunacy

Asking Britain To Apologise For Its Empire Is Lunacy

Bella d'Abrera 17 April 2018 Ipa today, Opinion,

Emily Thornberry’s call for Theresa May to apologise for Britain’s “historic wrongs” has caused bemusement here in Australia and doubtless other Commonwealth countries. What exactly is it that the...

Originally appeared in The Times (UK)
IPA TODAY
Hijacking Eureka

Hijacking Eureka

Bella d'Abrera 17 April 2018 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

The Queensland Teachers’ Union decision to decorate every classroom in the state with the Eureka Stockade flag is blatant indoctrination and propagandising, which has no place in our public school...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Special Edition of The Young IPA Podcast – Interview with Dennis Prager

Special Edition of The Young IPA Podcast – Interview with Dennis Prager

James Bolt, Peter Gregory and Dennis Prager 5 April 2018 Education and skills, Ideas and liberty,

In 2009 Dennis Prager launched PragerU which creates concise 5 minute videos on complex political, economic, social and cultural issues. PragerU stands by its claim that viewing all of its videos...

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Is It Monash Or Marxist University?

Is It Monash Or Marxist University?

Matthew Lesh 3 April 2018 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Monash University, the first Australian university to introduce trigger warnings, appropriately begins their “#CHANGEIT” advertising campaign by declaring “SOME OF YOU MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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Professor Robert Tombs: Why Western Civilisation Is Our Future

Professor Robert Tombs: Why Western Civilisation Is Our Future

Robert Tombs 28 March 2018 Ipa today, Ipa tv,

Professor Robert Tombs speaks to IPA members on the subject ‘Why Western Civilisation is Our Future’, on his tour of Australia with the IPA.

Western Civilisation
For my note this week

For my note this week

John Roskam 11 March 2018 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

Dear IPA Members For my note this week I thought I might do something a little bit different and tell you about the rock concert I went to in Melbourne last night. It wasn’t actually a rock...

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No Sex Please, We’re Progressive

No Sex Please, We’re Progressive

Bella d'Abrera 3 March 2018 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The Prime Minister’s recent puritanical edicts regarding relationships between ministers and their staff do not have roots in conservative Christianity, but in progressive Leftism which has an...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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