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Submission to the Inquiry into the Social Media Minimum Age Amendment Bill

Dear Committee Secretary, Social media ban amendment reveals the federal government’s restrictive...

Andrew Bushnell on The Jaimee Rogers Show Sky News Australia – 5 July 2026

Jaimee Rogers: Welcome back. The social media ban was meant to keep...

Coercive new powers for eSafety to enforce u16 social media ban foreshadows digital duty of care

“In its apparent desperation to catch someone – anyone – for violating...

Bananas, bureaucrats, and Albanese’s social media ban

This article was originally published in The Spectator Australia on or about...

Adam Creighton discussing internet censorship On 2SM Mornings – 31 July 2025

The Institute of Public Affairs’ Adam Creighton appeared on 2SM Mornings with...

Margaret Chambers Discussing Internet Censorship On 4BC Drive – 24 June 2025

The Institute of Public Affairs’ Margaret Chambers appeared on 4BC Drive with...

Social Media Bans And The Control Of Centralised Information

In this article, Margaret Chambers contextualises and disseminates the IPA’s research on...

Margaret Chambers Discussing Internet Censorship On 4BC Drive – 13 December 2024

The Institute of Public Affairs’ Margaret Chambers appeared on 4BC Drive to...

Australia’s Social Media Ban Is A Joke

In this article, Senior Fellow John Roskam contextualises and disseminates the IPA’s...

Submission to the Inquiry into the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

Dear Committee Secretary, One-day consultation period manifestly inadequate for a rigorous scrutiny...

Institute of Public Affairs Submission Joint Select Committee On Social Media And Australian Society

Dear Secretary, Institute of Public Affairs’ Submission to the Joint Select Committee...

Institute of Public Affairs Submission To The Statutory Review Of the Online Safety Act 2021

Dear Director, The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) welcomes the opportunity to...

Fact Check Or Stacked Deck?

Analysis of Australian fact checking organisations from 2019 to 2024 Under the...

Australia Censored Episode 3: Free Speech And Civil Liberties Online With Andrew Lowenthal

In this episode of Australia Censored, host John Storey, Director of Law...

Now it’s ScoMo’s Ministry of Truth

Why are the Liberals silencing free speech? The Morrison government’s plans to...

Morrison’s Proposed Ministry Of Truth Is Authoritarian And Dangerous

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Plans by the Morrison Government to give more power to bureaucrats at...

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