Rights and Freedoms

New Zealand’s Failed Experiment Highlights Voice To Parliament Dangers

“New Zealand’s failed Māori Voice to Parliament, the Waitangi Tribunal, which the Prime Minister held up as a model for Australia, has imposed dangerous policies that puts a person’s race…

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The New Zealand Māori Voice To Parliament And What We Can Expect From Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he wants to follow the lead of New Zealand on reconciliation by implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart. On 6 February 2020, he…

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Australians Support A Free And Fair Debate On Voice: A Review Of Submissions On The Federal Government’s Voice Referendum Amendment Proposals

The Albanese government has proposed suspending the law requiring the government to fund the publication and distribution of an official pamphlet setting out the “Yes” and the “No” case for…

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Australians Support A Free And Fair Debate On The Voice

“Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was right to pressure the Prime Minister into distributing critical information on the proposed Voice to Parliament to all households, ensuring there is a free and…

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Time To Rebalance The Scales Of Justice

The death of Veronica Nelson in custody has finally convinced the state government to address the appalling rise in Victorian prison numbers, and, encouragingly, the state opposition agrees criminal justice…

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Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Albanese A Used Car Salesman On Voice

See below for show notes: IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott shares his insights and analysis about the very significant shortcomings of the proposed voice to parliament, as well as the…

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Australia’s Incarceration Crisis Highlighted By New Productivity Commission Report

“Australia’s criminal justice system is fast approaching breaking-point, with urgent reform now required to stop wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money, improve community safety, and reduce unnecessary incarceration,” said Daniel Wild,…

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Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Australia Day Is A Day Of Celebration

See below for show notes: Former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott and IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discuss Tony’s future in politics, the woke big businesses…

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PM Misleading And Evasive On Voice To Parliament

“Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s assertion in recent interviews that the Indigenous-only Voice to Parliament would not be ‘justiciable’ is either ill-informed or deliberately misleading,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director…

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Australia Needs More Than Labor’s Union-appeasing Industrial Relations Laws To Fix Our Chronic Worker Shortage

At a critical economic period in our history, union-friendly concessions have been made instead of real reform enacted for the benefit of everyday Australian. You would have to look very…

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The Liberals Face 2023 Lost In Electoral No-man’s Land

Labor is basking in an aura of competence. The Liberals do not even know what their product is any more. Could that change this year? If Anthony Albanese could call…

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Australia’s Democratic Backslide

Democracy is the backbone of the Australian way of life. By global standards, Australia’s electoral and democratic institutions are at an exceedingly high standard, but it is important to constantly…

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‘Away with the Manger’: Christmas Hijacked By Politics

Away with the manger; no wisemen from afar; the little Lord Jesus; replaced by Indigenous art! Imagine Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building bulldozed into rubble. That was the likely fate of…

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Wake Up And Smell The CCP

Two new books are right to warn we should be alert and alarmed by the military threat China poses to Australia, advises Paul Monk. The literature on our strategic dilemmas…

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Disassembling United Notions

‘Traditional combat… [is] now accompanied by prolific disinformation and the manipulation of whole communities and societies. What if a lie, told repeatedly, and across many platforms, prompts, inspires or motivates…

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Winning Hearts and Minds

The conservative battle to win back lost ground here and abroad requires renewal and entering new territories, argues Sydney-based writer and cultural critic Adrian Nguyen. Centre-right parties and governments across…

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Tomorrow Never Knows

If educator and novelist John Marsden agrees our kids should be free to take risks; why not also adults?, wonders IPA Adjunct Fellow Cian Hussey. How ironic for a book…

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Crowning Glory

Support for a republic fades as people better understand the role of the Crown in upholding democracy and good governance, argues author and mathematician Nigel Greenwood. During eight years researching…

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