Rights and Freedoms

5 August 2023

“The decision to scrap the new, rushed cultural heritage laws is a win for West Australians who were completely ignored and bamboozled by inner-city elites who wanted to take control of private land by stealth,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. The Friday evening declaration by the Western Australian Government that its position on

2 August 2023

In this article, Brianna McKee contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into the national curriculum, conducted as part of the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation Program. The Foundations of Western Civilisation Program was established in 2011 to defend and extend Australians’ understanding of the influential, historical role of the West in establishing many of the liberties enjoyed

1 August 2023

South Australians will play a crucial role in the forthcoming referendum on whether to permanently enshrine into the Australian Constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (the National Voice). Altering the Constitution requires the approval of a majority of voters nationwide and a majority of voters in at least four states, making South Australia a key battleground state in

1 August 2023

“Putting race at the heart of governing is both divisive and disruptive, however, enshrining a race-based Voice in the nation’s Constitution is a far greater risk than South Australia’s legislated Voice to Parliament,” said John Storey, Director of the Legal Rights Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today, the IPA released a new research report, Permanent and More Powerful,

27 July 2023

It’s difficult to spot the difference between what Coutts did to the Brexit leader and what the Commonwealth Bank does to coal miners. What NatWest bank in the UK and its boss Alison Rose did to Nigel Farage has proved a headline from Time magazine a few years ago to be absolutely wrong. According to Time, “Cancel culture is not real – at least

25 July 2023

Institute of Public Affairs’ Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild joined Peta Credlin to discuss the impact of Western Australia’s ill-conceived cultural heritage laws, red tape and the potential impact of the Voice to Parliament. WA Premier Roger Cook admitted in early July that “our Aboriginal cultural heritage laws do the same thing as the Voice.” These new laws mandate that

25 July 2023

On July 25, IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discussed IPA polling on South Australians’ views on the Canberra Voice to Parliament, on FiveAA Mornings with Matthew Pantellis. Below is a transcript of the interview. Matthew Pantelis: The Institute of Public Affairs has released a polling conducted here in SA on the Voice and the referendum coming up towards the

25 July 2023

“South Australians have sent a strong message, they do not believe the Canberra Voice to Parliament will improve the lives of Indigenous Australians, and support for the proposal continues to fall,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs  Today, the IPA released new polling of 660 South Australians on the Voice to Parliament, which found

25 July 2023

This poll of 660 South Australians was commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs. The data was collected by Insightfully between 17 and 19 June 2023, and results are rounded to the nearest whole number. QUESTION 1: How are you intending to vote in the referendum to establish the Federal Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia’s Constitution, which will be

21 July 2023

In this article, Daniel Wild contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into red tape in Western Australia’s agricultural sector, and how that affects Australia’s economic freedom and prosperity. The IPA has been dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of economic freedom through research and analysis since its inception in 1943. Standing on the banks of the