25 June 2020
Bypassing Democracy – A Report On The Exemption Of Delegated Legislation From Parliamentary Oversight
Questioning and challenging the policies and actions of ministers and senior bureaucrats is fundamental to parliament’s role in holding the government to account. While the Commonwealth parliament can practice oversight of the government in numerous ways, the power to veto laws made by ministers and agencies is a powerful mechanism for parliamentarians to ensure legislation is consistent with the rule
28 November 2017
Highlights of Professor Sinclair Davidson on The Young IPA Podcast
Professor Sinclair Davidson, IPA Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University, joined us on The Young IPA Podcast this week. Here’s some of what he had to say: Why Australia hasn’t seen meaningful tax reform since 2007 Well there’s two things that have really happened. The first is we’ve had a lack of economic leadership. Peter
27 February 2017
18C Should be Repealed
18C should be repealed. The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s report into 18C has been tabled. Simon Breheny delivers the IPA’s reaction.
31 August 2016
Doug Cameron mentioning the IPA
Senator Doug Cameron (ALP, NSW) gave a 10 minute speech to the Senate yesterday. We got mentioned a few times.
