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HomeTag: Australian Politics

Tag: Australian Politics

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IPA Welcomes Substantial Changes To 18C

IPA Welcomes Substantial Changes To 18C

John Roskam 21 March 2017 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

“The IPA welcomes the Turnbull Government’s commitment to make substantial legislative changes section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act,” according to John Roskam, Executive...

Opinion
Four Year Terms Are A Bad Idea

Four Year Terms Are A Bad Idea

Andrew Bushnell and Daniel Wild 24 February 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The election of Donald Trump, the vote for Brexit, and the return of One Nation have all threatened the centre-right status quo, while on the left, throwback leaders like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy...

Originally appeared in The Spectator
Opinion
The Coalition Hands Its Values To Hanson

The Coalition Hands Its Values To Hanson

John Roskam 24 February 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

The rise of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party continues to befuddle the Canberra press gallery and the major political parties. In Western Australia One Nation could hold the balance of...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Opinion
Right Needs Bernardi’s New Voice

Right Needs Bernardi’s New Voice

John Roskam 24 February 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

In the long run, Cory Bernardi leaving the Liberal Party to start his own conservative movement will help the Liberal Party and will strengthen centre-right politics in Australia. Centre-right...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Opinion
America Has The Answer For Australia’s Failing Schools

America Has The Answer For Australia’s Failing Schools

Aaron Lane 23 February 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

Australia must tackle the highly-centralised structures of public education if we are to stem the long-term decline of Australian students’ performance compared to the rest of the world...

Originally appeared in Sydney Morning Herald
Opinion
IMF Report Shows Old-Time Fiscal Religion Is Needed To Counter The New Mediocre

IMF Report Shows Old-Time Fiscal Religion Is Needed To Counter The New Mediocre

Sinclair Davidson 20 February 2017 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

The latest annual IMF Australia Consultation might have passed unnoticed but for this highly damning statement: “the new mediocre”. Perhaps they were being polite –...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Opinion
Criminal Justice Can Never Be An Arm Of The Welfare State

Criminal Justice Can Never Be An Arm Of The Welfare State

Andrew Bushnell 17 February 2017 Criminal justice, Ipa today,

Crime is caused by people who decide to commit crimes. It is not caused by society. The criminal justice system exists to punish criminals and protect the community, not to fix societal ills. This...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Opinion
New Minister Must Get Curriculum Right

New Minister Must Get Curriculum Right

Bella d'Abrera 17 February 2017 Education and skills, Ipa today,

The latest NSW Cabinet reshuffle has resulted in some significant front bench arrivals and departures in the new Berejiklian Government. One of those changes is the replacement of Adrian Piccoli...

Media Releases
Minor Party Voters Fed Up With Red Tape

Minor Party Voters Fed Up With Red Tape

Daniel Wild 16 February 2017 Media releases, Publications,

Fifty-two per cent of minor party voters believe Australia is over-regulated, according to an Essential Research poll released on 14 February 2017. “This is clear evidence that minor party...

Opinion
Revealed: How Your Taxes Fund The 18c Fan Club

Revealed: How Your Taxes Fund The 18c Fan Club

Morgan Begg 3 February 2017 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

One of the most obvious features of the parliamentary inquiry into section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act has been the volume of government agencies and government-funded left-wing interest...

Opinion
Why We Shouldn’t #ChangeTheDate

Why We Shouldn’t #ChangeTheDate

Bella d'Abrera 2 February 2017 Faith and society, Ideas and liberty,

Last Friday, the University of Western Australia Student Guild voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing the date of Australia Day and proposed to ban all future campus celebrations on January...

IPA TV
Simon Breheny: Plurality Of Australians Want 18C Reform

Simon Breheny: Plurality Of Australians Want 18C Reform

Simon Breheny 1 February 2017 Ipa tv,

The IPA’s Simon Breheny discusses the findings of the Galaxy Poll which found 48% of Australians support 18C reform with 38% opposed.

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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott Joins The IPA’s Fight For Australian Values
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott Joins The IPA’s Fight For Australian Values

The Institute of Public Affairs has today announced that the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony Abbott will join the IPA as a Distinguished Fellow. Mr Abbott will be working with the...

The Fair Go – Going, Gone: The Decline Of The Australian Way Of Life, 2000 to 2020
The Fair Go – Going, Gone: The Decline Of The Australian Way Of Life, 2000 to 2020

Key findings : The quality of the Australian way of life is collapsing.  The Australian Way of Life Scoreboard, which measures the quality of the Australian way of life, has declined by 28.5%...

The Guardian’s New War On Free Speech
The Guardian’s New War On Free Speech

On the 21st and 22nd of January the Institute of Public Affairs received correspondence about a planned register of think-tanks in Australia by The Guardian Australia “to improve Australian...

Australia Versus Google
Australia Versus Google

The out-going Trump administration finally woke up to a nasty little rort that the Australian government was planning on running against United States tech giants operating in Australia. On...

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