Poll: Voters Say Don’t Hold Australia Back
New polling data released today by the Institute of Public Affairs has found a significant majority of Australians believe it is critical for Australia be able to manufacture its own…
Victorian COVID-19 Detention Powers Could Be Unconstitutional: IPA Report
The Institute of Public Affairs has today published new research highlighting how the powers of detention in the Victorian government’s pandemic management legislation could be struck down...
So Slow On The Jab, We Need War Effort To End Pandemic
Brisbane has been plunged into another snap lockdown after COVID-19 slipped into the community through an inexplicably unvaccinated doctor and nurse. Australiaâs borders remain closed and tens of...
Originally appeared in The Australian
Pandemics Not State Libsâ Real Problem
Itâs true the coronavirus has made the job of being in opposition difficult. Itâs understandable at times of crisis the public want stability and unity, not criticism and division...
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
âShe Wonât Be Rightâ Is A Rising Worry For Australians
Before The Economist magazine became the in-house journal for the woke business elite, it printed a fascinating article entitled âThe burden of historyâ about how the past is viewed in the...
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Melbourne’s Double Lockdown
Even as they shut their doorsâquite possibly forever, in many casesâMelbourneâs battered hospitality businesses were still complying. The bars and restaurants and cafes for which Australiaâs...
Originally appeared in The American Conservative
Time To Tell The Truth About 2020
In his book The Fear and the Freedom â Why the Second World War Still Matters, the historian Keith Lowe writes about how the nations and individuals who survived through war…
Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review
Letter to Treasurer
Dear Treasurer, As you would be aware the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has long been concerned about issues of freedom of speech in Australia. The IPA strongly supports…
Hurry Up And Then Stop
Australia is not following the science. The decision to dither on the Covid-19 vaccines will not delay the economic recovery but could risk lives and undermine faith in immunisation...
Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph
Report: Australian Small And Family-Run Business In Crisis
Research released today by the Institute of Public Affairs outlines how a dramatic re-shaping to the structure of Australiaâs economy has largely benefited big corporates and the financial sector...
Coronavirus: Shift To Virtual Courtrooms Leaves Justice System Ailing
The coronavirus restrictions passed in 2020 requiring courts to go virtual is an under-appreciated but serious threat to the traditions that have been built up over centuries to protect...
Originally appeared in The Australian
Will The Australian Way Of Life Be A Long-Term Coronavirus Victim?
COVID-19 has consumed the publicâs attention for almost six months, but the economic crisis caused by devastating lockdowns has started to shed light on a nefarious threat to the Australian way of...
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia