Free Speech On Campus Audit 2017
Australia’s universities are failing to protect free speech on campus. The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA)’s Free Speech on Campus Audit 2017 is a systematic analysis of over 165...
Australian Universities Hostile To Free Speech: IPA Report
Australian universities are hostile to free speech on campus, according to the Institute of Public Affairs’ Free Speech on Campus Audit 2017 authored by IPA research fellow Matthew Lesh...
Religious Freedom Review
“Section 18C must be included in any review of religious freedoms,” said Morgan Begg, research fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The Coalition...
Talking Point: Public Policy Questions A Matter For Us All
While seemingly a win for freedom of speech, the High Court’s decision highlights why we shouldn’t rely on the judiciary to resolve contentious public policy questions. Two weeks ago the…
Originally appeared in The Mercury
Tim’s Tawdry Trick
As the saying goes, if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. So naturally, when the Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane, decided last week to share…
Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Australia’s Universities Are Failing To Protect Free Speech
Academic freedom is increasingly under threat on Australian campuses, and widespread speech codes leave universities unprepared to combat the danger. The latest threat comes from a new source...
Originally appeared in ABC News
Three Reasons The Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 Is Bad Law
This IPA Parliamentary Research Brief seeks to explain the problems with this law. Our research demonstrates that the Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Act 2017 is bad law because...
No Safe Space From The Self-Righteous
“The personal is political”, a slogan of radical feminism in the 1970s, has now become true. A family dinner would have once been considered a safe space for the personal and…
Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Why Abolish 18C? Consider This Vexatious Complaint’s Threat To Free Speech
When the legal affairs editor of this paper, Chris Merritt, sent a carefully worded reply on March 9 to an email he had received two days earlier, that should have…
Originally appeared in The Australian
Highlights Of David Leyonhjelm On The Young IPA Podcast
Senator David Leyonhjelm was our guest on The Young IPA Podcast this week. Listen to the full interview on iTunes, SoundCloud and our website. Here’s some of what Senator Leyonhjelm…
Emergency Plebiscite Law A Major Threat To Free Speech
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has today criticised the government’s emergency plebiscite vilification law as another attack on freedom of speech. “This vague legislation...
Submission To The Senate Select Committee On The Future Of Public Interest Journalism
It is widely agreed that a free and independent press is an essential part of a democratic order. This submission addresses itself to the implications of the words free and…