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IPA Welcomes PM Support For Inquiry Into 18C

Simon Breheny 28 October 2016 Media releases, Publications,

The free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs today welcomed the Prime Minister’s comment that a parliamentary inquiry into section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975...

Submission To The Inquiry Into The impact Of The Government’s Workplace Bargaining Policy

Aaron Lane 26 October 2016 Dignity of work, Publications,

Enterprise bargaining requires negotiation from both sides. The government’s policy provides the flexibility for this to occur on the employer side. This is in stark contrast to the public...

Opinion

Malcolm Turnbull Must Ignore The Luvvies – He Leads A Centre-Right Party

John Roskam 21 October 2016 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Tony Abbott is right. Australians are sick of the revolving door of prime ministers. As Abbott said on Wednesday, there’s not going to be a change in the Liberal leadership “any time...

Ministerial Confusion A Symptom Of Big Government

Brett Hogan 18 October 2016 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

Today’s revelation by the ABC that 100 days after the federal election, Australia’s three defence ministers still don’t actually know what their responsibilities are, is a classic example of what...

Opinion

Blue Poles: Sell This Monument To Madness

Bella d'Abrera 14 October 2016 Opinion, Publications,

Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles must be sold. Not because it’s a bad painting or because it fails the Australian test, but because it of what has come to represent to the Left. Last week...

Banning Political Donations Is Banning Freedom

Simon Breheny 13 September 2016 Freedom of speech, Opinion,

In the wake of the Chinese donation scandal engulfing “Shanghai” Sam Dastyari, more than a few politicians have massively overreacted by calling for bans on all political donations...

The Turnbull Government Backs An Unprincipled Purpose Of Super

John Roskam 9 September 2016 Finance and economics, Opinion,

On Wednesday the Turnbull government released draft legislation to bring some of its superannuation promises into law. These changes are not the whole policy – we are told that some of the...

Opinion

Energy Ministers Need To Facilitate, Not Limit, Consumer Choices

Brett Hogan 19 August 2016 Energy and resources, Government services,

As the nation’s Energy Ministers prepare for Friday’s meeting in Canberra to discuss how to “ensure energy markets remain stable and secure” it would be a major step...

Opinion