16 June 2023
Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Voice Is Not Recognition
See below for show notes: Former Prime Minister and Distinguished Fellow of the IPA, Tony Abbott, and the IPA’s Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discuss the deliberate conflation of the voice with indigenous recognition – they are two unrelated and separate matters. Tony also shares his perspective on plummeting support for the Victorian Liberal Party, as well as the importance
12 June 2022
The Indigenous Voice To Parliament Has the Potential To Be Divisive
Indigenous Australians are Australians Voice. Treaty. Truth. These are the words used to describe the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) main policy for Indigenous Australians. Now that the ALP has claimed power in Canberra after nine years in opposition, it is time to consider what these words mean genuinely. The Labor party policy platform notes a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament is
12 April 2022
Voice Referendum A Betrayal Of 1967 Legacy
“Holding a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament on the anniversary of the 1967 referendum is a backwards and retrograde step which will destroy the progress to racial equality started in 1967 and divide Australians by race forever,” said Morgan Begg, Director of the Legal Rights Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. It was reported today that a
23 March 2021
Australians Must Not Be Divided By Race
The Institute of Public Affairs is committed to undertaking research to defend and extend the Australian way of life and mainstream Australian values. Central to the Australian way of life is the idea that all Australians are equal in the eyes of the law and that every Australian shares an equal voice in the governance of the nation. This letter,
3 February 2021
An Indigenous Voice To Parliament: Not As Simple As Some Would Have You Believe
Advocates for an Indigenous Voice to parliament see the proposal for a legislated option merely as a stepping stone to radical constitutional change rather than the compromise some conservatives think it could be. The National Indigenous Australian Agency (NIAA) has now released to the public its interim report outlining a proposal of an Indigenous Voice to parliament. The interim report, produced as part of a co-design process launched by the federal
21 February 2020
Why The Aboriginal Citizenship Ruling Is Alien To All Ideas Of Law
The utter failure of the federal Coalition, after almost seven years in government, to do anything to arrest the left-wing political activism of Australia’s institutions of government and administration was on full display last week. It’s one thing (as bad as it might be) for the ABC, or the Canberra public service, or the country’s taxpayer-funded universities to indulge themselves
31 October 2019
Australians Speak Out Against Race In Our Constitution
Several prominent Australians have spoken out against the proposal for an indigenous voice to parliament, in a new video by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Senator James McGrath, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Dr Anthony Dillon, and Lorraine Finlay warned against a constitutional amendment that would divide Australians by race. “I’m a Queensland senator. I don’t want indigenous
23 August 2019
No Call To Heed A Divisive Voice
Localism, property rights and regional economic development will help improve the lives of indigenous Australians more than another Canberra-based body. In his delivery of the 19th Annual Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture last week, Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt ruled out holding a referendum on inserting an indigenous-only voice in the Constitution. This is the right call. Such a voice would
10 August 2019
The G-G Should Resign
Australia’s constitutional system cannot function properly with a Governor-General inserting himself into contemporary political debate. If the current Governor-General wishes to do so, then he should resign the office. At the Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures in north-east Arnhem Land last weekend, Governor-General David Hurley urged Australians to move quickly to secure an unspecified constitutional amendment to recognise Aboriginal and
7 August 2019
The Art Of Persuasion Needs More Than Abusive Language
The Institute of Public Affairs is on a unity ticket with Noel Pearson, whether he cares to admit it or not. Like the work of the respected indigenous leader, our work endeavours to help people overcome disadvantage, to enjoy the dignity that comes from work, and the human flourishing that comes from greater freedom and economic prosperity. Like Pearson, we
