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Fear And Loathing In Post-Covid Australia
25 April 2023

Fear And Loathing In Post-Covid Australia

Three years ago, I was approached at a pub in Brisbane by a television station reporting on the mask mandates to be put in place by our state premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk. I was asked what I thought of having to wear a mask and remain seated when at cafes, restaurants, and pubs. I said it was a laugh and that
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The Truth Is Out There: COVID-19 Was About Politics, Not Science
10 March 2023

The Truth Is Out There: COVID-19 Was About Politics, Not Science

When The New York Times allows its star columnist to write an oped revealing that mask mandates did nothing to stop the spread, it’s obvious something is changing the narrative about the pandemic. The truth, as the saying goes, is a time-release pill. Three years on from the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, we’re getting closer to identifying the origin
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Failed Zero Covid Policy Cost Australia Over $938 Billion, Report Finds
22 September 2022

Failed Zero Covid Policy Cost Australia Over $938 Billion, Report Finds

This article was originally published in The Daily Sceptic. In this article, Morgan Begg contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how that affected Australia’s economic freedom and prosperity. The IPA has been dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of economic freedom through research and analysis since its inception
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Self-reliance, Youth, And The Task Of Character
5 April 2022

Self-reliance, Youth, And The Task Of Character

The Institute of Public Affairs has published a new report by Sydney-based psychiatrist and author Dr Tanveer Ahmed entitled Self-reliance, Youth and the Task of Character. All human beings need meaning and purpose in one form or another to strive forward in life. It is central to who we are – psychologically, socially, and physically – for us to believe that
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What’s Worse Than A Lockdown?
17 February 2022

What’s Worse Than A Lockdown?

‘Worse than lockdown’ is a headline that has been used far too often in the media recently. That’s right, while most families have been locked up for the better part of two years, there are actual people who believe that the pain inflicted by the Omicron wave resulted in a worse situation than the hellscape that was Victoria’s lockdowns. The Western
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You’re Only Focused On Case Numbers, Dan? Here Are The Shocking Stats Showing Why Lockdown Must End Now
16 October 2020

You’re Only Focused On Case Numbers, Dan? Here Are The Shocking Stats Showing Why Lockdown Must End Now

On 10 October, during his daily press conference, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said, “The only numbers I’m focused on is [COVID-19] case numbers.”  We knew this already. That’s why Victoria has been subject to the cruel and indefinite lockdown measures that have crippled the economy, caused countless businesses to close for good, and kept school children from seeing their friends for months
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810,000 Small Businesses And 1.7 Million Jobs At Risk From Lockdowns
8 September 2020

810,000 Small Businesses And 1.7 Million Jobs At Risk From Lockdowns

Institute of Public Affairs analysis of data recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics finds that over 810,000 small businesses are at risk of closing and approximately 1.7 million jobs are at risk of being lost over the next three months due to the lockdown restrictions which remain in place across Australia. This could potentially cause the official unemployment
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The WHO Has Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: COVID-19 Is Now More About Politics Than Public Health
2 September 2020

The WHO Has Let The Cat Out Of The Bag: COVID-19 Is Now More About Politics Than Public Health

The World Health Organisation’s Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last Friday that “we will not – we cannot – go back to the way things were… the pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change.”  Tedros also said, “the pandemic has given us a glimpse of our world as it could be: cleaner skies and rivers.” 
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Australia Has Returned To Being A Convict Nation
25 August 2020

Australia Has Returned To Being A Convict Nation

It must be nice to be Shane Warne. Shane was one of the 22,640 citizens The Australian Border Force granted permission to leave the country between March 25 and July 31. The 69,310 people who were denied permission in this time are people like Donna Burton, an Australian woman who was forced to forfeit her $2,000 (£1,100) airfare to London
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‘Eliminating’ The Virus Is Suppressing Truth
17 July 2020

‘Eliminating’ The Virus Is Suppressing Truth

Recent calls for an ‘elimination strategy’ to defeat the coronavirus pandemic are misguided, and may not even work. Why? Because pursuing elimination would mean longer and harder lockdowns. That would mean more jobs lost, more businesses shuttered for good, more livelihoods destroyed, more families plunged into poverty, more lives ruined forever. And even with that, there would be no guarantee
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