national security

14 March 2023

See below for show notes: IPA distinguished fellow and former prime minister Tony Abbott argues that the new US submarine deal is good for Australia’s national security, but much more still needs to be done to ensure is adequately prepared for the challenges ahead. Find out more at australia.ipa.org.au

18 February 2023

See below for show notes: IPA Distinguished Fellow and former prime minister Tony Abbott shares his perspective on declining support for the Voice, parallels with the Republic referendum, and his concerns about how debate is being suppressed. Find out more at australia.ipa.org.au

7 February 2023

See below for show notes: IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott shares his insights and analysis about the very significant shortcomings of the proposed voice to parliament, as well as the deteriorating international security and national defense outlook for Australia and the western world. Find out more at australia.ipa.org.au

15 November 2022

This article was originally published in The Spectator Australia on or about 15 November 2022 and was written by the author in her capacity as a contributor for that publication. It has been republished on the IPA website with permission. The views expressed are those of the author alone. We face an ongoing struggle to defend our national security against malicious foreign actors,

2 September 2022

This article was originally published in The Daily Telegraph. In this article, Paddy O’Leary contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into Australians’ views on national security, conducted as part of the IPA’s Centre for the Australian Way of Life. The IPA’s Centre for the Australian Way of Life aims to research the various ways in which Australia’s

12 April 2022

“With Labor leader Anthony Albanese forgetting even the most basic of economic statistics on the first day of the federal campaign, it’s good time to remind all political leaders about the facts of their bipartisan, economically destructive net zero emissions by 2050 target,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute for Public Affairs. Recent research and analysis by

26 March 2022

Featured Image: A compressor station of the Jagal natural gas pipeline stands near Mallnow, Germany, on March 21, 2022. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) As Ukraine burns and a worldwide inflationary crisis threatens to crush the living standards of working people everywhere, out-of-touch political elites continue to bring the global conversation back to climate change. Even as climate evangelists like Boris Johnson

17 March 2022

New polling data released today by the Institute of Public Affairs has found that a significant majority of Australians believe the federal government should be more focused on national defence than meeting a net zero emissions target by 2050. “Australia’s commitment to net zero emissions is no longer just an economic concern, mainstream Australians understand it is also a threat

16 March 2022

The West has played Russian roulette for more than two decades by outsourcing their energy supply needs to hostile nations, while presenting themselves as environmentally virtuous by pushing inter­national net zero emissions ­targets. Following the invasion of Ukraine, western leaders are waking up fast to the fact their predecessors have left us all in the firing line. Today, energy security

3 March 2022

The horrifying conflict in Ukraine and the geopolitical ramifications it has exposed mean Australia must immediately reassess how it secures its place in the world. First and foremost, Australia has no choice but to remove the green-coloured wool from its eyes and face the fact that energy security is national security. The war in Ukraine has brutally sheeted this reality