2 June 2023
Scott Hargreaves On Credlin – How Politics Has No Place In Sport Sky News Australia
On June 2, IPA Executive Director Scott Hargreaves discusses with Steve Price on Sky News Australia how Australians are sick and tired of politics being injected into their favourite sports. Sport is a critical part of Australia’s social fabric, which for generations has brought our nation together, yet is now being used by a privileged elite as a weapon of
2 June 2023
Daniel Wild On The Rita Panahi Show – How Australians Do Not Want Politics Being In Sport Sky News Australia
On June 2, IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discusses with Rita Panahi on Sky News Australia how Australians are sick and tired of politics being injected into their favourite sports. All media appearances posted onto the IPA website are directly related to the promotion and dissemination of IPA research. Below is a transcript of the interview. Rita Panahi: Welcome
9 May 2023
Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Lessons In Political And Economic Leadership
See below for show notes: This week former Prime Minister and Distinguished Fellow at the IPA Tony Abbott shares his thoughts on political and economic leadership, in the context of the federal budget and the infighting in the Victorian Liberal Party. Find out more at australia.ipa.org.au
17 March 2023
New SEC A Dependable Source Of Cheap Politics
In this article, Scott Hargreaves contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into energy prices, conducted as part of the IPA’s Net Zero Program. The IPA’s Net Zero Program aims to research the various ways net zero policies negatively affect Australia’s energy security, national security capabilities, and household electricity prices. Households and industry in Victoria are being conned
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
28 October 2022
IPA Poll: Australians Believe Politics Is Out Of Bounds On the Sporting Field
“Sport is a defining component of the Australian way of life, where we all can play and cheer together, and the message from mainstream Australians is clear: play the ball and not the man,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. A poll undertaken in October, by marketing research firm Dynata, asked 1,000 Australians to
16 June 2022
Net Zero Will Be The New Zero-COVID
The energy crisis should prompt Peter Dutton to ditch the 2050 emission target that, like eliminating the virus, no one will ever admit to supporting in a few years time. Eventually, net zero will be akin to the COVID-19 lockdowns. Just as one day no one will ever admit to having supported lockdowns, people will say “net zero? What was that?” And
2 June 2022
Business Has Gone Woke – So Libs Should Focus On Dandenong Not Davos
Peter Dutton was right to dismiss corporate Australia as being more in step with Labor and the Greens. The automatic and close relationship between the centre-right of politics and big business is over. Anthony Albanese’s election victory has prompted all sorts of interesting reactions. Apparently, company boards should now start purging their ranks of “right-wingers”. That’s the view of Graeme Bricknell of
16 May 2022
Labor Wage Hike To Accelerate Inflation, Punish Mortgage Holders And Small Business
Preliminary research released today by the Institute of Public Affairs has identified that a 5.1% wage hike as proposed by Labor leader Anthony Albanese could over the next twelve months: lead to a 2.25 percentage point increase to inflation, taking inflation from the current rate of 5.1% to 7.36%; push mortgage rates up by 57 basis points, taking the average
11 May 2022
Major Parties Fail To Understand The Impact of Net Zero On The Hunter
“Both major parties fail to understand the significant economic and social impacts that a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 will have on the Hunter’s workers and community,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today the Prime Minister is in the Hunter Valley where he announced $50 million in funding for research and
