12 June 2023
Same Job, Same Pay Is A ‘Short-sighted’ Union Power Grab That Will Worsen Australia’s Already Anaemic Economic Growth Prospects
In this article, Saxon Davidson contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s research into Australia’s worker shortage crisis and how that affects 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 in 1943. Labor’s proposed industrial relations reforms will worsen Australia’s unprecedented
31 January 2023
Australia’s Incarceration Crisis Highlighted By New Productivity Commission Report
“Australia’s criminal justice system is fast approaching breaking-point, with urgent reform now required to stop wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money, improve community safety, and reduce unnecessary incarceration,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Released today, the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services 2023 revealed; “Too many low-risk, non-violent offenders are being locked up, which
28 September 2022
Notes For The Opening Statement Delivered To The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. I’d like to set out some broader economic context for the bill and its intent to alleviate the crippling worker shortage facing our nation. Forthcoming research by the Institute of Public Affairs has established the significant economic challenges facing Australia, which this bill seeks to alleviate. New private sector
8 March 2019
Shorten’s Alternative IR Reality Based On Trumpian Alternative Facts
This week the Prime Minister got his wish. On Tuesday, in his speech to The Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Scott Morrison wanted to get the media talking about the risk of a recession under a Labor government. On Wednesday we learned Australia was actually already in a recession, at least as measured by economic growth per head. The release
7 March 2019
Our Unproductive Approach To Growth
Australia has entered into a per capita economic recession for the third time in 28 years, according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The figures also show there have been 18 quarters in the past 28 years where per capita incomes have gone backwards. The 28-year yardstick is relevant because that is the time since Australia
30 November 2017
New Businesses Fallen By 60 Per Cent: Government Report
A new report from the Department of Industry has found that the Australian entrepreneurship downturn is worse than previously thought. Earlier this month the IPA’s new report on entrepreneurship, Reigniting Australia’s Entrepreneurial Flame, found that there were 15,000 fewer new businesses created in 2016 than in 2003 and a fall in business entry rate of 16 per cent. This finding, which was based on analysis of the ABS business counts data, is despite working age population growing by
6 November 2017
When It Comes To Red Tape Reduction, There’s Reason To Be Hopeful
Last Friday night, IPA Director of Policy, Simon Breheny, appeared on Sky TV to discuss the upcoming Queensland election and some of the election commitments that had been put forward. When Simon expressed his enthusiasm and support for the State Opposition’s pledge to cut red tape by twenty percent, he was met with a range of comments by his fellow
5 November 2017
Reigniting Australia’s Entrepreneurial Flame: Finding The Missing 275,000 Businesses
The Institute of Public Affairs has tracked the state of entrepreneurship in Australia since 2014. This research was developed by Dom Talimanidis, the IPA’s former Ian Mence Fellow for Entrepreneurship, and is now part of the IPA’s Cut Red Tape to Unleash Prosperity project. Talimanidis found that the rate of firm creation, a key measure of entrepreneurship, has decreased. This
5 November 2017
Reigniting Australia’s Entrepreneurial Flame
Australian entrepreneurship is in a state of stagnation, largely due to red tape, which is threatening our prosperity, according to a new Institute of Public Affairs report Reigniting Australia’s entrepreneurial flame: Finding the missing 275,000 businesses authored by IPA research fellow Matthew Lesh. The report finds business entry and exit rates remain below 2003-04 levels, across all states and territories
28 September 2017
Australia Is One Of The Most Hostile Nations For Business Investment And Job Creation
Australia continues its slide down the global competitiveness rankings on key areas such as taxes, regulations, and energy supply, according to the latest World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index Report released on the 26th of September. “The WEF shows that Australia remains one of the most hostile nations to new business investment and job creation”, said Daniel Wild, research fellow
