30 November 2022
Revenue NSW Fines Debacle Reinforces IPA Call To Cancel All Covid Fines
“Revenue NSW’s decision to waive half the state’s COVID fines is a recognition of the flawed and disproportionate enforcement of lockdowns, which should never have been imposed in the first place,” said Morgan Begg, Director of the Legal Rights Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled a number of Public Health
21 September 2022
Hard Lessons: Reckoning The Economic, Social, And Humanitarian Costs Of Zero-Covid
In response to the covid-19 pandemic, Australia imposed some of the strictest measures in the western world. The restrictions dramatically changed every aspect of society and human dynamics and engagement. This resulted in the fracturing of social cohesion and reduction in nearly every indicia of human flourishing. This report evaluates the harm caused as a direct result of covid-19 restrictions,
21 September 2022
The Crime Of Criminalising Everyday Life: The Rule Of Law Discarded In Victoria’s Covid-19 Response
The criminal law was the main instrument employed by the Victorian government to force Victorians to comply with the strictest covid-19 lockdown in the world. More than 50,000 normally law-abiding Victorians were subjected to criminal sanctions for breaches of covid-19 restrictions. The criminal law is society’s harshest form of condemnation and strongest instrument of coercion. It must only be used
21 September 2022
International Expert Dr Jay Bhattacharya Welcomes IPA Covid Reponse Research
“The simple fact is our governments got it wrong. Contemporary warnings issued by Dr Bhattacharya, and his colleagues should have been heeded and the pain and suffering of our failed COVID response avoided,” said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. At today’s launch of the IPA’s two ground-breaking research papers on the impact of Australia’s failed
21 September 2022
Australia’s Covid-19 Pandemic Response Failed Us
“Australia must now urgently take stock of the criminalisation of everyday life, the enormous expense, and the future health, education and societal impacts of COVID lockdowns and restrictions,” said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Today, the IPA launched two ground-breaking research papers on the impact of Australia’s failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic written by
