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Scott Hargreaves Discusses Australia’s Weakening Energy Security On ADH TV
1 June 2023

Scott Hargreaves Discusses Australia’s Weakening Energy Security On ADH TV

Executive Director Scott Hargreaves joins Fred Pawle on ADH TV to discuss the IPA’s latest research into Australia’s energy security following the closure of New South Wales’ Liddell Power Station. 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. Fred Pawle: Now various
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Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: AUKUS Subs Good For Australia
14 March 2023

Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: AUKUS Subs Good For Australia

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
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Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Debate On The Voice Is Being Rigged
18 February 2023

Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Debate On The Voice Is Being Rigged

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
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Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Albanese A Used Car Salesman On Voice
7 February 2023

Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Albanese A Used Car Salesman On Voice

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
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Energy Security Is National Security
26 March 2022

Energy Security Is National Security

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
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ScoMo Should Follow BoJo On Net Zero Pause
16 March 2022

ScoMo Should Follow BoJo On Net Zero Pause

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
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Net Zero Is A National Security Risk
25 February 2022

Net Zero Is A National Security Risk

Greens leader Adam Bandt last week asserted we need “a government plan that helps workers move out of industries that are shutting down and into other well-paid secure jobs, including in mining’’. Where exactly those well-paid and secure jobs would come from Bandt did not care to mention. Perhaps that’s because he knows that such jobs do not exist. From
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Free Speech Now Comes With Security Costs?
8 August 2018

Free Speech Now Comes With Security Costs?

La Trobe University is encouraging censorious behaviour by charging special security fees for an event with commentator Bettina Arndt hosted by the campus Liberal club. Security fees create a heckler’s veto: the charge empowers the people who disagree to organise the biggest, most aggressive and therefore costliest protest they can muster. The Liberal club could ultimately be forced to cancel
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