18 August 2023
IPA Poll: Attitudes Towards Rural And Regional Australia
This poll of 1,000 Australians was commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs. Data for this poll was collected by Dynata between 4 August to 6 August 2023. QUESTION 1: Approximately how much food do you believe Australian food producers produce each year?
18 August 2023
Poll: Harness Australians Desire To Back The Bush
“Australians are deeply aware of the vital contribution our rural and regional communities make to our nation. Our leaders need to heed this and refocus policies to back the bush, and bridge the city-country divide,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. As the 2023 Bush Summit continues around Australia, the IPA has today released
20 August 2022
Labor Living In Cloud Cuckoo Land On Energy Policy Future
Affordable and reliable electricity is central to everything Australia does. But in pursuit of a policy of net-zero emissions by 2050, the new federal Labor government has doubled down on policies that will further undermine the reliability and affordability of our electricity supply system. Labor’s Rewiring the Nation policy boasts that renewables will constitute 82 per cent of the capacity
19 August 2022
How Taiwan Became More Free Than Australia, For Now
I’m no fan of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. But credit where credit’s due, she went to Taiwan even when both Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden told her not to. Even more praiseworthy is that once there, she celebrated that the people of Taiwan “have built a thriving democracy that stands as one of
16 August 2022
South-East Elites Red Tape Ambush On Regional Queenslanders Must End
“The secret plot to hand unelected, Brisbane-based bureaucrats the power to retrospectively shut down critical mining and farming projects dramatically increases sovereign risk, and demonstrates Queensland’s future under net zero,” said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. As reported in The Australian, secret legislation drafted by the Queensland Environment Department would hand state government bureaucrats
15 March 2022
Petrol Price Hike Net Zero In Action
“While any form of tax relief is welcome, cuts to fuel excise will be negated within days due to Australia’s lack of energy production and dependence on foreign oil,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s latest petrol monitoring report has cited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, OPEC’s refusal to
23 February 2022
Slash Red Tape To Build Sovereign Capability
“Slashing red tape is mission critical to Australia’s ability to manufacture its own vital supplies, develop an advanced defence industry and drive the economic recovery from COVID-19,” said Daniel Wild, director of research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Yesterday in Tasmania, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government is seeking to build sovereign manufacturing capability to support Australia’s economy
