workplace reform

Give Us A Fair Go! Work, Mass Migration, Housing, And The Red Tape Disaster
12 June 2023

Give Us A Fair Go! Work, Mass Migration, Housing, And The Red Tape Disaster

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. The recently announced plan of the federal government to
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Red Tape Locks Pensioners Out Of Work
28 September 2022

Red Tape Locks Pensioners Out Of Work

This article was originally published in The Spectator Australia. 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. On
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Some Are More Innocent Than Others
10 November 2017

Some Are More Innocent Than Others

A few days ago, Attorney-General George Brandis got a bit confused. He said that the debate about the citizenship status of politicians was becoming a “witch hunt” and “this is not Salem in the 1690s, where we go around whispering allegations about other people on the basis of no facts whatsoever”. But in Salem in the 1690s, there were no witches. In
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High Penalty Rates Keep Young People Out of Work
24 August 2017

High Penalty Rates Keep Young People Out of Work

“These jobs are so integral to people getting their start in the workforce.” High penalty rates keep young people out of work. The IPA’s Aaron Lane spoke to a Senate Committee on the Fair Work Amendment: Read our full submission here: https://ipa.org.au/research-areas/submission-inquiry-penalty-rates
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New Video: The Dignity Of Work
29 June 2017

New Video: The Dignity Of Work

“Bill Shorten’s announcement on penalty rates – that he only accepts the independence of the Fair Work Commission when it suits him – should give the Turnbull Government the courage to scrap the industrial relations laws that are keeping thousands of Australians out of work,” said Gideon Rozner, Research Fellow with the free market think tank the Institute of Public
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