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Jan 25, 2021

The IPA is proud to announce that the 28th Prime Minister of Australia,

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will join the IPA as a Distinguished Fellow. Mr Abbott will be working with the IPA in the fight for mainstream Australian values. Find out more: ipa.org.au/australianvalu

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The Spectator Australia

Sep 2

Australia's treasury has been emptied by both Liberal and Labor governments. As a nation, we're running on fumes.

Running on empty | The Spectator Australia

's Daniel Wild writes that servicing the debt is set to be the equivalent of purchasing a fleet of six new nuclear submarines...

spectator.com.au

Although in office for a little more than 100 days, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has already been criticised in some quarters for laying blame for Australia’s economic troubles at the feet of the former…

Sep 2

"While completely ignoring the needs of ratepayers, no amount of tokenism is off limits." Dr Bella d'Abrera naming and shaming Australia's worst local councils for the

@theheraldsun

These Pointless Council Projects Just Don’t Rate

At a time when the cost of living is a growing concern, the Victorian ombudsman has previously uncovered that many councils charge up to 10 per cent penalty interest on late rates bills, 48 per cent...

Sep 2

"We are far from perfect and there is work to be done. But what we have is worth defending." The IPA's Paddy O'Leary for the

@dailytelegraph

Defending Country Worth Fighting For

The nation we are today is the outcome of a long history of efforts, sacrifices and fidelities. Australia, for all its flaws, is a remarkably successful country with an extraordinary history.Austra...

Aug 31

"There is no way around it – any government wanting to pay down debt must cut spending."

for the

Running on empty | The Spectator Australia

spectator.com.au

Aug 30

“One of the most shameful episodes in Victorian law enforcement has reached its rightful conclusion today with the incitement charge against Zoe Buhler being dropped,” said the IPA's Morgan Begg.

Justice At Last - Incitement Charge Against Zoe Buhler Dropped

“One of the most shameful episodes in Victorian law enforcement has reached its rightful conclusion today with the incitement charge against Zoe Buhler being dropped,” said Morgan Begg, Director of...

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Aug 30

New Episode of Australia's Future with

Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott: Defending Australia’s Future | Australia IPA

is out now!

australia.ipa.org.au

This week, former prime minister and Distinguished Fellow of the IPA Tony Abbot and Deputy Executive Director of the IPA Daniel Wild discuss Scott Morrison's secret ministries, and why it shows the...

Aug 25

"Handing power to public servants won’t fix the problem of politically targeted grants. Governments should do less and spend less." The IPA's John Roskam for today's

To Stop Pork-barrelling, Confiscate The Pork

Handing power to public servants won’t fix the problem of politically targeted grants. Governments should do less and spend less.

Aug 18

The IPA has today released two research reports identifying how the proposed Climate Change Bill 2022 will expand the scope for green activists to challenge approvals for critical resource projects and the economic consequences of green lawfare.

IPA Research: Labor's Net Zero Bill To Open Green Lawfare Floodgates - $100BN In Projects At Risk

“Labor’s net zero legislation will unleash a torrent of legal activism by green groups that risks shutting down critical natural resources projects at the time Australia is in the midst of an energy...

Aug 18

“Courtroom activism has been a significant factor in the delay and cancellation of critical resource projects, and the Climate Change Bill 2022 will invite further legal activism,” New IPA research on green lawfare cited in

@Australian

today.

Climate laws ‘back door ban’ of new coal

The governments climate change legislation will result in a back-door ban of new coal and gas proposals, former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott has warned, with fears the bill will make it easier...

Aug 16

"Handing unelected bureaucrats power to interfere with mining and farming projects dramatically increases sovereign risk.”

@australian

today.

Labor urged to come clean on enviro powers

Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to rule out pushing ahead with proposed legislation that would give bureaucrats extraordinary powers to wind back environmental approvals.

Aug 16

"Identity politics and anti-colonial slogans might generate clickbait news headlines, they won’t generate lasting solutions." The IPA's Dr Sherry Sufi for

@SkyNewsAust

Dear Lidia Thorpe, The Queen Is No 'Coloniser' - She Dissolved Her Empire's Overseas Outposts Like...

If Senator Thorpe was talking about Queen Victoria, the "coloniser" reference would have been defensible. Queen Elizabeth II though has presided over the greatest wave of de-colonisation the world...

Aug 15

IPA deputy executive director

urged the Albanese government to establish an inquiry looking at “the circumstances surrounding PEP-11 and the ability to compel witnesses to appear”.

Push to overturn gas block

Asset Energy will lobby Anthony Albanese and Dominic Perrottet to overturn Scott Morrisons unprecedented refusal to proceed with its offshore NSW gas project, pledging to direct all reserves to the...

Aug 11

"The travails of Dominic Perrottet and Matthew Guy show that if the public’s imagination is not captured by politicians’ policies, something else will get voters’ attention." Writes John Roskam for the

State Liberals’ Integrity Blues Are Of Their Own Making

What former US secretary of state Dean Acheson said about Britain in 1962, if adapted slightly, could apply to the Liberal Party in NSW and Victoria – and, for that matter, in every other state. He...

Aug 11

"The reef’s coral cover in 2022 is roughly four times higher than predicted, and now at record levels." Dr Peter Ridd on the real health of the Great Barrier Reef for

Riddikulus Reef-dementors

We should look at the predictions of the reef-Dementors in 2012 when it had relatively low coral cover after a couple of huge cyclones passed across the reef. The waves from the cyclones killed...

Aug 10

New Episode of Australia's Future! This week former prime minister

and the IPA's

discuss why the indigenous-only voice to parliament will divide Australians by race.

S2E10 Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott - Mortgaging Australia’s...

This week former prime minister and Distinguished Fellow of the IPA Tony Abbott, and Deputy Executive Director of the IPA Daniel Wild discuss why the indigen...

Aug 10

"The one question Australians must ask themselves is whether racial classification should determine who can, and cannot, participate in this unique means of influencing how our laws are made." Executive Director Scott Hargreaves for today's

@dailytelegraph

The Question Of Simplicity

Anthony Albanese should be commended for keeping the referendum question that would establish a permanent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice simple.

Aug 9

Australian Politicians Are Squandering Our Best Assets! The IPA's

@GideonCRozner

discussing Australia's unused energy resources with

@FredPawle

Australian politicians are squandering our best assets: Gideon Rozner...

‘A quarter of a trillion dollars in oil located in South Australia. That could make us energy independent for a generation.’Gideon Rozner from the Institute ...

Aug 9

"Our leaders are choosing to sacrifice our natural competitive advantages to buy solar panels and wind turbines from China." The IPA's

in today's

@dailytelegraph

Net zero will dramatically increase the offshoring of Australian jobs and industry to China. So much so, in fact, that it is a clear and present danger to our energy and national security.

The Big Winner Is China

Aug 9

"With Australian families already facing unprecedented cost of living pressures, forcing them to buy electric vehicles which don't suit their needs and are unaffordable will only make this worse" -

The major problem facing electric cars

dailymail.co.uk

The survey of 1,000 Australians commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs shows that cost is one of the main barriers to the widespread take-up of electric vehicles.

Interest bill on debt could be $75b by 2030

Aug 5

"The yearly interest bill on more than $1 trillion in federal government debt could quadruple by decade’s end if the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate returns to pre-GFC levels, the Institute of Public Affairs has warned."

afr.com

In a push to put debt and deficit reduction at the centre of the economic debate, the conservative free-market think tank says a 5 per cent overnight cash rate by 2030 could push Australia’s annual...

Aug 4

"This result is proof many science institutions have been misleading the public about the state of the reef." - Dr Peter Ridd for

@australian

The reef is strong, so stop the scare campaign

The latest data on coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef, produced by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, should be a cause for celebration. Church bells should be ringing and children given...

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Sky News Australia

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Aug 4

IPA Senior Fellow Dr Jennifer Marohasy says she has seen “no overall change in coral cover” to the Great Barrier Reef as a whole for the last 50 years.

skynews.com.au

Great Barrier Reef has been ‘doing well for at least the last 50 years’

IPA Senior Fellow Dr Jennifer Marohasy says she has seen “no overall change in coral cover” to the Great Barrier Reef as a whole for the last 50 years. “For individual reefs, they can be very...

Aug 4

“In Daniel Andrew’s Victoria, there is one rule for the favoured, and another rule for everyone else.” Morgan Begg in today's

@theheraldsun

Victorians Deserve A Government Which Guarantees Fairness And Justice For All

In Victoria we have a two-track legal system where those favoured by the Andrews government get a soft touch, and the rest get the book thrown at them.

Aug 2

"The Albanese government’s climate legislation will, if passed, unleash a torrent of activist litigation that risks throwing future economic development in this country into doubt." - Morgan Begg for

@SkyNewsAust

Labor's Net Zero Bill Will Give Eco-activists A Free Pass To Flood Our Courts With Disruptive...

The Albanese government’s climate legislation will, if passed, unleash a torrent of activist litigation that risks throwing future economic development in this country into doubt.

Aug 2

"Gender discrimination has turned into a Trojan horse that is being used to push anti-natalist and anti-motherhood agendas." - The IPA's Brianna McKee for

There is a broad tendency in Western society to undervalue motherhood. This report is no different, pointing out that the gender wage gap exists because women face a ‘disproportionate share of unpaid...

The War On Motherhood

Jul 28

"The difference between the ambition of the ALP in office and the meekness and timidity of the Coalition is stark." - IPA Senior Fellow John Roskam for the

If only the Coalition knew how to govern like Labor

afr.com

The ALP knows how to impose its agenda. Meanwhile, the sanguine Liberals are trusting in luck for government to land back in their lap.

Jul 28

New Episode of Australia's Future with

is out!

S2E9 Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott - A Blizzard of Environmen...

IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott and the IPA's Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discuss why Labor’s climate mandates will, in Tony’s assessment, unl...

Jul 27

“As feared, the introduction of Labor’s net zero legislation today confirms it will fuel further increases in electricity costs by destroying affordable and reliable base-load power generation,” -

Labor's Net Zero bill to further push up power prices and erode energy sovereignty

Jul 20

IPA IMPACT: Peta Credlin and

@TimSmithMP

discuss the reckless policy of the Vic Opposition to back in net zero, which was first called out by the IPA. Click here to read more: ow.ly/PLt650JZRp4

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Jul 19

Australians are sick of sky-rocketing power bills and want affordable and reliable energy. Watch

share our latest research with Alan Jones.

‘Support for new coal power stations is widespread’: Daniel Wild |...

‘So much of public policy discussion is driven by a small group of inner-city elite who do not represent the views, values, and aspirations of mainstream Aus...

Jul 19

"The announcement that the Victorian Coalition will adopt Labor-Greens policy means millions of Victorians will be without a voice on the critical issue of emissions and climate policy,” said

Coalition Sells Out Victorian Families And Small Businesses For Inner-city Elites

“The Victorian Coalition’s pledge to adopt Labor-Green policy to legislate a 50% reduction in the state’s emissions by 2030 shows how out of touch..."

Jul 18

Adopting Labor-Green emissions policies shows the Vic Coalition is focused on inner city elites, not families in the suburbs and regions.

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Jul 15

A new poll commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs, reinforces that a majority of Australians want practical and proven solutions to solve the Great Energy Crisis, and this includes building new coal-fired power stations.

Poll: Australia's Great Energy Crisis

“Australians want new coal-fired power stations built to ensure they have access to reliable and affordable electricity as the Great Energy Crisis continues to engulf the nation,” said Daniel Wild,...

Jul 14

"Rather than obsess about gender quotas, the Liberal Party should revitalise itself in opposition by letting members choose the leader." - IPA Senior Fellow John Roskam for the