
May 2008 IPA Review
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Selected pieces from the May 2008 IPA Review:
Richard Allsop: How the left made sport the new battlefield in the Culture Wars
Des Moore: Can government be restrained?
Tony Parkinson: Rudd's Asia hypocrisy
John Kunkel: Reflections on the 'Howard Project'
John Pyke: The Republic: Has Labor got the perfect wedge?
Editorials and Table of Contents
...and much more. The IPA Review is available for purchase from our Melbourne office, by subscription, and from selected newsagents.
New evidence of old concerns: Fair trade myths exposed
New evidence of old concerns: Fair trade myths exposed ... Again
Sinclair Davidson and Tim Wilson
This paper outlines new evidence questioning the benefits of fair trade; and demonstrates that concerns about fair trade's environmental, social and economic benefits are not merely differing 'interpretations'.
Full paper | Press Release
Policy Network Group luncheon with Gary Johns | 9 May 2008
Policy Network Group luncheon with guest speaker Gary Johns
Friday 9 May 2008
Gary Johns will speak at the next Policy Network Group Luncheon on Friday 9 May in the Treasury Room, L4, The Marque Hotel, 103 George St, Brisbane. Gary Johns, presently Policy Consultant with ACIL Tasman and former federal Special Minister of State will speak about "What Happens Now with Indigenous Policy after the Northern Territory Intervention". Anyone involved in policy making should attend. Cost is $25 including a light lunch.
If you would like to attend this function, you can register by clicking here.
All in a good cause: Framing science for public policy
Brisbane Club Lecture, 1 May 2008, delivered by Profesor Aynsley Kellow
The University of Queensland and the IPA have recently initiated a partnership to fund three Research PhD scholarships for the purpose of developing a program that supports evidence based, 'uncorrupted' environmental science, to assist with the development of good public policy.
Aynsley Kellow's speech was delivered at the launch of this program and is available for download here.
All in a good cause: Framing science for public policy.
New monograph: The Growth of the Regulatory State

The Growth of Australia's Regulatory State: Ideology, Accountability, and the Mega-Regulators
Chris Berg
Regulation is a political activity. It sets the framework for the market economy by denying the boundaries between private action and government action. Yet those boundaries are not fixed. Australian governments are growing the body of regulation -and the resources dedicated to regulating - at an ever increasing pace.
This growth in regulation has more than just economic consequences. It has significant political implications, as regulatory agencies are increasing their power and influence. Furthermore, those agencies are animated by a new regulatory ideology which favours interventionism and 'armtwisting', adding to the powers of regulatory agencies.
Australian wheat export market deregulation
Backgrounder: The politics of wheat Australian farmers need the right to export. The government must immediately eliminate the single desk. An exposure draft of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill was released by the federal government on 5 March 2008. The key features of the proposed legislation are a licensing system for exporters and an opening up of bulk grain facilities to competition. Despite shortcomings, the draft legislation is a positive development. | ![]() |
IPA in the News
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- Missed chance to really shake up education
- John Roskam
- Friday, May 09, 2008
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The teachers' deal fails to encourage professionalism or reward success. More
- Economic models in dark on carbon
- Alan Moran
- Thursday, May 08, 2008
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The full impact of controls on greenhouse gas emissions cannot be measured. More
- Logic locked out
- Tim Wilson
- Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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John Brumby's proposed trial to ban entry into bars and nightclubs after 2am is a bad idea. More
- The alternative that dare not speak its name
- Alan Moran
- Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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A carbon-free economy can't be built without mentioning the N-word. More
- Labor's IR shake-up passes test
- Ken Phillips
- Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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The Rudd government is entrenching workplace reform, not retreating from it. More
Publications
- The politics of wheat
- Facts
- Louise Staley, Tim Wilson
- Thursday, May 08, 2008
- New evidence of old concerns: Fair trade myths exposed ... Again
- IPA Backgrounders
- Sinclair Davidson, Tim Wilson
- Friday, May 02, 2008
- All in a good cause: Framing science for public policy
- Occasional Papers
- Aynsley Kellow
- Thursday, May 01, 2008
Events
- 2008 HV McKay Lecture in Perth
- Monday, September 01, 2008

















