Recent publications
The assault on freedom of speech
In the first editorial of the earliest independent newspaper The Australian (no relation to the current iteration), barrister turned media proprietor Robert Wardell wrote that: ‘A free press is the most legitimate, and, at the same time, the...
ACMA should be shut down: Freedom of speech under threat
"The Australian Communications and Media Authority is a threat to freedom of speech and should be shut down," said Chris Berg, Research Fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs, a free market think tank. "ACMA's finding against Alan Jones today...
Submission to the Independent Media Inquiry
The Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation raises troubling freedom of speech and freedom of the press issues. A free and independent press is an absolute necessity for a functioning democracy, and freedom of speech is one of the...
Statement published in The Australian 5th October: Freedom of Speech
The Andrew Bolt case shows freedom of speech in Australia is under threat. It is alarming that in 2011 someone can be taken to court for expressing an opinion. We support freedom of speech for Andrew Bolt and every Australian.
82 per cent of Australians think freedom of speech is more important than the right not to be offended
A new poll has found that 82% of Australians think protecting freedom of speech is more important than protecting people from being offended. The poll conducted last weekend for the Institute of Public Affairs by Galaxy Research...
Libertarian escapism
Are you depressed by smoking cigarettes from a brown packet? Upset that the cops gave your teenage daughter a fine for not wearing a bike helmet? Try television! Its new, gentler formula is designed to ease the indigestion that comes from...
Tim Wilson mentioned in Parliament
The IPA's Tim Wilson is mentioned in Federal Parliament on August 24, 2011.
Andrew Bolt: Freedom of Speech in Australia - Speech made by James Allan
The gist of my remarks were that the fight for free speech and the liberty to speak up on public issues - issues not excluding who we want to receive affirmative action or group rights-type benefits that attach only to a special few in society -...
Andrew Bolt: Freedom of Speech in Australia - Speech made by Dr David Kemp
Thank you John, it's a great honour to be speaking here this evening. I regard Andrew Bolt as one of the very greatest journalists that Australia has produced for many, many years and I have no doubt that he is going to go down in Australian...
Andrew Bolt: Freedom of Speech in Australia - Speech made by Michael Kroger
Distinguished guests, one and all. President Ronald Reagan once said of the American Conservative William F Buckley Jr., that ‘Bill Buckley is perhaps the most influential journalist and intellectual in our era. He changed our country,...