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Discrimination bill still threatens rights, should be scrapped
"Labor Senators on the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee have today acknowledged that their own government's draft anti-discrimination legislation threatens free speech. Their recommendation that Section 19 (2)(b), which made it...
Dreyfus must abandon the anti-discrimination draft Bill
"Newly appointed Commonwealth Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus should abandon his predecessor's attempts to consolidate federal anti-discrimination law, and repeal s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975," said Simon Breheny, Director, Legal...
Dams will facilitate Northern development
The Coalition's draft discussion paper on water management, reported in today's media, is a welcome recognition of the important role dams could play in revolutionising Northern Australia's economy, according to the Institute of Public Affairs....
Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National Access Regime
Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the National Access Regime
James Paterson on Q&A
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Rearranging the deck chairs
Rearranging the deck chairs: Australia's carbon "leadership" without comparable followers
Legal rights stripped under changes to anti-doping laws
"The Gillard government's proposed changes to anti-doping laws would give police-like investigative powers to anti-doping bureaucrats and strip away legal rights, such as the right to silence," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights...
Coalition's Northern vision welcomed
The Coalition's draft discussion paper on Developing Northern Australia, reported in today's media, is a welcome recognition of the potential for Northern Australia to be the driving force of the Australian economy in coming decades, according to...
Roxon back down welcome, but doesn't go far enough
"Attorney-General Nicola Roxon's back down today over her anti-free speech discrimination laws is welcome," said Simon Breheny, director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. "The IPA was the first...
Consumer first supermarket reform: The market, not government, knows how to best meet consumer demand
Consumer first supermarket reform: The market, not government, knows how to best meet consumer demand