Recent publications
Should government force companies to be responsible?
Since at least the 1960s, advocates have called for firms to be socially responsible. Governments have responded. But what does it mean for firms to be socially responsible? And do government subsidies and regulations help? Calls for firms to be...
Civil liberties under fire
Attacks on individual freedom in Australia over the past few years have occurred in some unexpected places. Take, for instance, the unprecedented assault on civil liberties we have seen in Australia in recent years. Both the left and right of...
False dawn: the Arab Spring
In a sense, the so-called Arab Spring can be said to have begun on 26 December 2010 in the Tunisian hinterland township of Sidi Bouzid, where a 26-year-old impoverished vegetable seller and father of eight, Mohamed Bouazizi, immolated himself in...
The Chinese capitalist miracle
The Chinese economic miracle is the latest and most comprehensive success story since the end of World War II. Veteran economists Ronald Coase and Ning Wang explain how in the space of three decades one of the world's poorest countries became the...
Andrew Bolt law to be supercharged by Gillard government's anti-discrimination changes
"Attorney-General Nicola Roxon's proposed changes to anti-discrimination laws announced on Monday are an attack on the fundamental freedoms of Australians," said Simon Breheny, Director of the Legal Rights Project at the Institute of Public...
Gillard government's anti-discrimination changes threaten legal rights
"The Gillard government's changes to anti-discrimination laws undermine fundamental legal rights like the presumption of innocence," said Simon Breheny, Director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public...
Gillard government's new censorship regime worse than internet filter
The Gillard government's new online censorship policy may result in Australians having even more restrictions on their internet use than under the government's original internet filter policy, according to Simon Breheny, Director of the Legal...
Mrs Gina Rinehart receiving the award for Visionary CEO of the Year - Kuala Lumpur
Good evening. It is such a pleasure and honour to be in your country again and to receive this important award. I am particularly pleased to be judged as the Global Visionary CEO. Thank you so much. When we look around the world today we see too...
Australia in the Asian Century - North Australia briefing paper
Prepared by John Shipp, Institute of Public Affairs
Asian Century White Paper a missed opportunity
The Gillard government's Australia in the Asian Century White Paper 2012 shows Northern Australia can benefit from growth in Asia, but provides few concrete policies to make that happen, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North...