Archived publication for September 2011
Recent publications
No Future for Manufacturing with Carbon Tax and Renewable Energy Costs
Address by Senator the Hon. Ron Boswell Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne 28th September 2011
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...
Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation
Submission to the Inquiry into the Clean Energy Bills
New poll: More Australians agree we are becoming a nanny state, 70% think food, tobacco & alcohol plain packs ineffective
‘A new poll shows the number of people who strongly agree Australia is becoming a nanny state has increased by a fifth over the past year, with 55% believing Australia is a nanny state and more than 70% thinking plain packaging won't be an...
Abolish the grants commission: IPA
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called for the abolition of the Commonwealth Grants Commission as part of a wholesale reform agenda for Australian federalism. According to Julie Novak, Research Fellow at the IPA, 'The...
Beyond its use-by date: Australia's system of fiscal equalisation, and how to reform it
Submission to the Federal GST Distribution Review
Tough stand on construction - the right decision
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government that it would establish and to enforce industrial relations principles on its construction sites. This follows a report in The...
Education and federalism: the last line of defence
One of federalism's great virtues is that it provides a means to smaller government. Demarcated power limits the spending excesses of individual governments and provides a check to overarching state authority. The politics of Australian federalism...
Let kids be kids
An absurd over-protectiveness of our children is being encouraged by our media, culture and government. Our outdoor lifestyle, rugged country and self-reliant mindset served our elders well through tough times. Those being raised to fear a skinned...
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing involuntary regulations on consumers and business
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing [in]voluntary regulations on consumers and business