Recent publications
Clock is ticking on Henry
Ken Henry seems to find the role of Secretary of the Treasury too constraining, and now is the time for him to offer his resignation, according to John Roskam, Executive Director of Australia's most influential think tank, the Institute of Public...
Volume 62 Number 2
Chris Berg on the 'divine violence' of Slavoj Zizek, Richard Allsop on the fading legacy of Malcolm Fraser, Julie Novak on our increasing dependence on government, Andrew Norton on how 'familism' has taken over, Sinlair Davidson on the failure of...
The 'divine violence' of Slavoj Zizek
Nearly half a century after 1968, Europe is again seized by sporadic outbursts of anarchic, seemingly-purposeless violence. The extraordinary violence in Greece brought about by that country's sovereign debt crisis is both unfocused and...
How New Labour lost its mojo
The New Labour project has ended. Its 13 years in power has disappointed many people, whether they hoped for an emphasis on the ‘new' or the ‘labour'. The ‘third way' may have taken the British Labour Party away from the hard...
Forcing Prices Up
Grocery prices will always be controversial, especially when government policy is artificially inflating their price. The ACT government commissioned John Martin to complete a review into the ACT government's supermarkets competition policy....
The Resource Super Profits Tax and the 2010-11 Budget
A report into how the Henry Review and 2010/11 Budget will harm Australia's economic interests.
Nanny State Polling Data
Full data from the Nanny State polling conducted by Galaxy Research on behalf of the IPA.
The demise of British liberty
The last decade has seen British liberties savaged. The British state has accumulated unprecedented power and the instinct of politicians and bureaucrats is always to expand their power base even further into areas unknown in peacetime. Even in...
Submission to the Blewett Review
The Council of Australian Governments has commissioned a review into Australia's food labelling policy and laws chaired by Dr Neal Blewett AC. In its issues consultation paper, the committee raised a series of questions addressing possible...
Submission to the Senate inquiry into the food standards amendment bill
The Senate Community Affairs Committee is currently considering Senator Xenophon, Brown and Joyce's co-sponsored Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling - Palm Oil) Bill 2009. The proposed Bill would require the separate labelling of palm oil...