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Trading away competitiveness: green priorities influencing Australian trade policy
Trading away competitiveness: green priorities influencing Australian trade policy
Trading away competitiveness
NEW REPORT: FREE TRADE CONSENSUS UNDERMINED BY GREEN GROUPS ‘With support from across the political aisle, Australia's trade policy is being distorted by green groups to achieve their backdoor political and environmental aims,' said Tim...
Carbon tax an ever increasing tariff
This is an edited extract of a speech that Tim Wilson gave to the Liberal Party's Modest Members group on Wednesday 12th October.
Employment Opportunity: Industrial Relations Researcher
Industrial Relations Researcher. Collins Street location Salary negotiable Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs is seeking an energetic and bright candidate for the full-time position of Industrial Relations Researcher....
Government wrong to abolish the ABCC as Industrial Disputation Worsens
John Lloyd the Director of the Institute of Public Affairs Work Reform and Productivity Unit today called on the Opposition and non-government members of the Parliament to oppose a bill to abolish the office of Australian Building and Construction...
Carbon Tax Calculator
‘In response to the passage of the carbon tax the IPA has launched a carbon tax calculator that households and small businesses can use to calculate how much their electricity prices will rise', said Tim Wilson, Director of Climate Change...
Minister out of touch on Qantas: IPA
John Lloyd, the director of the Institute of Public Affairs Work Reform and Productivity Unit, today called on Fair Work Australia to suspend industrial action at Qantas for a four-month cooling off period. Last Friday the Minister for...
Qantas industrial action should be suspended for four months
The Qantas industrial disputes, according to reports today in The Australian and The Daily Telegraph, have degenerated into death threats, abuse, property damage and intimidation. The more serious matters have been referred to the police. It...
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.
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