Archived publication for 2011
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Carbon tax will cripple Australian coal industry: new study
The federal government's carbon tax will cripple Australia's coal industry forcing jobs offshore and closing many existing coal mines according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. A new report released Monday by ACIL-Tasman...
IPA Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Victorian Charter
Submitted, June 2011.
New report warns of resource bubble
A new report from Standard and Poor's global rating service has warned that current conditions in the commodity markets may represent an unsustainable bubble which is open to a sudden correction. Responding to the report Hugh Tobin, Director of...
Productivity commission shows Australia has high taxes on carbon emissions
PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION SHOWS AUSTRALIA HAS HIGH TAXES ON CARBON EMISSIONS "Australia is incurring more costs and bringing about a more CO2 abatement than any country outside of Europe. This is the result of the study into carbon emission policies...
Queensland the low tax state: the birth and death of an idea, and how to bring it back to life
Queensland the low tax state: the birth and death of an idea, and how to bring it back to life
Taxes on Queenslanders growing faster than in any other state
State government taxes are growing faster in Queensland than in any other state according to a new report launched today by the free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs. According to the report the tax take has grown in Queensland...
International warning to Australia on looming iron ore price threat
A new report this week from prestigious international journal The Economist has warned that Australia's current iron ore prices are at risk from competition with Brazil and Africa. Responding to the report Hugh Tobin, Director of the North...
Volume 63 Number 2
James Paterson on Tim Flannery the climate prophet, Tom Switzer on the ALP's identity crisis, Julie Novak on the showdown in Wisconsin, Richard Allsop on taxi deregulation, Louise Staley on the nanny state, and much much more...
Identity crisis
IPA Review, June 2011 These are dark days for the Australian Labor Party. Its consistently bad opinion polls-the party's primary vote hovers in the early 30s-is but one of the symptoms of its seemingly incurable malaise. Just under a year ago,...
Greens call to ban new coal mines would be catastrophic
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today warned that the Greens call to ban new coal mines would be catastrophic for Northern Australia and would sound the death knell for any serious proposal to economically develop the...