Recent publications in IPA Backgrounder

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Back to Basics: Why government funding of science is a waste of our money

IPA BACKGROUNDER | Sinclair Davidson

The notion that throwing an infinite amount of money at public research will somehow, at some time, automatically lead to some benefit is a myth. The government spends a substantial amount on public science and innovation. It is not clear that any...

Reconciliation: What Does it Mean?

IPA BACKGROUNDER | Gary Johns

In the last few decades, Aborigines have won freedoms long denied to them. The paternal hands of church and state have largely been removed from their lives. They now have to build a new life out of the ruins of dispossession, and with the full...

Betraying the Victims: The 'Stolen Generations' Report

IPA BACKGROUNDER | Ron Brunton

The seriousness of the ‘stolen generations’ issue should not be underestimated, and Aborigines are fully entitled to demand an acknowledgement of the wrongs that many of them suffered at the hands of various...

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