Archived publication for 1999 in IPA Backgrounder
Recent publications
Reconciliation: What Does it Mean?
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...
The Easy Guide to the Republic Proposal
On 6 November 1999, the Australian people will be asked whether to amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia so as to replace our current constitutional monarchy with a republic with a President chosen by Federal Parliament.
Risk Assessment and Decision Making for Genetically Modified Foods
The introduction of genetically modified foods has been accompanied by a level of concern in Europe which was not seen in the United States. This is seen as reflecting both a different cultural appraisal of risk, sensitised by the 'mad cow'...
Who's ABC? The ABC, Staff Capture and the Obstacles to Accountability
As this IPA Backgrounder shows, the ABC provides a case study of the problems of public ownership.
ABC TV News and the 1998 Waterfront Dispute: Reporting or Barracking?
In 1998, the ABC’s coverage of the MUA/Patrick waterfront dispute—the most contentious political issue of the year—led to allegations of bias, most notably by Senator Richard Alston, the...