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Liberal and Labor governments can't seem to restrain their spending

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Mitch Fifield

The new government has been laying out excellent criteria for public policy, writes Mitch Fifield. But its own policies are failing these stringent tests. On a Brisbane stage in mid-November last year, Kevin Rudd positioned the final nail above...

Has the ALP shifted too much for the Liberal Party?

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE

Let's be blunt: at the state level, it seems like the Liberal Party is achieving little more than self-destruction. Why is this so? The answer can be found in the Australian Labor Party. The ALP has completely transformed itself. Certainly, the...

Oppositions need to change before they can win

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Tony Barry

Liberal oppositions across the country are using an old game plan-where a ‘small target' strategy could pave the way to government. Unless they figure out why this strategy is failing, these oppositions will remain in the political...

The republic: Has Labor got the perfect wedge?

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | John Pyke

Liberal Party politicians probably only have two or three years to decide what to do about the republic issue before the federal government puts it firmly on the agenda. If they want to avoid being completely alienated from their support base,...