Archived publication for August 2011 in Media release
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IPA launches new unit to drive industrial relations reform
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today launched its new Work Reform and Productivity Unit to drive industrial relations reform in Australia. The Unit will be headed by its Director, the former Australian Building and...
Double blow to Aus economy as productivity falters and investment moves offshore
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, has today said that high taxes and overregulation are choking the Australian economy. This follows reports that China's sixth largest steel maker has invested US$1.5 billion in Sierra Leone...
Government must ditch new taxes to stop resource boom collapse
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today called on the Gillard Government to scrap its mining and carbon taxes in light of the looming economic downturn in Australia's biggest export market, China. ‘The recent stock...
FOI Documents Show Combet Misled Australians on Carbon Tax
'Greg Combet, the Minister for Climate Change has misled Australians about China's price on carbon according to documents released to the Institute of Public Affairs under Freedom of Information', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim...
Share market meltdown hit to resources sector
A new report this week from Ernst & Young reveals the threat to the resources sector from higher taxes in the wake of this week's share market collapse. Responding to the report Hugh Tobin, Director of the North Australia Project at the...
New South Wales should scrap national curriculum, not delay it
The free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs today welcomed the decision of the O'Farrell government to delay implementing the Gillard government's national curriculum until 2013. 'This delay is welcome. But the O'Farrell...
IPA launches climate advertising
The free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, has launched the first of a series of advertisements to highlight its climate change research. A full page advertisement appeared in The Australian today. It assesses a claim by the...