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New poll: More Australians agree we are becoming a nanny state, 70% think food, tobacco & alcohol plain packs ineffective
‘A new poll shows the number of people who strongly agree Australia is becoming a nanny state has increased by a fifth over the past year, with 55% believing Australia is a nanny state and more than 70% thinking plain packaging won't be an...
Abolish the grants commission: IPA
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called for the abolition of the Commonwealth Grants Commission as part of a wholesale reform agenda for Australian federalism. According to Julie Novak, Research Fellow at the IPA, 'The...
Tough stand on construction - the right decision
Free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, today welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government that it would establish and to enforce industrial relations principles on its construction sites. This follows a report in The...
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
‘Environmental groups have been caught admitting they collude to use Good Cop/Bad Cop strategies to push businesses to adopt expensive ‘voluntary' certification standards that increase costs to business and consumers', said, Tim...
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...