Recent publications in Occasional Paper

Japan and Global Warming Policies

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Alan Moran

In November 2008, Dr Alan Moran, Director of the IPA's Deregulation Unit travelled overseas to get on-the-spot looks at the international policy climate for global warming mitigation strategies. This first report looks at Japan. Japan has not...

Australia as a destination for foreign capital

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Julie Novak

The current international economic uncertainty provides Australia with challenges and opportunities. Amidst this uncertainty, Australia's inherent advantages should allow it to market itself as a ‘safe haven' investment destination capable...

Evidence-based policy and public sector innovation

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Louise Staley

A key driver of Victoria's ability to compete against other Australian states and international competitors will be the degree to which the Victorian government is itself innovative. The creation of the right environment for innovation by the...

2008 Harold Clough Lecture: 'The Politics and Science of Climate Change: The Wrong Stuff'

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Aynsley Kellow

I am pleased to present this lecture today in Perth. I am particularly pleased to find that Perth is still here. I last visited here in 2005 - the year that Professor Tim Flannery suggested that Perth could become the first ‘ghost...

A Reform Agenda for Western Australia

OCCASIONAL PAPER

In conjunction with the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation. Launched 27 August 2008 in Perth by John Hyde and Ron Manners.

Intellectual Property and the Australian economy

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Tim Wilson

Water supply options for Melbourne

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Alan Moran

Taking the Pulse: Reform Initiatives for the WA Health System

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Ross Fox

A new report by Ross Fox in conjunction with the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation examining the public health system in Western Australia.

A critique of the ACCC analysis of the FuelWatch scheme

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Sinclair Davidson

Much has been made of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission analysis of the Western Australian FuelWatch scheme. This paper investigates the ACCC analysis published last December and comments briefly on the additional analysis the...

New evidence of old concerns: Fair trade myths exposed... Again

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Sinclair Davidson and Tim Wilson

This paper outlines new evidence questioning the benefits of fair trade; and demonstrates that concerns about fair trade's environmental, social and economic benefits are not merely differing ‘interpretations'.