Archived publication for 2008 in Occasional Paper
Recent publications
Business Bearing the Burden
The size and Impact of State Government Business taxes.
Australia as a destination for foreign capital
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...
Japan and Global Warming Policies
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...
Evidence-based policy and public sector innovation
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'
The 2008 IPA Lecture was organised in conjunction with the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation. 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...
A critique of the ACCC analysis of the FuelWatch scheme
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...
Briefing Paper: The politics of wheat