Recent publications in Occasional Paper
Address to the Revolt Against the Carbon Tax
My focus is on the economic and political implications of the measures restraining carbon dioxide emissions. First, the outcome on the climate, if any, as a result of Australia taking action alone is negligible. Not only do we account for a...
A Letter to Peter Garrett
A letter to federal Education Minister Peter Garrett.
Plain packaging FOI documents
Plain packaging FOI request from IP Australia.
Climate Change Polling
Galaxy Climate Change Polling
Business Bearing The Burden - State Tax Report 2010
The Institute of Public Affairs State Business Tax Calculator calculates the level of state and territory government taxes on business.
State Tax Fact Sheet 2010
The IPA State Business Tax Calculator (SBTC) is a quantitative model that measures the tax imposed on business by state and territory governments.
Victoria looking ahead: Policy priorities for the Victorian government
The election of the new government in Victoria in November 2010 provides an opportunity to embark on a reform agenda to improve living standards and quality of life for Victorian people.
Cato's letter 1: The grand old paradigm
The Global Financial Crisis-first the US housing bubble, then the failure of investors to understand the instruments they bought, and then many authorities in many counties insuring that private investors did not bear the consequences of...
Has Australian Democracy Become Too Conservative?
Has Australian Democracy Become Too Conservative? A speech given at the ACCESS Annual Debate, 15 November 2010 If Australian democracy is getting too conservative what does that mean? In a speech just before her death, the radical freedom novelist...
Australia's resource future
Australia's Resource Future: An Institute of Public Affairs Policy Paper By Julie Novak, IPA Research Fellow