Economics & Deregulation
Economics & Deregulation
Economic policy research has been a core area of the Institute of Public Affairs since the IPA was founded in 1943. The IPA examines state and federal tax, spending and regulatory initiatives, looking carefully at the unintended consequences of government intervention in the economy. Of particular interest are tax reform, government spending, industrial relations, trade liberalisation, economic freedom, physical and intellectual property rights and regulation.
Sub-topics of Economics & Deregulation
- The Global Financial Crisis
- Deregulation Unit
- Work Reform and Productivity Unit
- Housing: The Great Australian Dream Project
- Energy
- Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit
- Trade & IP Unit
- Northern Australia Project
Publications
All states must follow Queensland and end native vegetation prosecutions
"The Campbell Newman government's decision to suspend investigations and prosecution under their Queensland Vegetation Management Act should be repeated around the country," said Simon Breheny, director of the Rule of Law Project at the free...
Rising costs putting resources projects at risk
Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese's claim that capital costs in the coal mining sector have risen 50 per cent over the past four years rings serious alarm bells for the Australian economy. Jobs and investment will move overseas if the government doesn't...
Victoria's budget standstill as debt continues to mount
The Victorian government has today released a 'steady as she goes' budget which does not address the core challenge of restraining the size of government, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. In response to a fiscal...
Nanny State Taxes: Soaking the Poor in 2012
Nanny State taxes raised $13 billion in 2010-11. This is greater than the combined revenue forecast of $11 billion to be collected from the government's Clean Energy Future Package (carbon tax) and the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (mining...
Nanny state taxes: bigger than the carbon tax and mining tax combined
Nanny State taxes raised $13 billion in 2010-11, according to a new study by freemarket think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, Nanny State Taxes on Consumer Products: Soaking the Poor in 2012. This is greater than the combined revenue...
Carbon tax unconstitutional: legal opinion
‘The carbon tax is unconstitutional according to a legal opinion from expert, Bryan Pape, commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs and reported in the Australian Financial Review this morning', said Tim Wilson, Climate Change Policy...
An economists' guide to life
If Ian Harper had been American instead of an Australian, and if he been a professor at the University of Chicago instead of the Melbourne Business School, Economics for Life would have been a hit on The New York Times bestseller list. As it is,...
Only one-third of Australians believe humans are to blame for global warming
Only a third of Australians think the world is warming and humans are to blame, according to a Galaxy poll commissioned by the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The Galaxy poll asked 1,051 Australians on the weekend of 23-25...
New poll: Households concerned about energy and food prices
‘Australians are most concerned about electricity costs of all the major household expenses', a new poll commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs found, said Policy Director, Tim Wilson, today. Mr Wilson's comments follow a Galaxy...
Does Australia have a Productivity Growth Problem?
Ever since Paul Krugman stated that productivity was ‘almost everything', policy makers have been obsessed with improving it. This focus has led to a great deal of policy confusion. Productivity is important, but it is not an active policy...
