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.

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Resources States Steal March on Low Business Taxes

MEDIA RELEASE | Julie Novak

The mineral-rich jurisdictions of the Northern Territory and Western Australia are maintaining a low-tax gap compared to states on the eastern seaboard, in particular New South Wales and Queensland, according to the free market think tank the...

Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills

SUBMISSION | Julie Novak and Alan Moran

Submission to inquiry into the Mineral Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills

They just don't get it

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Louise Staley

As a sovereign nation, Indonesia has the right to run its domestic policy as it sees fit. As a democratic country with a free press, we retain the right to express our opinions. But fundamentally, we do not have the right to force another country...

Carbon tax calculator exposes hit to family and business budgets

MEDIA RELEASE | Alan Moran

The Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's leading free market think tank, today distributed thousands of postcards to small businesses across the country highlighting a new research tool which allows Australians to calculate the impact to their...

ANF Industrial Action A Dangerous Precedent

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity at the Institute of Public Affairs said today that the ANF's defiance of orders to suspend industrial action was extraordinary. Fair Work Australia's decision to suspend the ANF industrial action...

Government wrong to abolish the ABCC as Industrial Disputation Worsens

MEDIA RELEASE | John Lloyd

John Lloyd the Director of the Institute of Public Affairs Work Reform and Productivity Unit today called on the Opposition and non-government members of the Parliament to oppose a bill to abolish the office of Australian Building and Construction...