Food & Environment
Food & Environment
Australia is rich in both ecology and natural resources. The Institute of Public Affairs Food and Environment Unit seeks to determine our national and international role in feeding the world and protecting the environment. The IPA examines environmental and agricultural policies across the countries, with particular emphasis on climate change policy, water, agricultural biotechnology, resource management, and market-based solutions to environmental challenges.
Sub-topics of Food & Environment
Publications
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing involuntary regulations on consumers and business
Naked extortion? Environmental NGOs imposing [in]voluntary regulations on consumers and business
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
Green groups admit 'good cop/bad cop' collusion to push higher costs on businesses, consumers
‘Environmental groups have been caught admitting they collude to use Good Cop/Bad Cop strategies to push businesses to adopt expensive ‘voluntary' certification standards that increase costs to business and consumers', said, Tim...
The Biggest Loser is the Nanny State
The recently concluded reality TV show, The Biggest Loser, contains some surprising lessons for public policy. Of all the reality television shows bombarding us, The Biggest Loser best combines entertainment with the spectacle of social...
Submission: To the exposure draft of the 'Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011'
Submission: To the exposure draft of the 'Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011'
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...
Victorian Election Kills Carbon Tax
The prospects of Australia having a carbon tax are now virtually zero following the Victorian state election according to John Roskam, the executive director of the free market think tank, Institute of Public Affairs. 'Rising electricity...
Sydney Heartland Conference 2010
Address to the Heartland Institute by Alan Moran.
Presentation to the AEF Conference
Alan Moran's presentation to the AEF Conference in Brisbane on 17 October 2010.
Exposed: The Inaccurate and Inappropriate Campaign by Zoos Victoria
Zoos Victoria is constituted by the State of Victoria under the Zoological Parks and Gardens Act 1995 and is responsible to Environment Minister, Gavin Jennings. Last year, Zoos Victoria received $14.6 million of taxpayer funds. One of the...
