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The Institute of Public Affairs looks at food and agriculture from the perspective of consumer choice and liberalisation. Advances in agricultural biotechnology is likely bring large environmental and consumer benefits to the Australian agricultural industry. But some sectors in Australia's agricultural industry are still burdened by legacy regulatory frameworks which hamper their competitiveness. The IPA focuses on the regulatory barriers faced by farmers and consumers.

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Dont ditch cattle yet, science isnt settled

Climate Change and Food | The Land 13th November, 2008

How many times have you heard it said, the science is settled, we will have catastrophic global warming unless we change our ways and reduce our...

Whale: It’s Our Choice

Food & Environment and Food | | Jennifer Marohasy
The Land 18th September, 2008

It's free-range, organic and tastes like an exceptionally tender eye fillet, but it's unlikely to find its way onto the supermarket shelves in...

More science less opinion on GM and rats

Food & Environment and Food | | Jennifer Marohasy
The Land 7th August, 2008

Another Look at GM Corn Seems Merited Those who make their living from lobbying/marketing sometimes claim "perception is reality".  One topic...

Free trade will help the poor

Food & Environment, Trade & IP Unit and Food | | John Roskam
The Age 18th June, 2008

TV chef Gordon Ramsay is like many other celebrities. They think that because they can sing or dance, or kick a football, or, in Ramsay's case,...

Myths on food miles

Food & Environment and Food | | Tim Wilson
The Australian 10th March, 2008

Last week federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, exposed the ``food miles'' campaign as ``nothing more than...

Publications

Big fat beat up

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Louise Staley

Arnold Schwarzenegger is obese. He's been obese his entire adult life, including the seven times he won the Mr Olympia bodybuilding title. Despite obesity not impacting his own, clearly excellent, health, Governor Schwarzenegger has introduced...

Who should take the blame for the biofuels tragedy?

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Alan Moran

In Mexico early last year, 75,000 people took to the streets in protest of the increasing cost of basic grain, in what were branded the ‘tortilla riots.' In March 2008, there were food riots in Egypt. And in April, Haitians rioted over the...

Taking apart Australia’s last single desk

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Louise Staley

After more than two decades of economic reform there were few truly egregious examples of government sanctioned protection left to greet the incoming Rudd Government. Perhaps the most outstanding was the monopoly granted to a publicly listed...