“This is an abdication of leadership.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild says Treasurer Jim Chalmers must take responsibility for Australia’s growing debt and spending, rather than shifting responsibility for difficult budget decisions onto others. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3UJRJFT #Leadership #Budget #Australia

“Failure to convert rhetoric into results.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Ben Crocker argues that Former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s appointment as a professor of practice at the University of Sydney raises questions about whether universities are prioritising political reputation over demonstrated achievement and academic excellence. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4sqIYgh #Universities #Education #Australia

“They’ve lost touch with their historic mission.” Ben Crocker and economist Henry Ergas discuss how university leaders have lost sight of their historic responsibility to guide young Australians towards truth, virtue and an understanding of their national identity. 📺 Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/3UEnGiP #Universities #Leadership #Australia

“What on Earth, I wondered, were Victorians getting for gross debt well above $200bn and the highest taxes in the nation?” IPA Chief Economist Adam Creighton questions what Victorians are receiving in return for the state’s enormous debt and tax burden, comparing Victoria’s economic performance with that of the US state of Indiana. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4ikiDMm #Victoria #Taxes #Australia

“The incumbents decide who joins.” Economist Henry Ergas explains how universities operate through co-option, with existing faculty members influencing who enters the profession and shaping the next generation of academics. 📺 Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/3UEnGiP #Education #Universities #Australia

“If it's really to do with the children, then why is a great portion of the bill devoted to censoring content for adults?” IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers highlights the shift from a role originally focused on children’s online safety to legislation that could extend censorship to adult content. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4idHGkb #Safety #Censorship #Australia

“It really does matter to every single Australian.” IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers explains why Labor’s Digital Duty of Care deserves Australians’ attention and how you can stay informed. 🔗 Follow the IPA: bit.ly/4tnLlQk 🔗 Become an IPA member: bit.ly/4sbq25d 🔗 Follow Margaret: bit.ly/3UwU2Mo #Freedom #Media #Australia

“There's just not a culture of understanding or caring about small business.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild argues that Labor favours large institutions and unionised workforces over independent small businesses, which he says are often overlooked in government policy. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3TNxAyn #Business #Economy #Australia

“The digital duty of care is an international embarrassment.” As IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers writes, Michael Shellenberger’s visit helped bring international attention to Labor’s proposed Digital Duty of Care, which could give the government greater control over what Australians can see, say and access online. Australia should be defending free speech, not exporting censorship. 📖 Read Margaret’s Substack piece: bit.ly/4jz0wEL #Censorship #Internet #Australia

“The workplace relations system and policies of the government constrain efficiency and growth.” Former Australian Building & Construction Commissioner John Lloyd explains at the launch of the IPA's Economic Prosperity Initiative how changes to IR laws and expanded union powers have contributed to falling productivity and rising costs in Victoria’s construction sector. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4zU3vfT #Construction #Economy #Australia

“Energy Security is National Security.” IPA Director Scott Hargreaves and Stephen Wilson warn that Australia’s declining fuel security leaves the country vulnerable to supply disruptions, arguing that energy security must once again be a national priority. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/47zEfzj #Energy #Security #Australia

“It's often amongst the highly educated that you find the truly closed mind.” Economist Henry Ergas argues that highly educated people can become so attached to their ideas that they struggle to accept the possibility that they might be wrong. 📺 Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/3UEnGiP #Education #Ideas #Australia

“The eSafety Commissioner can set up all these accounts to essentially spout government propaganda.” IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers warns that the proposed powers could allow the eSafety Commissioner to disguise government messaging behind seemingly independent online identities. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4idHGkb #Internet #Politics #Australia

“The young generation set the new rules of recruitment.” Economist Henry Ergas draws on Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Schelling’s model of neighbourhood segregation to illustrate how generational change and like-minded recruitment can reshape the prevailing culture within Australian universities. 📺 Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/3UEnGiP #Economics #Universities #Australia

“Simply trying to say this is social media's fault is a way of trying to get out of providing leadership.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild criticises the Labor government for using the Helen Haines incident to build support for its Digital Duty of Care legislation, rather than addressing the broader and more complex causes of violence. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3TPGgUZ #Censorship #Politics #Australia

“The only debate this government can win is a debate that it does not allow to happen.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild warns that Labor’s Digital Duty of Care would expand the government’s ability to censor online speech and undermine open political debate. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3VThBzu #Censorship #Politics #Australia

“It needs to be abandoned. It needs to be put in the bin.” IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers says cosmetic changes to Labor’s Digital Duty of Care have failed to address its fundamental problems, calling for the bill to be abandoned entirely. #Censorship #Internet #Australia

"Unemployed people are forced to spend more money... as punishment for Labor’s out-of-control spending." IPA Research Fellow Saxon Davidson warns that the Labor government’s out-of-control spending and inflation are adding to the financial pressures facing Australians, as rising interest rates make household debt increasingly difficult to manage. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4k3TYhl #Inflation #Debt #Australia

“It really does matter to every single Australian.” IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers warns that Labor’s Digital Duty of Care could affect what Australians see online, urging people to follow the debate and stay informed. 📲 Stay informed, follow the IPA and support the fight for online freedom: bit.ly/4tnLlQk #Censorship #Politics #Australia

“The next inflation shock might not be caused by government spending or the housing market.” IPA Research Analyst Archer Holling warns that rising fuel and fertiliser costs could drive the next wave of inflation, with Australia’s reliance on overseas suppliers putting pressure on farmers and eventually supermarket prices. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4zFVYB8 #Inflation #Farming #Australia