“The Treasurer has looked into his crystal ball to summon a vision for the nation.” IPA Research Fellow Saxon Davidson argues that the government’s 40-year economic vision doubles down on net zero and renewables while overlooking the industries Australia needs for energy security, economic resilience and sovereign capability. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4hsnKcP #NetZero #EnergySecurity #AustralianEconomy

“Don't let them tell you that you can't have a country, that you don't have an identity.” IPA Research Assistant Jordan Abou-Zeid argues that Australia must stop subjecting itself to an identity crisis and have an honest discussion about migration and what it means to be Australian. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4iNzusM #Migration #Politics #Australia

“They keep these things in their back pocket and roll it out when they want to change the topic of discussion.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild argues the government has taken its eye off the ball, focusing on the Digital Duty of Care legislation and online censorship instead of addressing the OpenAI agent breach of an Australian government Medicare portal. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4e0bwqO #DigitalDutyOfCare #FreeSpeech #Australia

Three years after Daniel Andrews resigned as Premier, his legacy remains. The 'Dark Legacy of Daniel Andrews' book examines how nine years of Andrews government transformed Victoria, centralised power, expanded government, increased debt and taxes, and left the state facing an uncertain future. 📖 Learn more about The Dark Legacy of Daniel Andrews at IPA.org.au/darklegacy

“Retirees get the blame, but NDIS is bigger budget cost.” IPA Chief Economist Adam Creighton argues in The Australian that the latest Intergenerational Report uses the rising dependency ratio to scare Australians into supporting mass migration and higher taxation, while underestimating the rapidly rising cost of the NDIS. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4rr40ea #NDIS #IntergenerationalReport #Australia

“Government funded advocacy is just one small way that the government distorts democracy and stacks the deck.” IPA Research Assistant Jordan Abou-Zeid explains why simply changing funding rules or trimming grants won’t be enough to dismantle the government-funded advocacy infrastructure. 📺 Watch the full episode here: bit.ly/4qO2ClJ #TaxpayerMoney #GovernmentSpending #AustralianPolitics

“The IPA welcomes the Coalition adopting the IPA’s policy platform to terminate net zero.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild welcomes the Coalition’s plan to terminate net zero and dismantle its associated policies, including the Safeguard Mechanism and legislative prohibitions on nuclear energy. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4hmRYhc #NetZero #EnergyPolicy #Australia

“We believe in an educated public, and the best way to have an educated public is to have open discussion of ideas.” The Hon. Amul Thapar, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, argues that even harmful or hateful speech should be met with open debate and public condemnation, not censorship. 📺 Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/4h9jGzk #FreeSpeech #Censorship #Democracy

INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS SUBMISSION TO THE DIGITAL DUTY OF CARE CONSULTATION The proposed digital duty of care is an undemocratic and draconian government power grab that would crush freedom of speech on the internet. The purpose of this submission is to share analysis of the exposure draft of the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 (exposure draft). The analysis is informed by earlier IPA research on the digital duty of care concept that identified how it would place an extraordinary burden on freedom of speech online by imposing a vague and subjective standard of harm and by incentivising over-compliance among internet services faced with heavy penalties and an over-zealous regulator. 📖 Read the full submission: bit.ly/46Ccwxw

“Sovereign risk is the idea that the government can just change the rules without warning.” Australia built its reputation as a low sovereign risk country on clear, simple and stable rules. Constantly changing tax and environmental rules risks undermining that reputation and driving investment elsewhere. 📺 Watch the full discussion: bit.ly/3ThjPYq #SovereignRisk #EconomicPolicy #Australia

“Land tax was the most unsuccessful great idea in history.” IPA Chief Economist Adam Creighton argues in The Australian that land tax could play a bigger role in reforming Australia’s tax system, replacing taxes that discourage work, investment and transactions. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4dQ2Cw3 #TaxReform #LandTax #AustralianEconomy

“It’s chilling. It’s disturbing.” IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers and Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger), founder of the independent news site Public and CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship and Free Speech at the University of Austin Texas, examine what the proposed Digital Duty of Care laws could mean for free speech in Australia. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/46FPgi4 #FreeSpeech #DigitalDutyOfCare #Australia

“Mass migration overcrowds cities as regions are left behind.” IPA Senior Fellow Dr Kevin You argues in The Spectator Australia that mass migration is adding pressure to Australia’s already overcrowded capitals, while regional Australia is being left behind. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/3SUEX6H #MassMigration #HousingCrisis #Australia

“Victorians clearly do not want this level of intrusion.” IPA Senior Fellow Dr Kevin You explains how Victoria’s push for electrification could see government increasingly dictate how Victorians use energy in their everyday lives. 📺 Watch the full video: piped.video/5oTU_TkHz1g #Energy #Victoria #NetZero

“Why don't more journalists do this?” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild discusses Latika Bourke’s question to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about his acceptance of a 'global citizen' award, and asks why more journalists aren’t willing to challenge political leaders more directly. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4hFDYR7 #AnthonyAlbanese #Journalism #Accountability

“It gives us a lever to do more work than we could have before, which creates value and prosperity for everyone.” Adjunct Professor Stephen Wilson, Visiting Fellow in Energy Security at the Institute of Public Affairs, explains the connection between energy, freedom and prosperity. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4rnUGI8 #EnergySecurity #Freedom #Prosperity

“More people makes for a bigger economy, but with a smaller share allocated to each person.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild explains why mass migration is failing to deliver higher living standards, with GDP per capita declining in 10 of the past 16 quarters. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4yKEtz7 #Immigration #LivingStandards #Australia

“It is clear that the government has lost control of Australia’s borders.” IPA Senior Fellow Dr Kevin You reveals that 101,005 migrants arrived in Australia in the first three months of 2026, more than 1,100 every day. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/472ik3l #Immigration #Australia #Population

“This isn't about keeping kids safe online. It's all about keeping Albo safe in the lodge through censoring criticism of his government.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild argues that Labor’s proposed Digital Duty of Care is not about protecting children, but about censoring criticism of the government. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4duO0C3 #DigitalDutyOfCare #FreeSpeech #Alborithm

“This speech was a big middle finger to Australians who have been demanding cuts to the intake.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild says the government’s latest migration announcement delivers no real cuts to the net overseas migration intake. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4jbqBJD #Immigration #Australia #MigrationPolicy