Institute of Public Affairs
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Australia's loudest voice for freedom since 1943. Authorised by Scott Hargreaves, Institute of Public Affairs, Lvl 2/410 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
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"The government's own words show these reforms are going to make next to no difference to home ownership in Australia." After months of promises about a 'big reform budget', all we're left with is higher taxes, more political theatre, and virtually no improvement in housing affordability. On the latest episode of The Mainstream, Daniel Wild and IPA Director of Research Morgan Begg discuss how if the goal is to help young Australians buy a home, why is the government's own modelling so underwhelming? 📺 Watch more:
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“Their selective defence of freedom of speech has shown it’s all about self interest.” When corporate media power trumps principles, fewer people believe what they're being told. On the latest episode of The Mainstream podcast, Daniel Wild and John Roskam argue that mainstream journalists undermine public trust by applying double standards on scrutiny, and selectively defend free speech in ways that serve their own interests. 📺 Watch more here:
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“Stamp duty is...the worst tax on the statute books.” It punishes those who want to move, locks people into homes that no longer suit them, and makes housing less efficient. In other words, bad policy with real consequences. In this discussion, Adam Creighton and Tom Clougherty break down one of the most misunderstood parts of the tax system: capital gains tax and whether it should exist at all. 📺 More:
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“We are doing people a favour when we admit them to the world’s best country… we appreciate them, they should appreciate us.” Migration works best when it’s built on mutual respect. That’s how you build a strong, united society. On this episode of the Australia's Future podcast series, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Daniel Wild discuss how Australia faces growing challenges to its cultural identity, energy security and economic stability due to policy failures, rising global tensions, and weak leadership, prompting calls for stronger national self-sufficiency, cultural confidence and reform. 📺 More:
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“You can’t even go to the footy anymore.” Politics everywhere. And it’s ruining the spaces that bring people together. On the latest episode of The Mainstream podcast, Daniel Wild and John Roskam discuss how treating everything as political erodes neutral shared spaces—like sport and the arts—undermining social cohesion and a free society. 📺 More:
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“Elites didn’t see it coming.” And they still don’t. Populism isn’t random — it’s a response. On the latest episode of The Mainstream podcast, Daniel Wild and John Roskam discuss that populist movements are rising because large parts of the public feel ignored, while elites and the media continue to misunderstand or dismiss their concerns. 📺 More:
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“The solution to misinformation is freedom of speech.” For the IPA in Sydney, Michael Michael Shellenberger outlines the dangers of proposed misinformation laws and details the efforts by elites around the world to control mainstream opinion. #auspol #freespeech #censorship Full speech:
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“None of the current politicians will be around to have to answer for the failure.” Adam Creighton joins Professor Ross McKitrick, co-author of the Trump administration’s report into climate catastrophism, to discuss the cost of policies that will never deliver net zero. 📺 Full discussion:
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No politician can honestly say that Australia’s migration intake has been cut. The latest ABS figures show that in the three full financial years of the Albanese government, mass migration intakes have been the highest on record and four-times the post WWII average. Learn more:
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“Freedom of speech has never been easy.” As governments around the world seek to control what you can say and how you can feel about matters – the threat against freedom of speech has never been greater. 📺 Chief political writer for spiked and author, Brendan O’Neill, discusses:
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“These are people who realize the system is broken.” On The Mainstream podcast, Daniel Wild and John Roskam discuss the tectonic shifts in Australia’s opinion polls away from the Coalition to One Nation – and how Generation X is looking for a new political home. 📺 Full discussion:
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“The average person is pretty shrewd; the average person doesn't get it wrong that often.” On Australia’s Future, former PM Tony Abbott and Daniel Wild discuss how the political class dismiss issues important to Australians, like immigration and national pride, as mere ‘populism’. 📺 More:
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“That is absolute misinformation, disinformation at every level.” Rhetoric is cheap. On the latest episode of The Mainstream podcast, Daniel Wild and John Roskam discuss how Australians remember policies and they can tell the difference between words and reality. 📺 Full discussion:
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“When they say they have to guard what’s true from the ‘rabble’, they are lying to you.” Chief political writer for Spiked Online and author, Brendan O’Neill, delivers a powerful defence of free speech and unpacks the sinister agenda of governments and the elites claiming ‘misinformation’. 📺 More:
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“His fundamental purpose is not just to restore Australian standard of living, but also to protect our way of life.” Restore prosperity. Protect our way of life. End the culture of political correctness. That’s a reset Australia is ready for. On the latest episode of Australia's Future, Tony Abbott and Daniel Wild discuss Angus Taylor and how this change can move the Liberals and Australia forward. 📺 Full episode:
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“In the last 10, 15, even 20 years, has the Liberal Party actually been a centre-right party?” On The Mainstream podcast, Daniel Wild and John Roskam discuss the political realignment happening in Australia; the contest between the ‘Insiders’ and ‘Outsiders’ and the rise of One Nation. More:
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“Solar with battery backup is by far the most expensive power system out there.” Adam Creighton & Professor Ross McKitrick discuss the true cost of net zero and how those who push renewables rely on the phoney ‘levelised cost of electricity’ measurement to make wind & solar stack up. 📺 More:
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The new ‘hate laws’ are so broad that banning of groups based on their political views is almost an inevitability. There are no effective safeguards in place. 📺 Daniel Wild and Morgan Begg take you through everything you need to know about these laws that can silence mainstream Australians:
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“Whoever the leader might be we've really got to take the fight to the government.” On the latest Australia’s Future podcast, former PM Tony Abbott and Daniel Wild discuss the leadership vacuum at the heart of the federal Coalition and what that means for its future. 📺 Full discussion:
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“This legislation, the response to Bondi, people in the community know that it’s disgusting and pathetic.” On The Mainstream, Daniel Wild & John Roskam discuss the new hate laws and how the Liberal Party completely mishandled the response to the Bondi Massacre by supporting its passage. 📺 More:
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