“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

“When we keep fighting, we eventually get there in the end.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild argues that institutions like the IPA and CPAC are essential to keeping important arguments alive, regardless of whether they’re popular. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3VAZsWZ #Politics #Ideas #Australia

“Cutting public spending has rightly become one of the foremost demands of sensible people.” IPA Senior Fellow Adam Creighton argues that political hypocrisy is undermining efforts to reduce government spending, with proposed savings on private health insurance rebates, veterans’ benefits and credit card fees blocked despite mounting public debt. 📖 Read the full article at the link in our bio. #Economy #Spending #Australia

“The most radical mass-censorship legislation any Western government has proposed." Michael Shellenberger, founder of Public and CBR Chair of Politics, says that Labor’s Digital Duty of Care would allow the government to operate fake online accounts to promote its own messaging while posing as ordinary citizens. 📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4jZcbwD #Censorship #Media #Australia

“This is absolutely an immigration policy that puts Australia first.” In the latest episode of the Australia’s Future podcast, former PM Tony Abbott outlines a policy agenda focused on lower taxes, cheaper electricity and an enforceable Australian values test for longer-term visa holders. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3Uu3QGU #Migration #Policy #Australia

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“It’s only for institutionalised journalists who are on the government’s payroll.” Following yesterday’s Press Club address by Communications Minister Anika Wells, IPA Research Fellow Margaret Chambers explains why the revised Digital Duty of Care bill could leave podcasters and everyday Australians exposed to censorship. #Censorship #Media #Australia

“We’ve gotten bigger, but we haven’t gotten better.” IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild argues that the government’s mass migration policy has failed to lift living standards, with weak productivity and high job vacancies exposing a political migration program rather than an economic or skills-based one. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/3VAZsWZ #Migration #Economy #Australia

“It's a disproportionate, unjustifiable law that needs to be abandoned in full.” Michael Shellenberger, founder of Public and CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship and Free Speech at the University of Austin Texas, speaks with IPA Senior Fellow Andrew Bushnell about why they believe the proposed Digital Duty of Care cannot be fixed with amendments. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/46FPgi4 #Censorship #Law #Australia

“Rights don’t come from kings, parliaments, or courts. They pre-exist government, and come from God." Judge Amul Thapar examines the principles underpinning American independence and the belief that government exists to protect rights, not grant them. 📺 Watch more: piped.video/CLm7KrZAGcE #Liberty #Freedom #Australia

“This is the worst piece of anti-speech legislation to ever see the light of day.” One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten condemns the Albanese government’s proposed Digital Duty of Care, crediting Michael Shellenberger and the Institute of Public Affairs for their work exposing the bill’s threat to free speech. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/46FPgi4 #Censorship #Politics #Australia

“If we have better policy, we’ll have better outcomes.” IPA Executive Director Scott Hargreaves argues that Australia’s economic problems are the result of policy choices, not circumstances beyond our control. He points to former RBA Governor Philip Lowe’s comments on Adam Creighton’s IPA podcast, 'The Prosperity Question', as evidence that criticism of government spending is reaching a wider audience. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4ymInOb #Politics #Inflation #Australia

“This is by far the worst censorship legislation we have seen in the West.” Michael Shellenberger, founder of Public and CBR Chair of Politics, warns that the Albanese government’s proposed Digital Duty of Care could give the government sweeping censorship powers and allow it to operate unlimited fake social media accounts. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/46FPgi4 #Censorship #Politics #Australia

“The government doesn’t even seem to be honest about why they want this.” Michael Shellenberger, founder of Public and CBR Chair of Politics, discusses his analysis of the Albanese government’s proposed Digital Duty of Care, drawing on work with the IPA to highlight concerns about government censorship and the use of fake social media accounts. 📺 Watch more: bit.ly/4jSp0sy #Censorship #Politics #Australia