Report
Skewed priorities: comparing the growth of prison spending with police spending
Australia has seen rapid, unsustainable growth in its incarceration rate. Over the past ten years, the proportion of Australian residents who are incarcerated has risen by 30 percent. The purpose of this paper is to show what this increase means in real terms. Every extra dollar committed to incarceration is a dollar that might have...
Position paper
20 policies to fix Australia
Proposed policies include withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, reducing the corporate tax rate, privatising the ABC, and legalising nuclear power.
Report
Expanding economic opportunity: an international comparison of Australia’s labour market regulation
This report presents a comparison of Australia’s labour market entitlements with similar common law countries, and looks at how the labour market is perceived in ways that affect investment and growth.
Submission
Report into the Victorian on-demand workforce: opportunities for flexible and rewarding work
This report represents the IPA’s submission to the inquiry into the Victorian on-demand workforce.
Report
Australian history’s last stand: an audit of Australian history teaching at universities
This report examines the way in which the history of Australia is currently being taught in Australian universities. It is based on a systematic review of all 147 Australian history subjects taught in 2018 at the 35 Australian universities that offer programs of study in history.