The IPA just exploded their argument that the “Atlas Network” is tinfoil hat conspiracy
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has just shown its links to the Atlas Network, the group to which the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 […]
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The IPA’s war on schools
The IPA is no longer even performing the masquerade of being a thinktank. It is rather a culture war factory for the right; its American-invented […]
The Mad Monk Strikes: Tony Abbott, Taxi Rides and Coronavirus Despotism
This is a man who decries the use of experts. He prefers things rough, ready, pungent with vernacular promise and populist feeling. To be in […]
A Political Watcher’s Pig Heaven
Over the last two years a number of articles have been written here at the AIMN about tax expenditures and the need to rein them in if […]
Absolute crap
One thing that has become increasingly apparent about Tony Abbott is that he gears his words to his audience. If that meant explaining policies at […]
They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere. So beware!
When the IPA published their wish list of 75 plus 25 ways to “reform” Australia, they conceded that it was “a deliberately radical list. There’s […]
The real stitch-up
Tony Abbott has been sneeringly yelling at anyone who will listen, if there are any of those left, that the government has no confidence in […]
Actions speak louder than words
Joe Hockey has been making noise about tax avoidance. “They’re stealing from us and our community,” he told the Nine Network on Friday, labelling tax […]
Never-ending story
In April I wrote an article about the Coalition’s history on superannuation. This is an updated version. Keeping up with their ever-changing promises is turning […]
Conspiracy of silence
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down […]
What Gina wants, Gina gets
In 2012, Gina Rinehart self-published a book called Northern Australia and then some: Changes We Need to Make Our Country Rich. In it she calls […]
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me
The following is an excerpt from a 2007 paper called The Cigarette Controversy, the controversy which used to surround the tobacco industry. “In 1994, heads […]
Dignity, Dorothy meets the Wizard
“There is dignity in work. Increasing the minimum wage constitutes a threat to the dignity of the unemployed.” Aaron Lane IPA Press Release. ”It’s about empowering […]
Who writes this stuff?
It is becoming increasingly obvious that Tony Abbott’s plan for governing is to work his way through the IPA’s wish list of 75 (+25) “radical […]
Dam(n) the nation, full speed ahead!
In 2011, Gina Rinehart flew Barnaby Joyce to India in a private jet, to watch the granddaughter of her business partner marry in front of […]