Australia’s populist right embraces unconstrained freedom of expression – but only when it suits them
Julianne Schultz
Recent banning requests highlight a paradox in an Australia once characterised by censorship
February 2024
First lockdown, then the voice, now renewables? Anti-government groups find new energy in environment battles
Protests against Australia’s transition to renewable power have attracted a wide coalition of interests, from mainstream parties to the wild shores of conspiracy
July 2023
Peter Dutton ramps up nuclear power push and claims Labor down ‘renewable rabbit hole’
Opposition leader to tell Institute of Public Affairs that domestic reactors are natural next step from Aukus pact
March 2022
Liberal Andrew Bragg accused of showing ‘disdain’ for free speech with legal threat to They Vote For You site
Criticism from Institute of Public Affairs comes after senator complains site calculating MPs’ voting patterns is ‘misleading’
November 2021
IPA targets key Coalition seats with net zero Facebook ad campaign described by experts as ‘fear mongering’
Exclusive: The Institute of Public Affairs paid for ads that experts say are based on ‘faulty analysis’ on job losses
September 2021
Weekly Beast
How the Australian and the IPA’s attack on the ABC went horribly wrong
Amanda Meade
A report into how many times the ABC mentioned News Corp or Murdoch had some embarrassing flaws. Plus: campaign to release Myanmar fixer
February 2021
Weekly Beast
Back to school for Tele editors after 'activist teachers' exposé
Amanda Meade
News Corp’s examples of cultural Marxism come up short. Plus: Alan Jones apology relegated to Sky News corrections page
January 2021
Tony Abbott attacks coronavirus 'hysteria' and 'health despotism' in IPA video
Former Liberal prime minister says Australia has ‘imported fads like sports stars taking a knee’ from overseas
August 2020
'What is going on?' RMIT staff irked by research hub's links to rightwing thinktank
Affiliates of Institute of Public Affairs are working at university’s blockchain hub, which has received $6m in RMIT funding despite university’s job cuts
July 2020
Tim Wilson helped IPA and solicited Liberal party endorsement while in human rights position
Wilson used his Human Rights Commission email account to help book an Institute of Public Affairs speaker and seek help with preselection bid
June 2020
Coalition government's grants for renovations and building criticised by economists and backbench MPs
The $688m homebuilder scheme has been labelled ‘a gross waste of taxpayer money’
November 2019
Environmental investigations
Scientist says rightwing thinktank misrepresented her Great Barrier Reef study
Tara Clark says the central claim of the Institute of Public Affairs’ YouTube film attacking her coral report is wrong
October 2019
Liberals front Institute of Public Affairs ad attacking Indigenous voice to parliament
Coalition senator James McGrath and former candidate Jacinta Price believe a voice will divide Australians by race
August 2019
US backers of rightwing Australian conference say CPAC event won't be one-off
Donald Trump Jr responds to Kristina Keneally’s criticism of the Conservative Political Action Conference as a ‘talkfest of hate’
July 2019
Labor wants Australia to refuse visa for 'career bigot' Raheem Kassam
Kristina Keneally says former Breitbart editor should be banned from attending CPAC over offensive remarks about women, Muslims and LGBTI community
October 2018
Institute of Public Affairs blasts Coalition's 'un-Liberal' energy policies
Exclusive: IPA’s John Roskam says government should ‘stop all subsidies to coal, wind and anything else’
August 2018
Weekly Beast
News Corp bites back after Uhlmann's spray on Liberal leadership
Amanda Meade
Public service chief breached code over contact with conservative thinktank
Public service chief attacks 'political correctness' and 'do-gooders' in final speech
The ABC in turmoil: 'Frankly, we are all spooked about everything in here'
