Research Focus
Since the early 1980s, the Institute has argued the case for a range of free-market and libertarian public policies, such as:
- lower taxation;
- deregulation of the Australian economy particularly as affecting industrial relations and trade unionism;
- privatisation of government businesses and reduced government spending;
- greater transparency in government;
- opposition to perceived left wing ideological bias in Australia's public broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation;
- a free market approach to environmental problems, and criticism of aspects of climate change science;
- the elimination of existing programs of welfare targeted at Indigenous Australians, with the aim of encouraging transition to work, self-reliance and high incomes.
The IPA has affiliations with think tanks in the U.S., Canada, UK and Asia. It has a close relationship with the American Enterprise Institute, a right-wing US think-tank.
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