Decade: 1940-1949
1943
February: NSW branch of IPA founded. June: SA and QLD branches of IPA founded. Ideological and strategic differences meant that the organisation never federated.
1943
The Victorian branch of the IPA was founded by Charles Denton Kemp, an economic policy commentator.1943
The establishment of the IPA is seen as a response to the 1943 election win of Labor and the consequent collapse of the United Australia Party.1943
"In 1943 the political opposition to the Labor Party in Australia was in disarray. The catstrophic federal election defeat and the virtual collapse of the United Australia Party meant that some major reorganisation of Australian conservatism was seen as essential by both politicians and business interests. In these peculiar circumstances, the Institute of Public Affiars of Victoria was founded. The Institute was, from the outset, a dual-purpose body. On the one hand, it was intended as a research and publicity organisation on behalf of the recently established and dynamic sectors of secondary and tertiary industry in Australia. On the other, it was to be, at least initially, the business catalyst in the reconstruction of non-Labor political organisation. The disputes between the Institute in New South Wales, which wished to continue primarily as the eminence gris of non-Labor politics, and the Victorian Institute, whose purposes were much more ideological, have been outlined by Lonie and Aimer.The triumph of the Victorian 'line' after the loss of the election in New South Wales in 1943 did, however, ensure that a programe for post-war reconstruction would be the prime contribution of the Institute of Public Affairs."1945
The Australian Labor Party won a landslide election over the United Australia Party in 1943 with former leader Robert Menzies calling a conference of parties opposed to Labor in 1944 which founded the Liberal Party of Australia in August 1945.Year: 1943
February: NSW branch of IPA founded.
June: SA and QLD branches of IPA founded.
Ideological and strategic differences meant that the organisation never federated.
The Victorian branch of the IPA was founded by Charles Denton Kemp, an economic policy commentator.
The establishment of the IPA is seen as a response to the 1943 election win of Labor and the consequent collapse of the United Australia Party.
"In 1943 the political opposition to the Labor Party in Australia was in disarray. The catstrophic federal election defeat and the virtual collapse of the United Australia Party meant that some major reorganisation of Australian conservatism was seen as essential by both politicians and business interests. In these peculiar circumstances, the Institute of Public Affiars of Victoria was founded. The Institute was, from the outset, a dual-purpose body. On the one hand, it was intended as a research and publicity organisation on behalf of the recently established and dynamic sectors of secondary and tertiary industry in Australia. On the other, it was to be, at least initially, the business catalyst in the reconstruction of non-Labor political organisation. The disputes between the Institute in New South Wales, which wished to continue primarily as the eminence gris of non-Labor politics, and the Victorian Institute, whose purposes were much more ideological, have been outlined by Lonie and Aimer.The triumph of the Victorian 'line' after the loss of the election in New South Wales in 1943 did, however, ensure that a programe for post-war reconstruction would be the prime contribution of the Institute of Public Affairs."
