Decade: 1980-1989
1981
In 1981 Antony Fischer founded the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, also known as the Atlas Network.
The Atlas Network has over 450 think tanks in 100 countries globally.
'In the most widely cited and influential index of think tanks in the world, the University of Pennsylvania's 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report ranked Atlas Network among the top 1 percent of organizations in the world in the following ranking categories: "Best Managed Think Tank," "Best Think Tank Network," "Best Think Tank Conference," "Think Tanks with the Best Use of the Internet," and seven other categories.'
1982
Rodd Kemp becomes Director of the Victorian branch of the IPA, heralding in a new era of neo-liberalism seen as a modernisation of prior Keynesianism.
1983
The Australian Institute for Public Policy was established in Perth.
1985
The IPA expands under Rod Kemp, introducing a States policy unit.
1985
'The Australian Institute for Public Policy (AIPP) derived $65,116 (62 per cent) of its $105,025 income from supporters in 1985.'
1988
The IPA introduces an Educational Policy unit under the direction of Leonie Kramer.
1988
'Figures for IPA revenue for 1988 indicate that around $800,000 (81 per cent) of its $978,774 income came from corporate donations.'
1988
'In 1988, when its budget was approaching the one million dollar mark, the IPA had only 3,378 individual (non-corporate) subscribers.'
1989
The NSW branch of the IPA becomes the Sydney Institute under the direction of Gerard Henderson.
1989
Cahill reports in his thesis that by 1989, the dependence on donations to the Australian Institute of Public Policy had increased from 62% in 1985 to 66% in 1989 or $191,365 of the $286,876 total.
Posted on 05 Sep 2018
This article follows on from the article on the OAIC and traces the early years of the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission as the Abbott government attempts to abolish the office.
The ACNC is the Commonwealth charities regulator responsible for governing the multi-billion dollar charity sector.
Posted on 13 Aug 2018
For the last two weeks I've been busily building a couple of datasets and developing a site to track ABC panellists, their affiliations and number of appearances.
Posted on 11 Aug 2018
During the week I received a response to my enquiry to the ATO requesting a list of Approved Research Institutes (some of which are think tanks like the IPA) however, as you will see from the respo
Posted on 28 Jul 2018
If people are going to challenge the activities of the IPA, it is important to have a thorough understanding of the legislation governing its activities. While I do not pretend to be an authority
Posted on 09 Jul 2018
I finally got a very disappointing response from Andrew Thackrah which sheds no light on why he has claimed the IPA had tax ex
Posted on 22 May 2018
This article is also published on Medium and Independent Australia under
Posted on 01 May 2018
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