Research entries that do not mention the IPA
The Free Trade Party and the Protectionist Party fused to become the Commonwealth Liberal Party under Alfred Deakin, Australia's second Prime Minister in response to Labor's electoral success.
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The Nationalist Party of Australia became the United Australia Party led by Joseph Lyons.
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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.
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SA and QLD branches fold
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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.'
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The Australian Institute for Public Policy was established in Perth.
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'The Australian Institute for Public Policy (AIPP) derived $65,116 (62 per cent) of its $105,025 income from supporters in 1985.'
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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.
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A year after the AIPP announced that 66% of it's total revenue came from donors, it had lowered this dependence to 51% of the total revenue of $310,889.
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'Targeting those aged 16-25, it bridges the gap between the next generation and the ideas of free markets, individual responsibility, capitalism, and democracy.'
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An investigation into the Australian Public Service Commissioner (John Lloyd) is called by the Acting Australian Public Service Commissioner.
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Simon Cowan of Center for Independent Studies argues that thinktanks (many of which are Approved Research Institutes enjoying DGR status with ATO), should not have to reveal their donors.
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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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