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Established

1943

FYE June 2023
Income: A$11,600,000
Expenses: A$8,560,000[1]

8,200[1]

The IPA was founded during World War II by businessmen in response to the growing power of the Labor Party and international socialism, and has typically aligned with, and supported, the Liberal Party in politics. It has in the past funded and created advertising campaigns for anti-Labor candidates, and has had an impact on Liberal Party policies,[10][11] according to former prime minister John Howard.[12]

Gina Rinehart

Rupert Murdoch

- Liberal Opposition Leader

Tony Abbott

- Australian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

George Pell

- then President of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia and former director of the IPA

Michael Kroger

- Liberal Communications Minister

Mitch Fifield

- Liberal Lord Mayor of Melbourne

Robert Doyle

- Liberal Premier of Victoria

Denis Napthine

Finances and donors[edit]

The IPA is funded by its membership, which include both private individuals and businesses.


It has been significantly funded by Hancock Prospecting, of which Gina Rinehart is the Executive Chair. Hancock Prospecting paid the IPA $2.3 million in financial year 2016 and $2.2 million in financial year 2017,[38] which represents one-third to a half of the IPA's total revenue in those years.[39] These payments were not disclosed in IPA annual reports,[40] and Rinehart's daughter Bianca Hope Heyward submitted in court that the Hancock Prospecting payments were credited to Rinehart in an individual capacity.[38] Gina Rinehart was made a life member of the IPA in November 2016.[41]


Other businesses who fund or have funded the IPA include ExxonMobil,[42] Telstra, WMC Resources, Philip Morris,[43] Murray Irrigation Limited,[44] Visy,[34] Clough Engineering, Caltex, Shell, Esso[3] and British American Tobacco (BAT).[3]


Funders are able to "earmark" their payments to support the work of particular units within the IPA.[45]


The Institute of Public Affairs has also been funded by Liberal Party associated entity the Cormack Foundation.[46]


In 2003, the Howard Government provided $50,000 to the Institute of Public Affairs to review the accountability of NGOs.[4]

lower ;[56]

taxation

abolish the [57]

minimum wage

of the Australian economy;[56]

deregulation

of government bodies like Australia Post, Medibank, the SBS, the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Broadband Network, CSIRO[56] and the ABC;[58]

privatisation

reduced government spending;

[56]

greater in government;

transparency

the elimination of existing programs of welfare targeted at , with the aim of encouraging transition to work, self-reliance and high incomes;

Indigenous Australians

maintain or increase the current level of immigration;

the reduction of Australian Public Service benefits and allowances.

[59]

Publications[edit]

The IPA Review is published quarterly.[101]

List of think tanks

Official website

on Facebook

Institute of Public Affairs

on YouTube

Institute of Public Affairs

Archived 20 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine

IPA in the News: Flaws Remain in Bringing Them Home