Campbell Newman book launch, policy launch, videos and articles

Dear ,

Our next major function will be the launch of Can Do: The story of Campbell Newman on October 7, 2015. So please put it in your diaries. It will be a lunch function with venue and price to be available soon.

Last week we hosted the Brisbane launch of Greg Sheridan's When We Were Young and Foolish: A memoir of my misguided youth with Tony Abbott, Bob Carr, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and other reprobates. You can see video of this on Progress TV by clicking here. This was a joint function with the IPA from Melbourne and we thank them for the invitation to join in.

September will see us release a significant study into Australian attitudes to immigration, so stay tuned for that.

Two non-AIP functions you could be interested in are:

• ALRC symposium on property rights on Wednesday 2nd September 2015 5.30 - 7 pm. If you are interested contact our Academic Advisor Professor Suri Ratnapala s.ratnapala@law.uq.edu.au. Download a flier by clicking here (pdf 5mb).
• Family based taxation with Matt Canavan and Alex Robson, to be held on September 24, 12:00pm to 1:30pm, Morgans Financial Limited - Riverside Centre, Level 29, 123 Eagle St, Brisbane.

The latest articles added to the AIP website are:

• Dinosaur unions shown up by pro-worker breakaway associations
• Advance Queensland program doesn’t approach innovation from right direction
• Make politicians’ spending more transparent
• Opponents of shark nets and culling ignore the risk to all and the hierarchy of species‏
• Wind farms use fossil fuels for construction and operation

If you'd like to write articles or papers, or suggest issues and policy approaches, please let me know.

Look forward to seeing you at the Newman book launch, if not before.

Regards,

Graham Young
Executive Director
Australian Institute for Progress