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PM's department reads Roskam's columns
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 6:26 pm | Institute of Public Affairs
In his column for the Australian Financial Review last week, John Roskam attacked secret deals between the government and business. In a stunning coincidence, that afternoon the IPA finally received a months-old freedom of information request from ... More >>
Palm Oil Policy Must Focus On Poverty Alleviation
Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 4:50 pm | Institute of Public Affairs
“The World Bank’s framework for engagement in the palm oil sector must focus on sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation, not imposing developed world consumer’s attitudes on some of the world’s poorest producers” More >>
Zoos Caught Running Factually Incorrect Campaigns
Sunday, 4 July 2010, 12:14 pm | Institute of Public Affairs
“Zoos in Australia and New Zealand are running political campaigns against palm oil based on dodgy ‘facts’”, Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs, Tim Wilson, said today. More >>
Misguided Palm Oil Campaigns Won’t Help Orang-Utan
Sunday, 1 November 2009, 5:31 pm | Institute of Public Affairs
“Misguided campaigns by the Melbourne and Auckland Zoos and activists lack understanding of why forest and orang-utans are being lost. It isn’t palm oil it’s poverty”, said Tim Wilson, Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the ... More >>