The Sydney Institute

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The Sydney Institute
Formation1989
TypePublic affairs forum
Headquarters41 Phillip Street, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia
Location
Executive Director
 Gerard Henderson
Website The Sydney Institute

The Sydney Institute is a privately funded [1] Australian policy forum founded on the 23 of August, 1989. [2] The institute took over the resources of the New South Wales division of the Institute of Public Affairs. [3] [4]

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Columnist and writer Gerard Henderson is the executive director of the institute. His wife, Anne Henderson, who is also an author, is the deputy director. [5]

The Sydney Institute has been described as a "right-aligned policy think tank", [6] comparable to organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Manhattan Institute. [7]

Gerard and Anne Henderson had previously run the South Australian branch of the Institute of Public Affairs, and run foul of the state Minister for Health who banned cigarette advertising. He branded South Australia as the "nanny state". [8]

The couple then shifted to Sydney where they set up the IPA's New South Wales branch. [9] [10]

However, the Centre for International Studies had shared publishing resources and a territorial agreement with the Melbourne-based Institute of Public Affairs not to infringe on each other's sources of corporate donations, so the Hendersons created their own institute, and Philip Morris was happy to contribute to both. All these organisations are part of the Atlas Network. [11] [12]

Key figures

The institute has cited the following key figures in the organization: [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Norington, Brad (12 August 2003). "Think Tank Secrets". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ↑ Hannan, Ewin; Carney, Shaun (10 December 2005). "Thinkers of influence". The Age. While not a think tank, it operates as a forum for debate. It does not commission research or have policies." "The institute is privately funded, with all papers delivered to it published in The Sydney Papers.
  3. ↑ Cahill, Damien (1 January 2004). "The radical neo-liberal movement as a hegemonic force in Australia, 1976-1996". University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Hyde, John (2002). "Dry, In Defence of Economic Freedom" (PDF). Institute of Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2007.
  5. ↑ Staff, T. S. I. "About Us". The Sydney Institute. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Wright, Shane (31 December 2020). "RBA paying $20,000 a year to Sydney Institute, Centre for Independent Studies". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ↑ Radio National (2001). "Gerard Henderson". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 August 2001.
  8. ↑ "Industry Documents Library".
  9. ↑ "Industry Documents Library".
  10. ↑ "Industry Documents Library".
  11. ↑ "Industry Documents Library".
  12. ↑ "Industry Documents Library".
  13. ↑ Staff, T. S. I. "About Us". The Sydney Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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