Organisations & connections

Former IPA employment • Current election advocacy

Gideon “Giddy” Rozner

Head of advocacy and membership, FixVictoria

The IPA identifies Rozner as its former Director of Policy. Atlas Network records that Rozner and IPA colleague Daniel Wild attended its May 2018 Los Angeles film and storytelling workshop. The Australian Jewish Association currently lists him as a committee member; the AJA describes itself as a membership-based community organisation guided by “authentic Torah values” and “centre-right Australian values”. The AJA says that contributions support its advocacy “on behalf of the Jewish community and Israel”, supporting its classification here as a pro-Israel advocacy organisation. In August 2026 Rozner announced that he had joined FixVictoria; the organisation describes itself as independent and non-partisan and advocates smaller government and less regulation. Rozner also publicly said on 17 November 2025 that he had applied to rejoin the Liberal Party in support of Jess Wilson.

Evidence status: the former IPA role, Atlas workshop, AJA committee role, FixVictoria role and public Liberal Party application are confirmed. These records do not establish that the IPA, Atlas Network, AJA or Liberal Party directs or funds FixVictoria, or that the organisations coordinate their activities. The AJA role is an organisational connection; it is not evidence of Rozner’s personal identity, motive or position on every issue. FixVictoria says it is independent; current reporting says it declined to identify major donors, citing privacy.

Direct employment

Evan Mulholland MP

Northern Metropolitan Region

An IPA publication identifies Mulholland as its Director of Communications. The IPA’s 2021 annual report records his work for the organisation before he entered the Victorian Parliament.

Direct employment

John Pesutto MP

Member for Hawthorn; former Victorian Liberal leader

A historical IPA personnel record compiled by DeSmog identifies Pesutto as Director of the IPA’s Productivity and Employment Unit in 2010, before his election to the Victorian Parliament. The linked Parliament page confirms his present office.

Documented forums and continuing contact

David Davis MP

Southern Metropolitan Region

In August 2023 Davis told Parliament he had hosted forums featuring the IPA’s John Roskam. A July 2025 parliamentary travel report records a telephone discussion with senior IPA members about Victorian policy.

Adviser link

Brad Rowswell MP

Member for Sandringham

A public biography for John Lloyd states that he was an IPA director and later worked part-time as an adviser to Rowswell.

Staff link

Nick McGowan MP

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

The Robert Menzies Institute states that Chetna Mahadik was the IPA’s Member Communications Manager and later served as McGowan’s chief of staff.

Family and professional-network link

Jess Wilson MP

Member for Kew; Leader of the Opposition

Guardian reporting identifies Aaron Lane as Wilson’s husband. The IPA records Lane as a co-author of its 2018 submission on the future of work. Together these sources document a family and professional-network link; they do not by themselves establish coordination.

Historic parliamentary declaration

Georgie Crozier MP

Southern Metropolitan Region

The Victorian Parliament’s cumulative Register of Interests as at 30 September 2015 lists the Institute of Public Affairs under Crozier’s “Party, body or association” declarations.

Historic parliamentary declaration

Ryan Smith

Former member for Warrandyte

The Victorian Parliament’s cumulative Register of Interests as at 30 September 2015 lists the Institute of Public Affairs under Smith’s “Party, body or association” declarations.

Historic parliamentary declaration

Tim Smith

Former member for Kew

The Victorian Parliament’s cumulative Register of Interests as at 30 September 2015 lists the Institute of Public Affairs under Smith’s “Party, body or association” declarations.