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The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy
Peter Swan AOSeptember 26, 2024OP202
Australian companies have been shifting from a purely shareholder focus to a much vaguer, less...
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Government spending and inflation
Robert CarlingSeptember 4, 2024PP58
That government expenditure in Australia has grown apace in recent years is well-known. The growth...
Much Ado About Gen Z. Are young workers really driving corporate activism?
Emilie DyeAugust 22, 2024IA151
Business has become increasingly involved in social and political issues. Some believe this is because...
Using Curriculum-Based Measurement for Primary School Maths Screening
Erica S. Lembke, Emily L. Singell, Gabriella Lyth Donofrio, Megyn MartinAugust 15, 2024AP75
Universal screening is an essential component of a Multi-Tiered Support System (MTSS) for maths and...
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Where to now? The Road Ahead for Indigenous Policy
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 1, 2024AP74
Although remote Indigenous communities have been a major focus of policymakers for over half a...
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Learning Lessons. The future of small-group tutoring
Trisha JhaJuly 25, 2024AP73
Student data from national and international testing shows a large minority of students are not...
We must separate family services from child protection
Toby O’BrienAugust 21, 2008The Australian

Child Protection authorities around Australia have been engulfed in controversy this year. This has followed...

Good policy better than guest work for neighbours
Helen HughesAugust 21, 2008The Canberra Times

The announcement that Australia is inaugurating a ‘guest worker’ scheme for Pacific islanders to pick...

Feminism is about choice
August 21, 2008The Sydney Morning Herald

The very word "feminism" conjures up the cliched images of the 1970s: radicalised, bra-burning women...

Migration scheme won’t solve Pacific’s problems
Gaurav SodhiAugust 21, 2008ABC News Online

It wouldn’t be polite to say so at the Forum meeting in Nuie this week,...

Pacific guests invited over our unemployed
Helen HughesAugust 21, 2008The Newcastle Herald

The announcement that Australia is inaugurating a ‘guest worker’ scheme for Pacific islanders to pick...

The Pacific is a crime bomb and needs economic reform
Gaurav SodhiAugust 21, 2008The Australian

The new ‘guest worker’ scheme is being billed by many Pacific governments, aid organisations and...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville
Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

The Strange, Recent But Understandable Triumph of Liberalism in Australia | Bob Catley
Robert Forsyth, Mr Bob CatleyAugust 31, 2024Liberalism in Question

The Australian nation began as one of the world’s first social democracies. Today its political...

Jimmy Lai’s son speaks out about his father’s imprisonment | Sebastian Lai & Caoilfhionn Gallagher
Robert ForsythAugust 1, 2024Liberalism in Question

Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, owner of the independent newspaper Apple Daily and pro-democracy and...

Why the 2023 Voice Referendum Failed | Damian Freeman
Robert Forsyth, Damien FreemanJuly 18, 2024Liberalism in Question

Reflecting on his pivotal role in the development of a proposal to recognise Australia’s Indigenous...

American Liberalism and the Middle East | Bret Stephens
Robert Forsyth, Bret StephensJuly 5, 2024Liberalism in Question

Watch here: https://youtu.be/y9v7xJQCfow What would have happened if Israel did nothing on October 8th? Can...

Why Australia Needs Universal Early Numeracy Screening
Kelly NorrisJuly 3, 2024What You Need to Know About

International data have repeatedly shown many Australian school students struggle with mathematics. Around 10% of...

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu July 1, 2024Research Collection

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy By Michael Wu. For all references and graphs,...

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