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Property Rights and Competition: An Essay on the Constitution of Liberty
Wolfgang KasperApril 4, 1998PM41

  Australia’s economic growth and job creation have fallen well short of what is possible...

Rising Crime in Australia
Lucy SullivanFebruary 15, 1998PM39

Dr Lucy Sullivan uses time trends in other social factors as a source of possible...

Social Capital: The Individual, Civil Society and the State
Andrew Norton, Mark Latham, Gary Sturgess, Martin Stewart-WeeksDecember 1, 1997PF14

In a remarkable instance of intellectual convergence, the concept of ‘social capital’ has recently attracted...

Nationality
Lord ActonDecember 1, 1997OP63

Is the nation state the best form of political organisation? Should a country’s borders be...

The Morality of Capitalism
James Q. WilsonOctober 15, 1997OP62

Capitalism is winning the economic battle all over the world. The collapse of socialism has...

Reforming New Zealand Welfare – International Perspectives
Michael JonesOctober 3, 1997PM37

This 1997 book provides a comprehensive overview of international research and debates about the welfare...

Australian education is not keeping up
Glenn FaheyAugust 22, 2021Canberra Times

For too long, education policy and practice has failed to keep pace with the evidence....

One Nation No Longer Indivisible
Barry MaleyAugust 20, 2021Quadrant

Australia depends upon the United States for our defence in the event of a confrontation...

Postponing day of reckoning in Afghanistan would not change a thing
Tom SwitzerAugust 18, 2021The Australian

The debacle in Afghanistan evokes the old saw that the road to hell is paved...

Is Covid-zero a viable long-term strategy?
Simon CowanAugust 14, 2021Canberra Times

On Thursday, the ACT became the latest jurisdiction to enter a snap lockdown at just...

Rationalists Are Making a Deal With the Devil to Push Out Religion in Australia
Peter KurtiAugust 13, 2021Epoch Times

Every five years, Australians complete the Census survey to give governments the information needed to...

A public holiday for a cancelled event? You can’t get much more corona-crazy
Scott PrasserAugust 9, 2021Spectator

Those south of the Queensland border may have heard of the Brisbane Exhibition — or...

On Liberty EP95 No Harm Done from Harm Reduction
Glenn Fahey, Mr Simon BrehenyJuly 20, 2022On Liberty
Simon Breheny argues heavy-handed regulations are not the answer to improving heath outcomes. Education, rather...
On Liberty EP94 Early literacy important for later success
Pam Snow, Glenn FaheyJuly 6, 2022On Liberty
Glenn Fahey speaks with Professor Pamela Snow to discuss the correlation between poor literacy education...
On Liberty EP93 Energy can’t be spun
Chris Uhlmann, Tom SwitzerJune 29, 2022On Liberty
Guest host Tom Switzer speaks to journalist Chris Uhlmann on the likelihood of a clean...
Reclaiming our classrooms from disruption
Tom Bennett, Glenn FaheyJune 28, 2022
CIS education program director Glenn Fahey and one of the world’s leading practitioners of classroom...
On Liberty EP92 Ethical farming: Fad or Future?
Salvatore BabonesJune 15, 2022On Liberty
Emma Hurst MLC, member of the NSW Upper House, joins host Salvatore Babones to discuss...
On Liberty EP91 Have the next generation lost interest in politics?
Salvatore Babones, Deyi WuJune 1, 2022On Liberty
President of the NSW Young Liberals, Deyi Wu joins host Salvatore Babones to discuss whether...
Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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