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Raging against the past: Guilt, justice, and the postcolonial reformation
Peter KurtiApril 7, 2022AP35

Postcolonial Theory wages relentless campaigns of reformation against Enlightenment conceptions of reason, tolerance, and liberty....

Expand University Places without Blowing Out Budgets: The 1/1 Policy for Undergraduate Reform
Salvatore BabonesMarch 28, 2022OP186
As Australia heads to the polls in 2022, higher education is, as usual, a question...
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Failing to teach the teacher: An analysis of mathematics Initial Teacher Education
Glenn Fahey, Jordan O’Sullivan, Jared BussellNovember 25, 2021AP29

Policymakers have increasingly looked to improvements in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) as key to overcoming...

Between Geography and History: Delhi and Canberra in Indo-Pacific Security
C. Raja MohanNovember 11, 2021AP28

The Quad has emerged as a major new element of the architecture in Indo-Pacific security...

Beating lockdown blues: Students pass the Covid test
Glenn FaheyOctober 25, 2021RR42

Students have suffered educational disruption in combatting the spread of covid-19, particularly in dealing with...

Time to ‘step up’ the tempo: Australia’s answer to Beijing in Papua New Guinea
October 21, 2021AP27

Papua New Guinea politics and development have become a focus for Australia in light of...

Why we need to stay concerned by debt
Robert CarlingNovember 11, 2020Spectator

Government borrowings are skyrocketing as you read this. Unfashionable though it is to worry about...

A Donald Trump defeat could be a blessing in disguise for Republicans
Simon CowanNovember 7, 2020Canberra Times

In scenes reminiscent of Turnbull’s brush with defeat in the Australian 2016 federal election, the...

Trump will tarnish own achievement if he refuses to accept defeat
November 7, 2020Sydney Morning Herald

Congratulations are due to Joe Biden. As a two-time loser in the Democratic nomination race...

The Wokery vs. profits
Monica WilkieNovember 6, 2020Ideas@theCentre

Every so often the myth that corporations adopt woke policies because it is ‘the right...

When personal becomes geopolitical
November 6, 2020Ideas@theCentre

A public hearing held over three weeks ago as part of the Senate inquiry into...

Evidence shows CDC works
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceNovember 6, 2020Ideas@theCentre

The Cashless Debit Card (CDC) has long faced opposition from those who claim that not...

Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
November 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
JBL Eberstadt
The Coming Global Depopulation
October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
In Depth Q&A: Mearsheimer and Varghese disagree on US Grand Strategy, Ukraine, Russia and China.
November 7, 2023

PART 2. Following a lecture from Professor John Mearsheimer in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October....

Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
October 31, 2023

PART 1. Professor John Mearsheimer addressed an audience in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October as...

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The Michaela Way
Katharine BirbalsinghOctober 27, 2022

It’s no secret that Australian schools’ performance has been in decline for many years. That’s...

On Liberty EP75 China’s risky path to riches
Salvatore Babones, Rowan CallickNovember 17, 2021On Liberty

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power, entering its second century....

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