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The Science of Maths and How to Apply It
Siobhan MerloJuly 11, 2024AP71

Introduction Australian students’ results on international tests of mathematics (TIMMS) and numeracy (PISA) lag behind...

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All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza
Nigel BiggarJune 27, 2024OP201

Foreword I am for peace, but whenever I speak of it, they are for war....

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Screening That Counts: Why Australia Needs Universal Early Numeracy Screening
Kelly NorrisJune 20, 2024RR49

Executive summary Better early identification of students struggling with mathematics is a critical step in...

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu June 6, 2024AP70
This paper quantifies the federal government subsidies to the renewables industry over 10 years to...
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Budget Fails Important Policy Tests
Robert Carling, Gene TunnyMay 28, 2024IA150
The deficit budgeted for 2024-25, amounting to over $28 billion ($28,000 million), translates to a...
Sharpening teacher tools: Creating an evidence-based standard for quality instructional materials
Jarrod CarterMay 23, 2024AP69

Executive summary Every Australian classroom and school rely on the support of instructional materials in...

Weeping won’t help the weak
Paul Comrie-ThomsonDecember 15, 2004The Australian

This year witnessed the beginning of an ethical revolution. Voters in Australia and the US...

Why people are wrong to oppose economic growth
Winton BatesDecember 15, 2004The Canberra Times

After a brief appearance in the 1970s, opposition to economic growth has resurfaced. Over the...

Ripples of change surfacing in a stagnant Pacific
Helen HughesDecember 2, 2004The Sydney Morning Herald

Income has barely grown faster than population in the Pacific for the 30th consecutive year,...

By any real measure, we’re paying our dues
Peter BurnNovember 30, 2004The Newcastle Herald

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, total tax collections in Australia are currently around...

Higher taxes a threat to competitiveness
Peter BurnNovember 25, 2004The Australian Financial Review

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, total tax collections in Australia are about 31.5...

Flat-out making some proportional changes
Lauchlan ChipmanNovember 17, 2004The Newcastle Herald

OF the many assumptions behind Australia’s taxation system, two stand out. One is that personal...

Q&A Australia’s Urban Water Challenge Rebecca Gill
May 17, 2011
The CIS at 35
May 11, 2011
Rebecca Gill – Australia’s Urban Water Challenge: A Drought of Ideas
May 2, 2011
Rebecca Gill – Australia’s Urban Water Challenge: A Drought of Ideas
May 2, 2011
Jeremy Sammut – Q&A
April 22, 2011
Jeremy Sammut – Billions of Dollars and Thousands of Hours: The Great Medicare Misspend
April 14, 2011
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

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Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyOctober 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

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Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 16, 2025

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Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 15, 2025

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