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Roll out the test that stops children failing at the first hurdle
December 11, 2020SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

  Little is more fundamental to the success of an individual than literacy. If our...

It’s not giving a Gonski but better teachers that improve schools
Glenn FaheyDecember 6, 2020Financial Review

Taxpayer funding for schools has climbed to about $16,000 per student and exceeds $60 billion...

Jen Buckingham Sky News Credlin on phonics
CIS victory on phonics
December 5, 2020CIS

Sinking scores, poor sentence construction, misspelling words. In recent years, the process of teaching school...

The super guarantee is a super distraction
December 5, 2020Canberra Times

Another review of the retirement income system has come and, it seems, gone without clearly...

Time for smart school funding reform
Glenn FaheyDecember 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

New CIS research shows that sustained, record increases to school funding are not improving Australia’s...

Economy improves, but recession conditions remain
December 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

The September quarter national accounts released on Wednesday have been interpreted by some commentators as...

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...

katharine birbalsingh event at CIS on schools
The Michaela Way
Katharine BirbalsinghOctober 27, 2022

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

What Really Happened in Wuhan
November 4, 2021

Has China’s suppression of information of what happened in Wuhan mean we will never know...

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