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Family and Marriage in Australia

Barry MaleyJune 25, 2002PM53

The growing instability of the nuclear family is a fundamental cause behind a great...

Families Freedom and Education: Why School Choice Makes Sense

Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 24, 2002PM52

Parents have been demonstrating their increasing lack of faith in the public education system for...

The Art of Corporate Governance: a return to first principles

Samuel GreggJune 23, 2002PM51

Foreword Over the past ten years, the language of business life has become increasingly...

Families, Fertility and Maternity Leave

Barry MaleyJune 12, 2002IA24

Sound family policy is being side-tracked by the concentration on the role of maternity leave...

Understanding America

Owen HarriesApril 4, 2002OP80

Our most urgent need is to understand America – both in terms of what it...

Has History Restarted Since September 11?

Francis FukuyamaApril 3, 2002OP81

Francis Fukuyama argues that the fracture line over globalisation could turn out to be a...

Real chance for reform

Simon CowanJune 28, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The left’s calls for the Coalition to abandon its tax cut agenda and open the...

Demand driven uni model

Glenn FaheyJune 28, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Universities have been admitting too many students, a greater proportion are now struggling, their debts...

‘Harm’ getting out of hand

Robert ForsythJune 28, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

No one likes to harm others. But today the call to ‘avoid harm’ is getting...

Why are school standards still falling?

Blaise JosephJune 26, 2019The Spectator

Despite all the policy differences in the election, there was little to distinguish between the...

It’s boom time for the public service pen pushers

Robert CarlingJune 25, 2019The Spectator

With the NSW Treasurer handing down the state’s 2019-20 budget last week, the big three...

GoFundMe don’t want tolerance, but unconditional surrender to identity politics

Peter KurtiJune 25, 2019The Spectator

GoFundMe’s decision to shut down Israel Folau’s crowdfunding page is shunting the debate about diversity...

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...