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Fiji: Opportunity from Adversity?
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 4, 1988PP01

The situation in Fiji has deteriorated to the point where new constitutional ground rules seem...

Law and Liberty
Shirley Robin LetwinDecember 7, 1987OP17

In the Fourth John Bonython Lecture, Shirley Letwin analyses the way in which the rule...

The Pure Food Laws
Peter Swan AONovember 3, 1987PM13

Most of us probably think Australias’s pure food laws are there to protect uns against...

Restraining Leviathan: Small Government in Practice
Michael James, Hugh Collins, J.J. Pincus, Patrick Minford, Cliff Walsh, Peter Swan AO, A.J. Moran, Ian Harper, Wolfgang Kasper, Chris Trengove, Keith Trace, Peter Forsyth, Scott Prasser, John D. Craig, James Cox, Robin O'Hair, Geoffrey Brennan, George WintertonOctober 1, 1987PF6

Foreword This collection seeks to increase our understanding of the scope and opportunities we have...

Beyond the Current Pessimism
Ray BallAugust 5, 1987OP18

Professor Ray Ball gives a personal interpretation of the historical roots of Australia’s economic malaise....

Takeovers and Corporate Control: Towards a New Regulatory Environment
Peter DoddJuly 1, 1987PF5

In much economic and political discourse, the word ‘market’ is used in a very general...

Priced out of further education
Steven SchwartzApril 4, 2005The Age

Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson has urged Australians who want to maintain their standard of...

Leave uni governance in hands of the states
March 31, 2005The Newcastle Herald

With universities, the Commonwealth Government has itself an exceptional pay less, get more deal. While...

There should be no let-up in the war for democracy
March 29, 2005The Canberra Times

The centre of power has shifted in Washington . In the lead-up to the invasion...

Let the market decide the best approach
Ross FarrellyMarch 28, 2005The Australian

The recent controversy over Wayne Sawyer’s editorial in English in Australia , the journal of...

Scrap this outdated fee
Andrew NortonMarch 23, 2005The Australian
Fix policies to make housing affordable
Peter SaundersMarch 16, 2005

The house price bubble has finally burst. While it lasted, the boom added substantially to...

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.
John Mearsheimer, Peter VargheseNovember 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!
John MearsheimerOctober 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...

Where is Australia headed?
Nicholas Moore, Robert ForsythFebruary 18, 2022

There are good reasons to be distressed about the state of today’s world and Australia’s...

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