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Playing with Fire: Churches, Welfare Services and Government Contracts
Samuel GreggAugust 14, 2000IA14

Striking a balance between state funding and religious autonomy is the latest challenge for church-based...

The Truth about Private Schools in Australia
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 1, 2000IA13

Private schools in Australia consistently outperform public schools not due to better financial resources or...

Degrees of Difficulty: The Labour Market Problems of Arts and Social Science Graduates
Andrew NortonJuly 19, 2000IA12

That the Australian higher education system is comprehensively rigged against students is evident from the...

Beyond Romanticism: Questioning the Green Gospel
Samuel GreggJuly 2, 2000OP73

In this occasinal Paper, Samuel Gregg raises questions about the adequacy of many Christian pronouncements...

Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
Alison RichJune 26, 2000IA11

The association between family structure and educational performance has been the focus of much research...

Boy Troubles: Understanding Rising Suicide, Rising Crime and Educational Failure
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 14, 2000PM46

Australian boys are at greater risk of doing badly at school, participating in juvenile crime,...

Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
Emilie DyeFebruary 1, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on...

Freedom, not more red tape, will save universities
Steven SchwartzJanuary 30, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Senator Tony Sheldon, Chair of the Senate’s Education and Employment Committee, is seeking an inquiry...

Blame bigger government for falling living standards
Nicholas Moore, Tom SwitzerJanuary 28, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Many people roll their eyes at the mention of the word, but productivity matters. Simply...
super nest egg savings
Make large-scale reforms to super or leave it alone
Simon CowanJanuary 25, 2025CANBERRA TIMES

The Treasurer’s announcement that the government remains committed to its terrible super tax changes is...

Civic virtue or vice
Peter KurtiJanuary 23, 2025THE SPECTATOR

As the sun rises on national Australia Day celebrations, it will hardly dispel the long...

Why I’m standing up to AEMO’s Integrated System Plan
Aidan MorrisonJanuary 22, 2025Energy News Bulletin

It is crucial in a public policy debate to maintain a civil discourse that engages...

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...

Old buildings and the housing crisis with Peter Tulip
Peter TulipMarch 4, 2026

Peter Tulip explains how several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws...

The New Superannuation Tax with Robert Carling
Robert Carling, Karla PincottAugust 24, 2023Liberalism in Question

At the time of recording, the details of the proposal are still not known in...

The raised pension age, with Simon Cowan
Simon Cowan, Karla PincottAugust 24, 2023Liberalism in Question

In this TARGET 30 Research Report CIS modelling shows that reforming the pension could deliver...

Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

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