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More than money to move the educational needle
Glenn FaheyDecember 12, 2020CANBERRA TIMES

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

Four serious errors on the way to COVID-19 ‘victory’
Monica WilkieDecember 11, 2020THE AUSTRALIAN

Australia has ‘passed the COVID-19 test,’ according to Scott Morrison. And now with Victoria and...

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
Simon CowanDecember 5, 2020Canberra Times

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

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...

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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...

On Liberty EP75 China’s risky path to riches
Salvatore Babones, Rowan CallickNovember 17, 2021On Liberty

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power, entering its second century....

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