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Another Look at the Culture Cringe
L.J. HulmeJuly 7, 1993OP45

The notion of the Australian cultural cringe is one of the myths that undermine the...

Lessons from the Freiburg School: The Institutional Foundations of Freedom and Prosperity
Wolfgang KasperJuly 1, 1993OP44

West Germany’s post-war economic success was based on the ideas of the ‘Freiburg School,’ a...

Economics 93
Tim RileyApril 9, 1993SP1993

This is the third book in a series which records the proceedings of a National...

Multicultural Citizens: The Philosophy and Politics of Identity
Chandran KukathasApril 1, 1993R9

This volume of essays has its origin in a conference on multiculturalism sponsored by the...

Water Rights in Rural New South Wales
Gary SturgessMarch 1, 1993PM26

One of the fundamental lessons from economics is that incentives matter. But too often this...

Restoring the true republic
Geoffrey de Quincey Walker, Suri Ratnapala, Wolfgang KasperFebruary 26, 1993PF10
Risk of being burnt in the melting pot: There are costs to a society in taking in more asylum seekers
Helen HughesJanuary 4, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Asylum seekers have become, in parallel with terrorism and consequent on it, the first major...

The wasted decade: In the 90’s, America had unprecedented power, but did little with it. It must now rue its lost opportunity.
Owen HarriesDecember 18, 2001The Age

In the lead article of the current issue of the US journal Foreign Affairs, Fouad...

A generation drowns in boos: Repairing society’s attitude to rearing children would be revolutionary
Frank DevineDecember 13, 2001The Australian

Peter Saunders, Professor of sociology at the University of Sussex, said something dreadful at a...

The great drink-driving scandal: Police road blitzes are wasteful and an affront to our liberties
Peter SaundersDecember 13, 2001The Age

Over the last Labour Day weekend in NSW, 106,396 people were apprehended by the police...

Children pay the price of gender feminism war
Barry MaleyDecember 12, 2001The Sydney Morning Herald

For some radical feminists, males are patriarchal oppressors and the family is their torture chamber....

The damage done by the decline of marriage
Barry MaleyDecember 8, 2001The Age

In the past generation, Australian family life and marriage have undergone a revolution that has...

Jakarta’s Juggling Act – Jessica Brown
January 27, 2011
US-China relations – Dr John Lee
January 19, 2011
Empires on the Edge of Chaos
Niall FergusonDecember 15, 2010

Professor Niall Ferguson. Author of best-selling The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the...

Ayaan Hirsi-Ali – Eternal Vigilance: Why we must not take Freedom of Speech for Granted
December 15, 2010
Constitutional Conservatism – Peter Berkowitz
December 14, 2010
Populate and perish? Oliver Hartwich and Jessica Brown
September 28, 2010
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

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Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyOctober 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

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Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 16, 2025

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Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 15, 2025

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