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90 Days to Freedom? Why Australia can learn from Canada’s vaccination success
Robert CarlingAugust 18, 2021PP43
Predictions have been made by the Doherty Institute and others that Australia will achieve full...
Why Inquiry Based Approaches Harm Students’ Learning
John SwellerAugust 11, 2021AP24

This paper outlines the evidence and scientific reasons that inquiry based learning reduces academic performance....

Writing matters: reversing a legacy of policy failure in Australian education
Deidre Clary, Fiona MuellerJuly 28, 2021AP23

Generational decline in student achievement and teacher expertise in writing skills — the poor cousin...

Scaling up success in majority Indigenous schools
Noel PearsonJuly 8, 2021OP182

Addressing the Centre for Independent Studies, Noel Pearson outlines his insights and observations from decades...

Afghanistan on the brink of an abyss
July 1, 2021OP181

This paper outlines the impact of the Afghanistan withdrawal by US and other forces, and...

Mind the Gap: Understanding the Indigenous education gap and how to close it
Glenn FaheyJune 24, 2021RR41

Indigenous education disadvantage remains among the most pressing and persistent public policy challenges in Australia....

Iraq adventure is rich in dangerous precedents
Owen HarriesFebruary 21, 2005The Sydney Morning Herald

To a remarkable degree, the debate over Iraq has been conducted in moral terms. President...

Raising tax threshold will restore incentives
February 21, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Parents choose private schools for many reasons, but among them is the belief that more...

A great among greats
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 11, 2005The Australian Financial Review

The long-dead philosophers who spelt out those values and concepts on which Western civilisation now...

We must cut taxes for rich and poor
Peter SaundersFebruary 8, 2005The Australian

After eight years of Liberal government, federal taxation is more onerous than ever. Last year...

The conscience of liberalism
Greg MelleuishFebruary 4, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Arthur Bruce Smith was in many ways an extraordinary man. He was a major political...

The blame game has gone too far when governments become guardians
Caspar CondeFebruary 2, 2005The Sydney Morning Herald

Australians enjoy a quality of life unknown to earlier generations. Generally, we live longer than...

The new anti-China alliance: Indo-Pacific Relations
September 16, 2021

The US alliance remains the centrepiece of Australian foreign policy. But with the end of...

On Liberty EP68 The EU and its flaws
Salvatore Babones, Richard AlstonSeptember 15, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Richard Alston former Liberal Senator for Victoria and senior cabinet minister in...

Is educational success key to the wealth of nations?
Glenn FaheySeptember 14, 2021

Australia’s economy is suffering from slow productivity growth and stagnant wages, partly caused by a...

On Liberty EP67 Was Federation a bad idea?
September 8, 2021On Liberty

We talked to William Coleman, Reader at the Research School of Economics at ANU. He...

Accepting the Inevitable: COVID-Zero is a utopian fantasy
September 2, 2021

In response to the emergence of the Delta variant, Australia’s experience of the coronavirus pandemic...

On Liberty EP66 Royal commissions and public inquiries in Australia
Salvatore Babones, Scott PrasserSeptember 1, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Scott Prasser, senior policy advisor and CIS scholar. In his recent book,...

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