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More options in full-fee places
January 31, 2005The Age

For seven years Australian universities have enrolled local full-fee under-graduates but the controversy surrounding them...

A fine idea, but it could be unfair
Peter SaundersJanuary 19, 2005The Sydney Morning Herald

The Australia Institute has proposed that speeding and parking fines should be graduated to reflect...

Debt-relief sceptics right
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 18, 2005The Australian Financial Review

The short-term response to the tsunami emergency has been terrific. If the gods designed this...

Action needed on al-Qa’ida’s hiding place
Miranda DarlingJanuary 17, 2005The Australian

The devastation in Asia caused by the tsunami has understandably overshadowed the horrors being perpetrated...

Iraq is the failure the US had to have
Owen HarriesJanuary 7, 2005The Sydney Morning Herald

As every schoolboy knows (just kidding), there is a useful term for a successful military...

Relax, unis aren’t short of students
January 7, 2005The Australian

Without overseas students, Australia 's universities would have shrunk last year. The total number of...

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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