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The Crisis in Law
Norman BarryJanuary 6, 1989OP23

In this Occasional Paper, Professor Norman Barry argues that the current crisis in the law...

Endangered Freedom
Thomas SowellNovember 1, 1988OP22

In the fifth John Bonython Lecture, Thomas Sowell argues that public life in Western countries...

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
Lauchlan Chipman, Knud Haakonssen, Shirley Robin Letwin, John Gray, C. L. Ten, Kenneth Minogue, Alan Ryan, William Letwin, Donald Winch, Philip PettitSeptember 1, 1988R8

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill – Foreword...

The Long Debate on Poverty
R.M. HartwellMay 10, 1988OP21

The Centre for Independent Studies Occasional Papers series provides an opportunity for authors to present...

Social Welfare: The Changing Debate
David GreenMay 5, 1988OP20

The Centre for Independent Studies Social Welfare Program has commissioned studies by qualified economists and...

Fiji – Opportunity from adversity
Wolfgang Kasper, Jeff Bennett, Richard BlandyMarch 26, 1988Pacific Papers 1

Many in Australia will share the concern of the authors or this monograph over current...

The mental health system may be making us sicker
Steven SchwartzApril 6, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of...

Housing negative gearing tax
Reducing the discount would likely not have any lasting impact in lowering house prices
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 21, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Labor’s capital gains tax myths need busting
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative...

Measuring affordability in time, not dollars paints a different inflation picture
Marian L. TupyMarch 9, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Even before new Middle East conflict sparked concern about petrol prices, Australia’s latest CPI release...

Blame diagnostic inflation for the NDIS’ $10b Autism bill
Steven SchwartzMarch 5, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

As recently reported in The Australian Financial Review, autism costs the National Disability Insurance Scheme...

Long Term Unemployment – Jessica Brown
August 18, 2010
Tax Reform – Lateline Business 3 March 2010 -Robert Carling
March 4, 2010
The Fall of the Wall and German Reunification – Oliver Hartwich
November 11, 2009
PJ O’Rourke on the Ten Commandments
July 23, 2009
PJ O’Rourke on “Charming Leftists”
July 20, 2009
What would Adam Smith say?? PJ O’Rourke
June 1, 2009
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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