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Identity politics no substitute for scholarly truth
September 30, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

American novelist Lionel Shriver stirred an international controversy during her recent visit to Australia. Speaking...

Clinton won: here’s why
September 30, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

No-one likes to be wrong. No-one likes having their mistakes and contradictions pointed out in...

Trump won: here’s why
September 30, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Trade, tax and temperament were three of the issues on which the two candidates clashed...

Focusing on the family
September 23, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

There’s been a lot of focus on early childhood development as the site of inequality...

FIVE from FIVE helps parents get children ready to read
September 23, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

One in five Australian children begin school with poor language skills. In disadvantaged areas, it’s...

No need for the justice reinvestment label to fight crime
September 23, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

There is no doubt we need strategies to tackle the high Indigenous crime rate but...

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