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Report Card on State Finances
February 19, 2017RR23

The Commonwealth government’s perilous financial position is well known, but the finances of state government...

MEDI-VATION: ‘Health Innovation Communities’ for Medicare Payment and Service Reform
Gerald ThomasNovember 2, 2016RR21

Health Innovation Communities (HICs) would essentially constitute an Australian ‘Silicon Valley’ for health – hubs...

Fix it or Fail: Why we must cut company tax now
October 4, 2016RR20

Australia needs to cut company tax to 25% to boost business investment, which is currently...

Early Childhood Intervention: Assessing the evidence
September 20, 2016Research Report 19

Early childhood interventions are programs that aim to improve a child’s development trajectory over the...

The Battle of Ideas: can the beliefs that feed terrorism be changed?
Denis DragovicSeptember 19, 2016OP149

Defeating violent Islamic extremism has been a high priority for all western countries, including Australia,...

The Limits of Australian Anti-discrimination Law
August 3, 2016Research Report 17

Anti-discrimination law has existed in Australia for only fifty years, and yet in that comparatively...

Keep raiding our super and you’ll only create a smaller, meaner country
September 20, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
Rumours are swirling that the government may reconsider its superannuation tax changes that will hit...
Australia’s housing push is bipartisan
September 17, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE
The Liberal party has two traditions, conservatism and support for free markets. Normally, those movements...
The world isn’t ending tomorrow, despite what Chris Bowen claims
September 15, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

Chris Bowen launched today’s climate press conference like a preacher at a doomsday rally. The...

Clare’s new education body offers a real chance for reform
September 10, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
Canberra’s bold plan to revolutionise education oversight faces a stark choice: become a game-changer or...
Unis must be run like a business, whether academics like it or not
September 9, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Staff unions are mobilising, newspapers are lamenting, and politicians are hand-wringing, but the arithmetic is...
This war on grandparents’ savings has to end
September 6, 2025CANBERRA TIMES

As the government continues to ponder its next moves on taxation, debate has yet again...

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