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Renewables offer economic development potential for Indigenous communities
James ReynoldsJanuary 24, 2022AP31
Australia’s electricity and energy industries are transitioning in response to political, policy financial and consumer...
AP30 township leasing
Township Leasing and the Democratisation of Opportunity
Peter GregoryDecember 2, 2021AP30
Township leasing was a significant 2006 reform to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act...
Initial Teacher Education in mathematics
Failing to teach the teacher: An analysis of mathematics Initial Teacher Education
Glenn Fahey, Jordan O’Sullivan, Jared BussellNovember 25, 2021AP29

Policymakers have increasingly looked to improvements in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) as key to overcoming...

Between Geography and History: Delhi and Canberra in Indo-Pacific Security
C. Raja MohanNovember 11, 2021AP28

The Quad has emerged as a major new element of the architecture in Indo-Pacific security...

Beating lockdown blues: Students pass the Covid test
Glenn FaheyOctober 25, 2021RR42

Students have suffered educational disruption in combatting the spread of covid-19, particularly in dealing with...

Time to ‘step up’ the tempo: Australia’s answer to Beijing in Papua New Guinea
Sean JacobsOctober 21, 2021AP27

Papua New Guinea politics and development have become a focus for Australia in light of...

Time to open gate to school-based training
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 2, 2005The Newcastle Herald

A few things are known about education. The most important influence on how much a...

A Cinderella story for the modern welfare state
Peter SaundersNovember 2, 2005The Age

Ron Howard's new movie, Cinderella Man, tells the true story of American boxer Jim Braddock....

The failure of the Bush Doctrine
Owen HarriesOctober 28, 2005

The notion that democratic values could be imposed by force was doomed from the outset...

Working towards peace and prosperity
Noel PearsonOctober 26, 2005The Australian

In mainstream Australia , we have a strong and enviable set of institutions that includes...

Don’t worry be happy
Johan NorbergOctober 24, 2005The New Zealand Herald

We are wealthier, healthier and happier than we have ever been. Each successive generation has...

New strategies needed to beat teacher shortage
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 19, 2005The Courier Mail

Australia has a serious shortage of suitably qualified maths and science teachers and a continuing...

Brexit, the UK and Australia
Alexander DownerJuly 26, 2017

The Hon Alexander Downer AC reflects on the risks and opportunities arising from Brexit.

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New ways needed to address poverty
Alan TudgeJuly 20, 2017

The Australian taxpayer pays considerable support for people in need, but the problems of poverty...

Taking control of the classroom: How teachers and principals can improve behaviour in schools
Tom Bennett, Sue O’Neill, Kylie HedgerJuly 20, 2017

Poor behaviour in schools is a significant factor undermining student achievement. International data suggests behaviour...

Submarines: Why settle for second best?
Tony Abbott, Simon CowanJune 29, 2017

Mr Abbott says that the biggest regret of his prime ministership was the government’s failure...

2017 Acton Lecture: Civic Virtues and the Politics of ‘Full Drift Ahead’
Iain BensonMay 4, 2017

Today almost everyone affirms the importance of ‘values’ but few would insist these are shared...

100 Days On: Trump and Trade – The Impact of Neo-Protectionism on Australia
Andrew RobbApril 27, 2017

Until his recent retirement from politics, Andrew Robb was Australia’s Minister for Trade and Investment....

Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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