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Bracket creep hits young Australians hardest
Matthew Taylor, Emilie DyeNovember 9, 2023IA148
For those on lower incomes, even a small increase in nominal income leads to a...
The Need For Speed: why fluency counts for maths learning
Toni Hatten-RobertsOctober 19, 2023AP57

1. Introduction Australia has a problem in maths achievement which is shown in stark relief...

Conduct Becoming. The importance of the Behaviour Curriculum
Tom BennettOctober 5, 2023AP56

Introduction Behaviour in many schools in the UK is often far below what it could...

Teaching Behaviour: How Classroom Conduct Can Unlock Better Learning
Tim McDonaldSeptember 28, 2023AP55

Introduction In Australia, and in education settings across the world, student behaviour and levels of...

Debunking Degrowth
Gene TunnySeptember 7, 2023AP54
In a country with a growing population, such as Australia, a policy of degrowth would...
2023 John Bonython Lecture: Questioning Orthodoxies
Jason RileyAugust 30, 2023OP197

Introduction I have the great honour and distinction of introducing the 2023 John Bonython Lecturer,...

Teaching for profit will attract and retain talent
Ross FarrellySeptember 8, 2005The Age

The feel-good 2002 French movie Etre et Avoir ( To Be and To Have) portrayed...

A neat strategy to save uni student services
September 4, 2005The Canberra Times

A round the country, student associations and universities are fighting hard against the Federal Government's...

Blind to their Best Option
August 29, 2005The Age

In the voluntary student unionism (VSU) controversy, every student union in the country is passionately...

Marginal Rate a Major Turn-Off
Sinclair DavidsonAugust 29, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Over the past few years, a blizzard of argument and statistics has confronted the general...

No worries on Aussies’ generosity
Sinclair DavidsonAugust 24, 2005The Courier Mail

The Australian welfare lobby often calls for increases in taxation. Presumably this is to fund...

Parties in a state of voluntary confusion
August 13, 2005

`The Liberals are spending political capital to abolish a near redundant fee' A quick quiz:...

Trump, Brexit and the Forgotten People
August 26, 2016
Dangerous State of the Nation
August 12, 2016
About CIS
August 10, 2016
Homeland Truths: The Unspoken Epidemic of Violence in Indigenous Communities
July 8, 2016
Banks will be toast
June 8, 2016
Niall Ferguson at Sydney Opera House
May 25, 2016
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

You can listen to The Stutchbury Sessions on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM or listen...

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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