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Growth that Builds: Beyond the immigration blame game

Marian L. TupyMarch 5, 2026PP63

This paper argues that Australia’s housing crisis is primarily a supply failure, not simply a...

Reform of Heritage Legislation

Peter TulipFebruary 26, 2026PP62

Introduction Several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws in their heritage...

Hours, Not Dollars: Rethinking the cost-of-living debate

Marian L. TupyFebruary 23, 2026AP102

Executive Summary Public debate about the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ often confuses nominal price increases with declining...

Dead and buried. Why our green hydrogen hope is gone for good

Jude Blik, Aidan MorrisonFebruary 19, 2026AP101

Executive Summary Green hydrogen is often heralded as a cornerstone of Australia’s net zero ambitions,...

Drowning in a Sea of Diagnoses. How medicalising distress is overwhelming Australia’s mental health system and failing those most in need

Steven SchwartzFebruary 12, 2026AP100

Executive Summary At the centre of Australia’s mental health system lies a paradox. Government...

Overcoming Enmity and Restoring Tolerance. Antisemitism’s challenge for the civic compact

Damien FreemanFebruary 5, 2026AP99

Foreword When the Book of Genesis speaks of enmity between the serpent and the descendants...

Big Brother deters charity

Peter KurtiApril 26, 2013The Australian

Last year, the federal government set up the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission to regulate...

It’s time for surgery: the public purse is in dire health

Simon CowanApril 26, 2013The Australian Financial Review

Australia is facing serious future budgetary pressures and a broad agreement is developing that projected...

The magic pudding state

Benjamin HerscovitchApril 23, 2013The Drum

With the Grattan Institute yesterday predicting that deficits across all levels of government combined will...

Requiem for a reformer

Peter SaundersApril 19, 2013

To London on Wednesday for the funeral. I was worried that with most of her...

Time to make a deal

Jennifer Buckingham OAMApril 19, 2013

The COAG meeting of education ministers today is a multibillion dollar game of Deal or...

The end of austerity?

Simon CowanApril 19, 2013

All over the Internet, Keynesians are crowing that austerity has been debunked and high levels...

On Liberty EP85 Hate speech and the definition of ‘gender’

James Allan, Salvatore BabonesApril 6, 2022On Liberty

On Liberty talks to Prof James Allan of the University of Queensland. In his latest...

Raging against the Past: Why apologise for history?

Lord Sumption, Peter KurtiApril 5, 2022

CIS research fellow Peter Kurti speaks to distinguished British judge and historian, Lord Sumption about...

On Liberty EP84 2022 Federal Budget Recap

Mikayla Novak, Simon CowanMarch 30, 2022On Liberty

As this year’s election looms, the 2022 federal budget maybe the last chance the federal...

On Liberty EP83 Who runs our universities?

Gerd Schröder-Turk, Salvatore BabonesMarch 23, 2022On Liberty

We welcomed Murdoch University mathematician Prof Gerd Schröder-Turk, a specialist in nano-geometry and member of...

On Liberty EP82 The Wider Impact of War

David Adler, Salvatore BabonesMarch 16, 2022On Liberty

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused huge amounts of human suffering and has disturbed any...

Australia’s limits on freedoms and rights

Lorraine Finlay, Tim Wilson, Peter KurtiMarch 10, 2022

Australia has always shown a strong commitment to protecting human rights. We are signatories to...