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Religious schools
Respect and division: How Australians view religion
Monica Wilkie, Robert ForsythDecember 2, 2019PP27

Religious tolerance is vital for a well-functioning secular democracy. The ability to tolerate even undesirable...

What Do Parents Want From Schools?
Glenn FaheyNovember 20, 2019PP26

Educational freedom and proper use of resources are both crucial in producing the best outcomes...

Toxic Mutation of an Ancient Hatred: Left-Wing Antisemitism
Peter KurtiNovember 13, 2019PP25

Antisemitism is on the rise in many Western countries. On the postmodern left, this ancient...

Jumpstart Productivity: New modelling pinpoints better tax cut program
John HumphreysOctober 15, 2019PP24

Treasury modelling of the government’s tax changes make the strange assumption of no behavioural change,...

Creativity in an Age of Constraint
Lionel ShriverOctober 2, 2019OP172

2019 John Bonython Lecture – Creativity in the Age of Constraint The proliferating dos and...

Reform, Retreat and Relinquishment: Lessons from historic state ownership of businesses in NSW
Percy AllanSeptember 24, 2019PP23

In the 1980s and 90s, Australian governments agreed to an ambitious program of micro-economic reforms...

NSW budget
First big policy test for NSW Labor is budget repair
Robert CarlingSeptember 17, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The NSW budget on September 19 will be the first big policy test of the...

degrowth
Degrowth proponents wrong to claim capitalism causes climate change
Simon Cowan, Gene TunnySeptember 9, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Degrowth push to abandon capitalism, growth and innovation in the name of ecological purity would...

Uluru Statement voice to parliament 16x9
10 ways the Yes camp is twisting the truth on the Indigenous voice to parliament
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 30, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Chris Kenny’s piece “Busting eight myths of the No Campaign” in ­Inquirer last weekend read...

IGR
Opportunity abounds in IGR. Can Chalmers and political class grasp it?
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorAugust 26, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In a political world obsessed with the ultra-short term, the 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR) launched...

Why do Yes campaigners fear public debate?
Tom SwitzerAugust 7, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Allow me to do some self-promotion: the Sydney-based public-policy research organisation I head, the Centre...

Chris Barrett 640x360
Labor shows hypocrisy in partisan political appointments
Simon CowanJuly 29, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Many would be surprised at the coverage — and controversy — provoked by the appointment...

Rohan Mead – Health Innovation
October 1, 2015
Mark Fitzgibbon – Health Innovation
October 1, 2015
We need breakthroughs in how we deliver health
September 30, 2015
We need a new education remedy: Charter Schools
August 31, 2015
Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ and the Market Economy
August 3, 2015
Religion & the Roots of Liberal Democracy
July 24, 2015
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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