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The China Challenge
Rowan CallickJuly 28, 2019OP171

The rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has helped make Australia rich, but...

Overcoming the Odds 2: Where are the top-performing disadvantaged secondary schools?
Blaise JosephJuly 23, 2019PP21

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse academically on average than more advantaged students. However,...

CRACKING UP? Culture and the Displacement of Virtue
Peter KurtiJuly 9, 2019AP4

Unease has been growing that something has changed for the worse in our culture. The...

Defending Liberal Democracy and Liberal Peace in the Time of Rising Populism and Fascism
Suri RatnapalaJuly 1, 2019AP3

Liberal democracy has been remarkably resilient in the face of external and internal threats, but...

Millennials and Super: the case for voluntary superannuation
Simon CowanMay 28, 2019PP20
As a result of house prices increases, it has become much harder to save for...
Corporate Virtue Signalling: How to Stop Big Business from Meddling in Politics
Jeremy SammutApril 30, 2019

CLICK HERE TO BUY HARDCOPY   Snowflake- A very sensitive person. Someone who is easily...

Religious schools
Majority keeping the faith in religious schools
Peter KurtiApril 26, 2023DAILY TELEGRAPH

Pot shots are taken regularly at religious schools whenever their beliefs come into conflict with...

Reserve Bank of Australia RBA Reforms
RBA reforms risk creating economic policy vacuum
Simon CowanApril 22, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

There was a point in history where a review of the Reserve Bank of Australia...

Teaching classroom school
‘Old-school’ class management skills empower teachers
Glenn FaheyApril 15, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

The OECD has handed down yet another disappointing report card on Australia’s school systems. It...

Real voices gagged by grand gesture to absolve white guilt
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOApril 15, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

In the lead-up to this year’s Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, you’ll hear repeatedly that...

Broke no money government spending
Victoria’s crippled finances are all Daniel Andrews’ fault
Robert CarlingApril 11, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

If Victoria’s Premier Dan Andrews is begging for the federal government’s help for his state’s...

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AUKUS nuclear submarine project needs a closer look
Simon CowanApril 8, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

From the very early days of the planning to replace Australia’s diesel-electric Collins Class submarines,...

After the Riot: the Meaning for Multicultural Australia
October 10, 2012
Q&A: After the Riot: the Meaning for Multicultural Australia
October 9, 2012
Simon Cowan on The Drum, ABC News 24
October 5, 2012
Dr Kim Holmes at Consilium 2012
September 26, 2012
The Annual CIS Big Ideas Forum: Welfare Without the State
September 10, 2012
Q&A The Annual CIS Big Ideas Forum: Welfare Without the State
September 5, 2012
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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