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It’s The Economy, Stupid: Economic participation only way to Close the Gap
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 14, 2020AP11

The gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians exists for one reason — too many Indigenous...

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The Economic Challenge of Covid-19
Robert CarlingJuly 8, 2020PP32

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the Australian economy was under-performing its potential and in...

Lower Company Tax to Resuscitate the Economy
Jeff Bennett, Michael Potter, Tony MakinJuly 6, 2020PP31

In response to the economic contraction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal and state governments...

CIVIL SOCIETY AFTER COVID: On re-building a virtuous civic culture
Peter KurtiJune 17, 2020AP10

Australia faces an unprecedented economic and social challenge. In addition to economic recovery, the equally...

A Fiscal Vaccine for COVID-19
Tony MakinJune 10, 2020PP30

The fiscal response to the Covid-19 crisis ensures that the federal and state governments will...

The 12-Week Window: Coronavirus crisis Australia didn’t have to have
Salvatore BabonesJune 2, 2020AP9

The coronavirus crisis was ‘the crisis that Australia didn’t have to have’. This paper lays...

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Religious freedom is not an absolute right
Simon CowanMarch 23, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

It seems we are to go through yet another debate on the issue of religious...

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The unions are at war with NAPLAN
Edmund StephenMarch 22, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Like clockwork, NAPLAN’s most vocal critics have again shown they miss the point of the...

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NSW needs to lead the charge on reforming GST share-out
Robert CarlingMarch 18, 2024AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The carve-up of GST revenue among the states is never likely to be a barbecue...

HOUSING DIVIDE
Alan Kohler’s The Great Divide: Australia’s Housing Mess and How to Fix It
Peter TulipMarch 17, 2024QUARTERLY ESSAY

Comment by Peter Tulip Public discussion of housing policy suffers from undisciplined eclecticism. Too many...

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Labor’s $250m paid parental leave plan is not so super
Simon CowanMarch 9, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The government has committed more than $250 million to expanding paid parental level. This is...

Why Republicans are sceptical about funding Ukraine
Tom SwitzerMarch 7, 2024SPECTATOR UK

When US policy-makers supported Nato expansion in the 1990s, it was widely believed that America,...

An Ounce Of Prevention
February 18, 2015
Fairness is a complex concept
February 17, 2015
Fairness is a complex concept
February 17, 2015
Fairness is a complex concept (Media edit)
February 16, 2015
Fairness is a complex concept (Media edit)
February 16, 2015
EU and Ukraine – Russia standoff
February 13, 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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