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AP30 township leasing
Township Leasing and the Democratisation of Opportunity
Peter GregoryDecember 2, 2021AP30
Township leasing was a significant 2006 reform to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act...
Initial Teacher Education in mathematics
Failing to teach the teacher: An analysis of mathematics Initial Teacher Education
Glenn Fahey, Jordan O’Sullivan, Jared BussellNovember 25, 2021AP29

Policymakers have increasingly looked to improvements in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) as key to overcoming...

Between Geography and History: Delhi and Canberra in Indo-Pacific Security
C. Raja MohanNovember 11, 2021AP28

The Quad has emerged as a major new element of the architecture in Indo-Pacific security...

Beating lockdown blues: Students pass the Covid test
Glenn FaheyOctober 25, 2021RR42

Students have suffered educational disruption in combatting the spread of covid-19, particularly in dealing with...

Time to ‘step up’ the tempo: Australia’s answer to Beijing in Papua New Guinea
Sean JacobsOctober 21, 2021AP27

Papua New Guinea politics and development have become a focus for Australia in light of...

The Philippines Caught between Appeasing and Constraining China: How Australia can help tip the balance
Renato Cruz De CastroSeptember 28, 2021PP44

There is much debate about whether the relationship of Philippines vs China should be one...

A dangerous coupling
Sara HudsonOctober 22, 2010

The NT government's recent report on child protection, 'Growing them Strong, Together,' conjures up an...

Quo Vadis? Australia’s hospital system
Jeremy SammutOctober 22, 2010

The key insight into the hospital crisis is that the public hospital system exhibits all...

The Polish Shipyard of the South Pacific redux?
October 22, 2010

New Zealand's recent economic growth figures were not encouraging. The economy is lurching along, and...

Sarkozy’s Ides of March
Oliver Marc HartwichOctober 21, 2010Business Spectator

Gone are the days when Julius Caesar began the accounts of his Gallic Wars with...

Germany proves clumsy with foreign matter
Oliver Marc HartwichOctober 21, 2010The Australian

Last weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel became the unlikely gravedigger for multiculturalism when she rejected...

New Zealand’s great regression
Luke MalpassOctober 20, 2010The American, Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

Over a year ago in Auckland, the humorist P.J. O’Rourke gave a dinner lecture for...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville
Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

Ron Manners on the Power of Individualism
Robert Forsyth, Ron Manners AONovember 7, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we are joined by Australian businessman, entrepreneur, and...

The Sexual Revolution & the Role of Families in a Liberal Democracy | Mary Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Mary EberstadtOctober 24, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this compelling interview, Robert Forsyth engages in a deep conversation with Mary Eberstadt, acclaimed...

The Tension Between Freedom, Liberty, and Responsibility | David Kinley
Robert ForsythOctober 22, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, David Kinley, Chair of Human Rights Law at...

Turning Point: Australia after the Voice referendum
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Damien FreemanOctober 16, 2024

Listen to this recording of our thought-provoking CIS event that explored the complexities of Australian...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan
Peter Swan AOOctober 14, 2024

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan AO...

North Korea: The Origins of Its Unique Family Dictatorship | Nicholas Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Nicholas Eberstadt October 10, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this eye-opening interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Nicholas Eberstadt, a leading expert on...

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