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John Howard: A Conversation on Culture
John Howard OM AC, Tom Switzer, Jeremy SammutJuly 26, 2018OP166

Based on the remarks made by former Prime Minister John Howard at the launch of...

Millennials and socialism: Australian youth are lurching to the left
Tom Switzer, Charles JacobsJune 20, 2018PP7

The 20th century’s failed experimentations with socialism serve as a strong lesson that, despite its...

Without Fear or Favour: Practising your Faith and your Profession
Debra MullinsJune 20, 2018OP165

The adequacy of religious freedom protections in Australia has been now reviewed by the Ruddock...

What the Gonski 2 Review got wrong
Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Blaise JosephJune 17, 2018PP6

The Gonski 2 Review into Australian schools failed to fulfill its terms of reference to...

Too Little; Too Late: Personal Income Tax Reform in Australia
Robert Carling, Matthew O’DonnellJune 13, 2018PP5

The main thrust of the Government’s proposed personal income tax changes announced in the 2018-19...

A Shy Hope in the Mind: Secularisation and the Diversity of Australia’s Religious Economy
Peter KurtiJune 12, 2018AP1

There are few facets of human society — whether political, social, or economic — that...

Virtue signalling does nothing to make lives of Indigenous Australians safer
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJanuary 21, 2021Daily Telegraph

Right now the lives and wellbeing of all Australians depends on a unified nation, and...

Can Biden really unite America? Probably not
Tom SwitzerJanuary 21, 2021Financial Review

The day of the presidential inauguration is when an American president must rise above the...

Biden takes power with Pax Americana on the ash heap of history
Tom SwitzerJanuary 20, 2021The Australian

Now that Joe Biden is President, it is widely believed that he will repair some...

Victoria’s anti-belief law will face many obstacles
Peter KurtiJanuary 17, 2021CANBERRA TIMES

In an extraordinary act of authoritarian over-reach, the Victorian Government is intent upon regulating private...

An opt-in increase would be a great first step towards real super reform
Simon CowanJanuary 16, 2021Canberra Times

The push to rethink scheduled increases in the superannuation guarantee rate is gathering momentum. The...

Why the pandemic secrecy and censorship?
Monica WilkieJanuary 11, 2021Spectator

There is no justification for the uniquely high-level of secrecy the Australian government has maintained...

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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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