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The MMT Hoax
Tony Makin, Gene TunnyMay 27, 2021PP41

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a supposedly new macroeconomic paradigm, but it is essentially a...

Back to Basics: A new model for business creation in remote Indigenous communities
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Elizabeth HendersonMay 20, 2021AP21

This paper focuses on a new model to increase the potential for Indigenous business creation...

Indigenous suicide: Finding a catalyst for action
Anthony DillonMay 6, 2021OP180

This paper aims to provide a catalyst for the actions needed to address the crisis...

Does high-rise development damage neighbourhood character?
Peter Tulip, Zachary LaniganApril 29, 2021PP40

Local residents often oppose new high-rise development apartment buildings on the grounds that they would...

Make every drop count, and count every drop: Vanishing groundwater needs proper monitoring and management
Grahame CampbellApril 22, 2021PP39

Aquifer groundwater is a crucial and valuable resource for Australia, but is poorly managed and...

Resisting China’s Economic Coercion: Why America should support Australia
Alan DupontApril 8, 2021PP38

China’s unprecedented trade campaign against Australia is a case study in economic coercion for geopolitical...

British bureaucracy and the baby
Meegan CornforthJanuary 29, 2010

Meegan Cornforth is Events Manager at the Centre for Independent Studies.

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China’s new Silk Road geo-strategy in Asia
John LeeJanuary 29, 2010Tehran Times

Toward the end of World War II, the godfather of geopolitics, Nicholas Spykman, offered his...

Our enigmatic charter
Elise ParhamJanuary 29, 2010

Elise Parham is a Policy Analyst at the Centre for Independent Studies. Behind the Moral...

Nanny state can’t save us from ourselves
January 27, 2010The Age

This month Manly Council erected a surfboard-shaped sign at its most famous beach to instruct...

Ratings justify Australia’s economic freedoms
Greg LindsayJanuary 22, 2010

In a show of economic strength and resilience, Australia came in at 3 (as it...

End exploitative practices in the outback
Sara HudsonJanuary 22, 2010

The Australian recently reported Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin’s scathing response to the loan shark...

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...

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Jason Riley – How Trump killed liberalism
Robert Forsyth, Jason RileyNovember 5, 2023Liberalism in Question

Jason Riley – How Trump killed liberalism. In this new special episode of ‘Liberalism in...

Do groups have rights? | Dr. Joel Harrison | Liberalism in Question S4E5
Robert ForsythOctober 31, 2023Liberalism in Question

What is “Post Liberalism”? Do you have to be a Christian to understand it? Can...

Six ways to Debunk Degrowth with Gene Tunny
Gene Tunny, Karla PincottOctober 30, 2023Liberalism in Question

Increasingly there are calls for degrowth, not just to abandon the pursuit of economic growth,...

Australian laws FAIL to protect freedom
Robert ForsythOctober 30, 2023Liberalism in Question

Patrick Parkinson is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and an internationally...

Are We Failing Our Kids?
October 27, 2023Liberalism in Question

Mr. Nicholas Sampson, the eighth headmaster of Cranbrook School, has been dedicated to preserving the...

Young voters are deserting the right with Matthew Taylor
Matthew TaylorOctober 17, 2023Liberalism in Question

There is growing evidence across the Anglosphere that Millennials and Generation Z are not showing...

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