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Australians’ Attitudes to Social Media: Connection or Curse?

Monica WilkieMarch 29, 2021PP37

Social media appears in the news cycle, almost daily, and the majority of the coverage...

The Need for U.S.-Australia Leadership to Counter China across the Indo-Pacific

Erik M. JacobsMarch 25, 2021PP36

This paper assesses different ways in which Canberra can work with Washington in countering China...

Confronting Indigenous educational disadvantage: A Kimberley perspective

Lorraine HammondMarch 24, 2021AP20

Overcoming Indigenous education disadvantage is possible with the right teaching approaches and school policies. It...

Implications of the Retirement Income Review: Public advocacy of private profligacy?

Terrence O’BrienMarch 17, 2021AP19

The recent Retirement Income Review implies policies that would reduce after-tax returns to super saving,...

A 2021 education resolution: keep an eye on the Australian Curriculum

Fiona MuellerFebruary 11, 2021OP179

The COVID-19 pandemic is stimulating debate about the relationship between the governed and their leaders,...

The Looming Iceberg: Australia’s post-pandemic debt risk

Robert CarlingJanuary 28, 2021PP35

After many years with low public debt, Australia is seeing a much higher debt burden...

We are liable for ourselves: Scrap negligence law and encourage self-insurance

Julian MorrisMarch 6, 2002The Australian

The headlines beggar belief: Insurance giant collapses; Doctors driven to the brink of bankruptcy; Amateur...

Be a realist, not a lap dog: A cooling off period will improve ties with indonesia

Owen HarriesMarch 4, 2002The Australian

Ours is an age that believes in action. Faced with a problem, virtually any problem,...

Loud mobs hold democracy hostage

Helen HughesMarch 1, 2002The Australian

The build-up of demonstrations since the 1999 World Trade Organisation debacle in Seattle has a...

Who says we are in the doghouse? There is no such thing as world opinion

Owen HarriesFebruary 4, 2002The Australian

In the eyes of much of the world, the Australians of today are a relaxed,...

How to win arguments and influence debate

Owen HarriesFebruary 1, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Unlike its regional neighbours, and reflecting its Western origins, Australia has a political culture that...

Free the teachers to help the students: Parental choice in schooling will improve education

Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 23, 2002The Australian

A systematic comparison of the academic results of state and non-government schools has been a...

NSW State election preview

Miranda Devine, Bob Carr, Nick GreinerFebruary 27, 2019

As NSW prepares for the March 23 election, the “premier state” is in reasonably good...

Leeward: A Memoir

Michael Kirby, Geoffrey Lehmann, Tom SwitzerFebruary 6, 2019

Join former High Court justice Michael Kirby and Geoffrey Lehmann for the launch of Leeward:...

Women in Politics

Ticky Fullerton, Karina Okotel, Eugenie Joseph, Kristina KeneallyJanuary 31, 2019

Our panel of speakers thrashed out the issues surrounding women in politics. Are setting affirmative-action...

Political correctness and its discontents

Brendan O'Neill, Jeremy SammutJanuary 13, 2019

Join Brendan O’Neill, one of Britain’s quirkiest, wittiest and liveliest commentators, in conversation with Jeremy...

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards

Steven Schwartz, Tom SwitzerDecember 13, 2018

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

The Crisis of Democracy

Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Janet Albrechtsen, Matthew Lesh, Glenn BarnesNovember 23, 2018

For generations, we just assumed democracy is fixed and given. However, all across the world,...