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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...

Worlds Apart: Remote Indigenous disadvantage in the context of wider Australia

Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJanuary 25, 2021PP34

Remote and very remote Indigenous communities have become victims of a ‘wicked problem’. A combination...

The New President: What Biden’s Foreign Policy Agenda Means for Australia

Salvatore BabonesJanuary 19, 2021OP178

Joe Biden comes to the presidency amid great expectations for a return to normalcy in...

Victims of failure – how the COVID-19 policy response let down Australians

Monica WilkieDecember 9, 2020AP18

The government response to COVID-19 has imposed restrictions on Australians unseen in peacetime. As Australians...

Planning restrictions harm housing affordability

Peter TulipDecember 3, 2020PP33

Planning restrictions reduce the supply of housing and hence raise its price. This paper summarises...

Dollars and Sense: Time for smart reform of Australian school funding

Glenn FaheyDecember 1, 2020RR40

Australia is among the world’s highest-spending countries on schooling. Yet, the educational return on this...

Where’s the Fire(works)? – Part Two

Meegan CornforthNovember 5, 2010

Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot.I see no reason That gunpowder...

Why Europe is the wrong model for paid parental leave

November 5, 2010Online Opinion

You'd have to be living under a rock not to notice that the big tax...

The class myth

Peter SaundersNovember 5, 2010

I spent last weekend at the 'Battle of Ideas' conference in London, on a panel...

The EU’s win-win losers

Oliver Marc HartwichNovember 4, 2010Business Spectator

A good compromise is one that leaves everybody equally unhappy. Seen from this angle, last...

New Zealand’s risky re-regulation path

Luke MalpassNovember 3, 2010Business Spectator

Amidst the commentary surrounding John Howard’s Lazarus Rising book launch, much has been made of...

A buyer’s market

November 2, 2010The Age

Though few realise it, today's secondary school students will be the most influential university students...

Reflecting Back: John Howard and Alexander Downer on Power, Alliances and Australia

John Howard OM AC, Alexander DownerFebruary 6, 2026

Alexander Downer and former Prime Minister John Howard join author Tony Parkinson and CIS Executive...

Reflecting Back: John Howard and Alexander Downer on Power, Alliances and Australia

John Howard OM AC, Tony Parkinson, Alexander Downer, Michael StutchburyFebruary 5, 2026

Drawing on their experience during the Howard government, Alexander Downer and former Prime Minister John...

A Case for Helpful Government Intervention | Emma Dawson

Emma Dawson, Robert ForsythFebruary 3, 2026

In this thought-provoking episode of Liberalism in Question, we welcome Emma Dawson, Executive Director of...

Indigenous Expectations are Skewed | Senator Kerrynne Liddle

Kerrynne Liddle, Robert ForsythJanuary 26, 2026

Join us on Liberalism in Question as Senator Kerrynne Liddle shares her insights on why...

Progressive Intolerance. The contemporary antisemitism landscape in Australia

Peter KurtiJanuary 23, 2026

The question this report poses is whether Australia’s progressive institutions are capable of the honest...

“People are just sick of it” | Alexander Downer

Robert Forsyth, Alexander DownerJanuary 19, 2026

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer joins us...