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The Major Bank Levy: We’re all going to be hit
June 19, 2017RR29

The major bank levy was proposed in the 2017–18 Budget. The levy has numerous flaws...

Acton Lecture 2017: Civic Virtues and the Politics of ‘Full Drift Ahead’
Iain BensonJune 19, 2017OP155

Today almost everyone affirms the importance of ‘values’ but few would insist these are shared...

Terror in the Name of God: Confronting acts of religious violence in a liberal society
Peter KurtiJune 10, 2017OP154

Acts of violence perpetrated in the name of religion have been reported with great prominence...

Evaluating Indigenous programs: a toolkit for change
Sara HudsonJune 4, 2017RR28

The federal government recently announced it will allocate $10 million a year over four years...

Welfare reform beyond decades of dependence, ‘dole bludgers’ and ‘double dipping’
Simon CowanMay 31, 2017OP156

Recent attempts to reform welfare have focused on the wrong elements of the system. In...

Fiscal Fiction: The Real Medicare Levy
Jeremy SammutMay 7, 2017RR27

The Medicare Levy is, and always has been, a fiscal fiction. The revenue raised by...

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On Liberty EP72 How democratic was Athenian Democracy?
Salvatore BabonesOctober 13, 2021On Liberty

We talked to classicist Dr James Kierstead about the pasts and futures of ancient Athenian...

The Psychology of Populism
Peter Kurti, Joseph P. ForgasOctober 7, 2021

Populism has been resurgent in many liberal democracies. It succeeds by exploiting fundamental characteristics of...

On Liberty EP71 Taiwan should be allowed to join the CPTPP, but will China let it?
Salvatore BabonesOctober 6, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Natasha Kassam, director (Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program) at the Lowy...

On Liberty EP70 AUKUS, AUSMIN, and the “forever” alliance
Salvatore BabonesSeptember 29, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Peter Jennings, executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), about...

Generations Apart: Richer or Poorer?
Satya MararSeptember 23, 2021

Just as there are no atheists on a sinking ship, there are no free-marketeers in...

On Liberty EP69 What would Neville Bonner make of identity politics today?
September 22, 2021On Liberty

September 2021 marks 50 years since the first Indigenous Australian delivered a maiden address to...

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