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Australia, the United States and China in a post-Covid world
Richard AlstonSeptember 14, 2020OP175

After three decades of prosperity and relative peace, Australia suddenly confronts a trifecta of crises:...

Cancelled! How ideological cleansing threatens Australia
Peter KurtiAugust 17, 2020AP13

‘Cancel culture’ campaigns in Australia are intended to erase elements of our history and to...

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Industrial Relations in a Post-COVID World
Judith SloanAugust 13, 2020AP12

The economic shocks of COVID-19 and the associated government responses have rendered aspects of our...

Moral Terrorism
Simon HefferJuly 21, 2020OP174

We find ourselves living in an age when a small but highly vocal, and zealous,...

It’s The Economy, Stupid: Economic participation only way to Close the Gap
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 14, 2020AP11

The gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians exists for one reason — too many Indigenous...

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The Economic Challenge of Covid-19
Robert CarlingJuly 8, 2020PP32

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the Australian economy was under-performing its potential and in...

Why hope still matters in a divided world
Peter KurtiApril 17, 2025AFR

Hope is easily dismissed as illusory when the grounds for holding fast to it appear...

Housing negative gearing tax
The $5b move that could smash house prices
Peter TulipApril 15, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The housing policy promises from the major parties both offer assistance for housing supply, but...
The only thing America liberated itself from was prosperity
Simon CowanApril 5, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
For a policy that is being promoted as good for US businesses, it sure seems...
Old pastime of redistribution, regulation, reckless spending returns
Tom SwitzerMarch 31, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
If you’re wondering why this election campaign does not have a clear frontrunner, the lack...
The tax cut that will only buy you a coffee
Robert CarlingMarch 27, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Labor government appears to have chosen a cut confined to the lowest rate so...
Labor’s education report card is one step forward, two steps back
Trisha JhaMarch 25, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Efforts to put strict conditions on additional school funding to the states to improve outcomes...
Trump in OZ! Could ‘The Donald’ Happen Here?
Ross CameronFebruary 10, 2017

They said he could never win – but from January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump...

Trump in OZ! Could ‘The Donald’ Happen Here?
Louise CleggFebruary 10, 2017

They said he could never win – but from January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump...

Trump in OZ! Could ‘The Donald’ Happen Here?
Rebecca Weisser, Louise Clegg, Ross Cameron, Tom SwitzerFebruary 10, 2017

They said he could never win – but from January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump...

Terror Challenges in the 21st Century
David Kilcullen, Tom SwitzerNovember 29, 2016

Dr David Kilcullen and Tom Switzer in conversation following the CIS Lighthouse Lecture ‘Terror Challenges...

Politically Feasible Health Reform – Part 1 of 4
November 29, 2016
Politically Feasible Health Reform – Part 2 of 4
November 29, 2016
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
November 27, 2025

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Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
October 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

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Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
September 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
September 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
September 16, 2025

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Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
September 15, 2025

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