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Red tape and Australia’s economic malaise
Michael PotterFebruary 7, 2018OP164

Australia is in a period of economic malaise. GDP per person has been growing slowly...

What’s happened to the University?
Frank Furedi, Marguerite Johnson, Steven SchwartzFebruary 5, 2018OP163

Trigger warnings, cultural appropriation and safe spaces. Who decided to bestow guardian status to Australian...

Liberty and Surveillance: What should governments and private corporations know about you?
Tom SimpsonJanuary 30, 2018OP162

Whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA hacked the internet as a key part of...

From Reform to Retreat: 30 Years of Australian Fiscal Policy
Robert CarlingDecember 10, 2017OP161

Australia entered an era of economic reform in the mid-1980s as policymakers resolved to liberalise...

Risky business: the problems of Indigenous business policy
Charles JacobsNovember 29, 2017RR35

The Commonwealth’s Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) has put Aboriginal owned small businesses at the heart...

Reason, Repentance, and the Individual: Recovering the Religious Roots of Western Civilisation
Peter KurtiNovember 23, 2017OP160

Reason, repentance, and the individual are three of the principal roots of Western civilization. They...

Paying idle parents is bad for our kids
Peter SaundersFebruary 20, 2007The Australian

A UN report comparing the wellbeing of children across the world's 25 richest countries produced...

Japan caught in US-Korea nuclear net
Robyn LimFebruary 15, 2007The Australian

The deal struck in Beijing this week, which is supposed to end up in the...

PNG leaders must overcome HIV complacency
Miranda DarlingFebruary 12, 2007The Canberra Times

The business Coalition Against HIV/ AIDS group has begun its endeavour to partner private enterprise...

Rudd pins his faith on remissions
February 7, 2007The Australian

Labor is promising an "education revolution" but its higher education policy so far looks more...

Power (and cash) to the principals
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 7, 2007The Australian

Although much has been made about the poverty of educational standards in Australian schools lately,...

Stop the churning to extend direct benefits
Peter SaundersJanuary 30, 2007The Australian

WHAT kind of welfare state should Australia have in 30 years? If the trends of...

Reflecting Back: John Howard and Alexander Downer on Power, Alliances and Australia
John Howard OM AC, Tony Parkinson, Alexander DownerFebruary 5, 2026
Drawing on their experience during the Howard government, Alexander Downer and former Prime Minister John...
Evidence vs Ideology: Why the Science of Learning Matters?
Doctor Carl Hendrick, Doctor Simon Breakspear, Glenn FaheyJune 26, 2025

As Australian student outcomes decline and education inequality persists, a growing movement is challenging the...

Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
Tom SwitzerNovember 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
JBL Eberstadt
The Coming Global Depopulation
Nicholas Eberstadt October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
In Depth Q&A: Mearsheimer and Varghese disagree on US Grand Strategy, Ukraine, Russia and China.
John Mearsheimer, Peter Varghese, Tom SwitzerNovember 7, 2023

PART 2. Following a lecture from Professor John Mearsheimer in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October....

Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
John MearsheimerOctober 31, 2023

PART 1. Professor John Mearsheimer addressed an audience in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October as...

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