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Exposing the Stealth Tax: the Bracket Creep rip-off
Robert CarlingDecember 13, 2015Research Report 8

View Interactive Snapshot Bracket creep occurs when taxpayers pay a higher tax rate as their...

Youth Unemployment in Australia
November 22, 2015Research Report 7

This report looks at quantifying the rising youth unemployment problem, understanding its causes and proposing...

Should a Baker be Forced to Bake Cakes for Same Sex Weddings: Democracy and the Rights and Limits of Religion and Conscience in Contemporary Australia
Anthony FisherNovember 6, 2015OP143

How important are religious liberty and freedom of conscience is in modern statecraft and nation-building?...

National Security and Counter-Terrorism
George BrandisNovember 6, 2015

On Friday 6 Nov. Senator the Hon. George Brandis QC, the Commonwealth Attorney-General, Vice-President of...

Health Innovation
Rohan Mead, Mark Fitzgibbon, Angus TaylorSeptember 22, 2015Event Speeches

It’s time to reposition health research. In the wake of the Medicare co-payment debate it...

Free to Choose Charter Schools: How charter and for-profit schools can boost public education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2015Research Report 6

Charter schools and free schools – publicly-funded, privately-managed schools – have been introduced in several...

Countering Indigenous educational disadvantage
Lorraine HammondMarch 26, 2021Ideas@TheCentre

For decades, and despite best intentions and considerable resourcing, there’s sadly been limited evidence of...

Alles Gute, Mathias Cormann!
Fiona MuellerMarch 26, 2021Ideas@TheCentre

While not a product of Australian education, former Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann, is an exemplar...

Bubble talk is babble
Zachary LaniganMarch 26, 2021Ideas@TheCentre

Despite popular hysteria from talking heads, we’re not in the midst of a housing bubble....

A fix for our new house price madness
Peter TulipMarch 22, 2021Spectator

A common objection to the idea that planning restrictions make housing unaffordable is that some...

Superannuation policies must not crimp saving
Robert CarlingMarch 21, 2021Canberra Times

The Morrison government is close to deciding whether to pick another political fight by cancelling,...

Retirement review’s misleading figures
March 19, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

The Retirement Income Review (RIR) conclusions are based heavily on the assertion of a $40...

Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
November 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
JBL Eberstadt
The Coming Global Depopulation
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.
November 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!
October 31, 2023

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

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The Michaela Way
Katharine BirbalsinghOctober 27, 2022

It’s no secret that Australian schools’ performance has been in decline for many years. That’s...

On Liberty EP75 China’s risky path to riches
Salvatore Babones, Rowan CallickNovember 17, 2021On Liberty

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power, entering its second century....

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