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Inquiry into measurement and outcome-based funding in New South Wales schools

Glenn FaheyAugust 31, 2019

The Portfolio Committee on Education in the NSW Legislative Council has set up an inquiry...

The China Student Boom and the Risks It Poses to Australian Universities

Salvatore BabonesAugust 20, 2019AP5

Australia’s universities are taking a multi-million dollar gamble with taxpayer money to pursue a high-risk,...

The China Challenge

Rowan CallickJuly 28, 2019OP171

The rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has helped make Australia rich, but...

Overcoming the Odds 2: Where are the top-performing disadvantaged secondary schools?

Blaise JosephJuly 23, 2019PP21

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse academically on average than more advantaged students. However,...

CRACKING UP? Culture and the Displacement of Virtue

Peter KurtiJuly 9, 2019AP4

Unease has been growing that something has changed for the worse in our culture. The...

Defending Liberal Democracy and Liberal Peace in the Time of Rising Populism and Fascism

Suri RatnapalaJuly 1, 2019AP3

Liberal democracy has been remarkably resilient in the face of external and internal threats, but...

Aussie election offers Key a warning

August 27, 2010The National Business Review

For New Zealanders, the sight of Liberal party leader Tony Abbott in budgie smugglers seemed...

Elect another people?

Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 27, 2010

As you can tell from their statements, the political class is not amused about the...

The perils of multi-party Australia

Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 26, 2010Business Spectator

The result of the federal election that produced Australia's first hung parliament in more than...

Putting a case for fee deregulation

August 25, 2010The Australian

IF education ministers can be judged by the average number of policy initiatives per year,...

China’s water grab

John LeeAugust 24, 2010Foreign Policy

In recent weeks, the United States has taken some assertive steps in the South China...

Australia’s real challenge is population ageing

August 23, 2010Sydney Morning Herald

As debate on population growth loomed over the federal election and public consciousness, it is...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville

Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein

Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha

Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream

Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury

Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy

Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...