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Millennials and Super: the case for voluntary superannuation
Simon CowanMay 28, 2019PP20
As a result of house prices increases, it has become much harder to save for...
Corporate Virtue Signalling: How to Stop Big Business from Meddling in Politics
Jeremy SammutApril 30, 2019

CLICK HERE TO BUY HARDCOPY   Snowflake- A very sensitive person. Someone who is easily...

Taking Back Control: Restoring Universalism in the Age of Identity Politics
Amanda StokerApril 16, 2019OP170

It can feel safer avoiding conversations on social issues that can be landmines at the...

Budget 2019: Why the long-term tax cuts should be fast-tracked
John HumphreysApril 4, 2019PP19

The centrepiece of the 2019/20 budget was a proposed doubling of the income tax cuts...

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia’s top-performing disadvantaged schools
Blaise JosephMarch 18, 2019RR39

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

Myth vs Reality: The case against increasing Capital Gains Tax
Robert CarlingMarch 5, 2019PP18

Australia’s capital gains tax (CGT) policy has been largely settled for almost 20 years. However,...

Should the private health insurance rebate be abandoned?
David GadielMay 9, 2014

The Commonwealth spends about $5.5 billion on the private health insurance rebate, representing 8 –...

PPL back-down: Symbolism not Budget repair
Matthew TaylorMay 9, 2014

Last week the Prime Minister announced that next Tuesday’s Budget would see changes to the...

Gary S. Becker, 1930-2014
Stephen KirchnerMay 9, 2014

Gary S. Becker, recipient of the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and University...

A signpost away from state power
Greg LindsayMay 7, 2014The Australian Financial Review

The Road to Serfdom did not turn out to be the expressway Friedrich Hayek imagined...

Why can’t wealthy parents pay for public schooling?
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 5, 2014ABC The Drum

A Venn diagram of people who support the idea of high income parents being asked...

Exercise your right to be a bigot and pay the price
Jeremy SammutMay 3, 2014The Spectator

When Attorney-General George Brandis told the Senate in March this year that ‘people do have...

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...

The Strange, Recent But Understandable Triumph of Liberalism in Australia | Bob Catley
Robert Forsyth, Mr Bob CatleyAugust 31, 2024Liberalism in Question

The Australian nation began as one of the world’s first social democracies. Today its political...

Jimmy Lai’s son speaks out about his father’s imprisonment | Sebastian Lai & Caoilfhionn Gallagher
Robert ForsythAugust 1, 2024Liberalism in Question

Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, owner of the independent newspaper Apple Daily and pro-democracy and...

Why the 2023 Voice Referendum Failed | Damian Freeman
Robert Forsyth, Damien FreemanJuly 18, 2024Liberalism in Question

Reflecting on his pivotal role in the development of a proposal to recognise Australia’s Indigenous...

American Liberalism and the Middle East | Bret Stephens
Robert Forsyth, Bret StephensJuly 5, 2024Liberalism in Question

Watch here: https://youtu.be/y9v7xJQCfow What would have happened if Israel did nothing on October 8th? Can...

Why Australia Needs Universal Early Numeracy Screening
Kelly NorrisJuly 3, 2024What You Need to Know About

International data have repeatedly shown many Australian school students struggle with mathematics. Around 10% of...

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu July 1, 2024Research Collection

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy By Michael Wu. For all references and graphs,...

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