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The Wasatia Movement: Moderation & Tolerance in Islam
Mohammed DajaniJune 4, 2015

Dr Mohammed Dajani, founder of the Wasatia Movement, discussed the formation of Al Wasatia, the...

The rise of China’s imperial president
Kerry Brown, Peter Cai, Benjamin HerscovitchApril 13, 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emerged as the Middle Kingdom’s most powerful strongman since paramount...

Capital Xenophobia II
Stephen KirchnerNovember 23, 2008PM88

It is now widely realised that unhindered international trade has been the engine of sustained...

The Faulty Arguments Behind Australia’s Corporate Tax
Sinclair DavidsonAugust 23, 2008PM87

In Australia, the primary function of taxation is to finance government spending. Its secondary objectives...

Mine by Rights or Right to Mine? Mining Policy in New Zealand
March 20, 1991CIS

Minerals, the land above them and the surrounding environment are scarce resources. If they are...

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
Lauchlan Chipman, Alan Ryan, William Letwin, Donald Winch, Philip PettitSeptember 1, 1988R8

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill – Foreword...

Make no mistake, this budget was a fiscally irresponsible failure
Robert CarlingMay 23, 2021Canberra Times

If the test of a budget’s success is that it minimises the number of voters...

A trillion-dollar debt with much the same problems
Simon CowanMay 22, 2021Canberra Times

In the two weeks since the budget, the limited criticism – apart from the ideologically...

Quitting NAPLAN would be a fail for Australian education
Glenn FaheyMay 18, 2021Financial Review

Australia’s education system would be worse off without NAPLAN. Yet a new report proposes replacing...

Ready, Set, Fire—Federal Budget Signals Upcoming Aussie Election Spending Spree
Robert CarlingMay 17, 2021The Epoch Times

There can be no doubt that the 2021-22 Australian federal budget announced last week was...

Will the last economic rationalists in the room please turn off the lights?
Simon CowanMay 8, 2021Canberra Times

Last year was extraordinary, in many respects. And last year’s budget wasn’t even in the...

Is a royal commission the best way to tackle veterans’ suicides?
Scott PrasserMay 5, 2021Spectator

The announcement by the Morrison Government to appoint a royal commission into the suicides of...

On Liberty EP74 The Great COVID Panic
Salvatore BabonesNovember 10, 2021On Liberty

In the Great Panic of early 2020, nearly every government in the world restricted the...

What Really Happened in Wuhan
November 4, 2021

Has China’s suppression of information of what happened in Wuhan mean we will never know...

On Liberty EP73 Governing in the Internet Age
Salvatore BabonesNovember 3, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Paul Fletcher MP, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts....

Reforming Australia’s Schools
Glenn FaheyOctober 28, 2021

Australia’s education system needs policy reform, beyond just throwing in yet more funding. As students...

The New Cold War
October 19, 2021

In his new essay for the New York-based Foreign Affairs magazine, Mearsheimer argues that the...

Overcoming the Educational Odds
Glenn FaheyOctober 14, 2021

High-performing schools make a difference every day in the lives of our younger generation, particularly...

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