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Childcare in Australia: A new approach

Gigi FosterNovember 20, 2025RR51

Executive summary Several well-known bodies, from the Productivity Commission to the Australian Competition and Consumer...

Keeping Budgets on the Rails: Rules for Fiscal Responsibility

Robert CarlingNovember 13, 2025AP94

Executive Summary Fiscal rules are numerical limits to one or more of government spending, revenue,...

Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms

Paul TaylorNovember 10, 2025OP211

This article considers different concepts of ‘legitimacy’ and their contribution to understanding the difference between...

The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia

Sinclair DavidsonNovember 6, 2025AP93

Executive Summary Australia faces persistent economic challenges. Productivity growth has slowed, business investment is uneven,...

Knowledge is power: What do teachers believe about learning?

Trisha JhaOctober 30, 2025AP92

Executive Summary This report presents findings from literature about what teachers believe about how students...

2025 Neville Kennard Address: The Dire Plight of the Mainstream Right

Andrew NeilOctober 27, 2025OP210

This is an edited version of the speech given to the 2025 CIS Consilium event...

China’s next generation of leaders

John LeeJanuary 3, 2010The Taipei Times

The appointment of five provincial-level Chinese Communist Party chiefs in early December is a reminder...

Competitive disadvantage is hardly the healthiest option

Sara HudsonJanuary 2, 2010The Australian

Determining the appropriate level of government responsibility is a vexed issue. Nowhere is this more...

Research key to balancing pay equity with jobs growth

Ian HarperDecember 30, 2009The Age

The Australian Fair Pay Commission made its final decision on minimum wages in July, when...

China’s intransigence is a sign of its insecurity

John LeeDecember 29, 2009The Australian

Two recent events have convinced many observers that we are entering an unprecedented era marked...

Neglect the champers, not the children in 2010

Jeremy SammutDecember 29, 2009The Age

The end of the year concentrates the mind on areas of life in which we...

The rebirth of Charter 08

John LeeDecember 28, 2009Wall Street Journal Asia

President Barack Obama’s meek visit to China last month confirmed that the United States is...

A Short History of Liberalism in the Middle East | Joshua Landis

Robert ForsythJanuary 14, 2026

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we dive deep into the complex and often...

Trump and the red wave | Dave Rubin

Robert Forsyth, Dave RubinJanuary 6, 2026

From Donald Trump to the lockdowns, Dave Rubin sits down with Robert Forsyth to discuss...

The Tradition of Liberty | Senator James Paterson

Robert Forsyth, James PatersonDecember 23, 2025

Senator James Paterson joins Liberalism in Question to discuss the core principles of classical liberalism...

The Tension Between Classical Liberalism and Conservatism | Gray Connolly

December 17, 2025

From surrogacy to free speech, Rob Forsyth and Gray Connolly discuss the differences between classical...

‘NIMBYism is a cancer’: Bragg outlines housing policy vision with Peter Tulip & Michael Stutchbury

Andrew Bragg, Peter Tulip, Michael StutchburyDecember 12, 2025

Senator Andrew Bragg and economist Peter Tulip join Michael Stutchbury for a wide-ranging conversation on...

Education Reform That Works: Insights from UK, New Zealand & Australia

Glenn Fahey, Nick Gibb, Jason Clare MPDecember 8, 2025

Three leading education ministers — Sir Nick Gibb (UK), Erica Stanford (New Zealand), and Jason...