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What is the Science of Learning?
February 15, 2024AP63

Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Politics, philosophy and education Progressive education versus modern evidence...

Housing is becoming a pipe dream for young Australians
February 6, 2024IA149
Housing affordability remains one of Australia’s clearest — and most frequently cited — examples of...
Australia’s post-pandemic public debt: is there still a problem?
February 5, 2024PP54
This report provides an update of the public debt situation and outlook based on the...
PP53 future fund
A Better Future With a Future Fund
January 30, 2024PP53
The Future Fund has a clear public accountability framework, which is consistent with international best...
closing loopholes
Closing Opportunities, Not Loopholes
November 30, 2023AP49
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 would have adverse effects on Australia’s...
infrastructure, building, blowout, tax
Bungles, Blowouts and Boondoggles: why Australia’s infrastructure projects cost more than they should
November 23, 2023OP198
A large amount of taxpayers’ money, state and federal, is expended on large scale infrastructure...
Misreading the data will not help the teachers
February 9, 2019The Australian

Outdated teaching methods based on disproved theories remain widespread despite the abundance of good and...

Reconciliation requires greater free speech
Leonard HongFebruary 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The Victorian government, having passed legislation to authorise negotiation with Aboriginal Victorians, is advancing towards...

Progressives reluctant to recognise poverty progress
Anis RezaeFebruary 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Is the declining rate of global poverty simply a neoliberal lie, spread by the likes...

The problem with ‘hate speech’ laws
Monica WilkieFebruary 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

When Facebook posts lead to Federal Court proceedings, a parliamentary inquiry, and a bankruptcy, something...

Banking report shows it was more than ‘bad apples’
February 5, 2019The Daily Telegraph

A culture of complacency and connivance that has prevailed for generations throughout the financial services...

Capitalism is having an identity crisis – but it is still the best system
Eugenie JosephFebruary 4, 2019The Guardian

Capitalism is clearly having an identity crisis, when it becomes a punching bag for even...

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