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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...

The Social Foundations of a Free Society
Peter SaundersFebruary 12, 2002OP79

A look at five main areas where current trends may be eroding the free society...

What Governments Can’t Know: The Knowledge Economy and the Market
Lauchlan ChipmanFebruary 4, 2002OP77

Are governments well placed to foster the infusion of different types of complex knowledge to...

Dangerous Protections: How Some Ways of Protecting the Freedom of Religion May Actually Diminish Religious Freedom.
Robert ForsythSeptember 24, 2001OP78

The 2001 Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom delivered by Robert Forsyth. Sometimes efforts to...

Trading Phobias: Governments, NGOs and Globalisation
October 3, 2000OP75

We live in an era of unprecedented material prosperity, and yet the post-war multilateral trading...

The Moral Foundations of Freedom: Lessons from the Religious Encounter with Democracy
George WeigelMay 30, 2000OP76

What happens when a society loses it moral capital? Can democracy thrive in a value-neutral...

A Solution Worse Than the Disease
Monica WilkieApril 22, 2021Quadrant Online

The discussion about what should and should not be ‘allowed’ on social media has been,...

Cancel culture is destroying our society
April 16, 2021The Australian

As we approach the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, and the wave of...

States spoil Australia’s school scorecard
Glenn FaheyApril 14, 2021Financial Review

Arresting Australia’s educational decline calls for national leadership. And federal Education Minister Alan Tudge, has...

Biden’s global minimum tax is a trap for mobile capital
Robert CarlingApril 13, 2021Financial Review

If taxation is an enigma to all but tax experts, then global corporate tax is...

Captain America versus… Jordan Peterson?
Monica WilkieApril 12, 2021Spectator

The progressives’ latest offering of ‘woker-tainment’ shows they are more interested in political posturing than...

A democracy must protect pluralism at all costs
Simon CowanApril 10, 2021Canberra Times

The NSW government has just released its discussion paper on social media companies’ liability for...

The New President | China, Climate & Digital Technology
Salvatore BabonesJanuary 19, 2021

Joe Biden comes to the presidency amid great expectations for a return to normalcy in...

Advancing Indigenous Education Outcomes
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Lorraine Hammond, Glenn Fahey, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 12, 2021

Indigenous educational disadvantage has persisted despite countless initiatives, programmes, and spending from governments and communities....

On Liberty EP37 You can’t hide from “The Saad Truth”
Monica WilkieDecember 10, 2020On Liberty

Identity politics and political correctness continue to fuel the culture wars. To understand how these...

2020 CIS Nanny-State Awards
Steven SchwartzDecember 8, 2020

The 2020 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

On Liberty EP36 The true meaning of Christmas
Salvatore Babones, Robert ForsythDecember 3, 2020On Liberty

For Christians the world over, Christmas is primarily a religious celebration. Yet Protestant dissenters outlawed...

On Liberty EP35 Building Australia’s Relationships
Salvatore BabonesNovember 26, 2020On Liberty

With the coming of the “Quad” and the successful completion of Australia’s participation in the...

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