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Price Drivers: Five Case Studies in How Government is Making Australia Unaffordable
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Rebecca GillDecember 14, 2011PM125

Government influences price levels in more ways than is immediately apparent. Through its direct and...

Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert CarlingNovember 30, 2011PF21

What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial crisis and has now...

Do Not Damage and Disturb: On Child Protection Failures and the Pressure on Out-of-Home Care in Australia
Jeremy SammutNovember 3, 2011PM122

This monograph shows that the rising size, cost, and complexity of the out-of-home care system...

Working Towards Self-Reliance: Three Lessons for Disability Pension Reform
October 5, 2011PM124

To successful reduce the number of pensioners on disability support, policymakers must apply the lessons...

The Kingdom of God is Forcefully Advancing and Forceful Men Lay Hold of It
David ColtartSeptember 14, 2011OP123

In the CIS’s annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Senator David Coltart discusses the...

When Prophecy Fails
Peter SaundersSeptember 9, 2011SP12

In their 2009 book, The Spirit Level, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argued for the...

UK and French elections highlight flaws of fixed-term parliamens
Scott PrasserJuly 12, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Business Council of Australia suggested Australia...

Déjà vu in Australian higher education
Steven SchwartzJuly 4, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

History repeats itself, often with a sense of irony only those with long memories can...

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The Smart Energy Council makes two basic mistakes
Alex BaintonJuly 2, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a...

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Tax cuts + inflation = 80% of Aussies worse off by end of decade
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The contrast between this week’s high inflation figures with the long-awaited commencement of the Stage...

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Nothing pretty about a post-pandemic budget
Robert CarlingJune 21, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The New South Wales Budget tabled this week completes the series of 2024-25 budgets from...

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Schools are finally getting back to what works best
Trisha Jha, Simon CowanJune 15, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

This week Victoria finally embraced the evidence on how kids learn to read, and the...

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