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Islam in Pluralist Indonesia
Mohammad Fajrul FalaakhOctober 3, 2002OP83

In this, The Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom for 2002, noted Indonesian academic Mohammad...

Six Questions About Civility
Nicole Billante, Peter SaundersJuly 3, 2002OP82

Civility is a moral virtue and a social responsibility, contributing to the public good and...

Has History Restarted Since September 11?
Francis FukuyamaApril 3, 2002OP81

Francis Fukuyama argues that the fracture line over globalisation could turn out to be a...

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...

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Heritage laws have been weaponised against Indigenous progress
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 29, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

At the 2024 Garma Festival, ­Anthony Albanese stated that he saw economic development as the...

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Lifting NAPLAN results: what happens in the classroom matters most
Trisha JhaAugust 16, 2024EDUCATIONHQ

Every year, the national release of NAPLAN results triggers a barrage of commentary and soul-searching...

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The unfortunate rise of ‘stakeholder capitalism’
Simon CowanJuly 27, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The bitterness that has infected the US presidential race has not declined since the Democratic...

Democracy is better off with policy think tanks
July 26, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

In case you missed it media attention recently focused on a US think tank and...

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Sceptical public pulling the plug on corporate virtue-signalling
July 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

There was a time when creating jobs, and creating wealth, and keeping consumers happy was...

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Coalition’s half-baked supermarket policies will have you paying more
Simon CowanJuly 13, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Last week the Coalition announced they would introduce “sector-specific divestiture powers as a last resort...

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