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Liberalism applied? Policy shifts in the transition from Chifley to Menzies
November 16, 2023MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Tom Switzer’s chapter in The Menzies Watershed: Liberalism, Anti-communism, Continuities 1943–1954 (Melbourne University Press) Introduction...

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Bracket creep hits young Australians hardest
November 9, 2023IA148
For those on lower incomes, even a small increase in nominal income leads to a...
2023 John Bonython Lecture: Questioning Orthodoxies
August 30, 2023OP197

Introduction I have the great honour and distinction of introducing the 2023 John Bonython Lecturer,...

Politicisation – the attack on merit and our way of life
August 3, 2023AP52

Introduction This paper examines the issue of ‘politicisation’ of our public services and other public...

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Authority, Expertise And Democracy. Should those who know best rule the rest of us?
July 27, 2023AP51

A. On Heeding Expert Advice During the Covid-19 pandemic, state and territory leaders afforded...

Markets & Prosperity
A new pathway to prosperity
June 1, 2023CONNOR COURT

Tom Switzer’s chapter contribution, “A new pathway to prosperity,” in Harry Stutchbury’s (edited) Markets &...

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Can Labor move past the blame game and govern the country?
July 2, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

The period immediately following an election is about as good as it gets for a...

Christianity waning but majority still religious
June 30, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Pastafarians around Australia — who belong to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster —...

Linking pay to performance the best way to help teachers
June 26, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Repeated strikes over pay undermine teachers’ work and prove unions are tin-eared on the need...

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No budget black hole, except Labor’s spending
June 1, 2022FINANCIAL REVIEW

Labor hasn’t inherited any hidden budget black hole surprises. It is spending monuments created in...

Victoria’s anti-belief law will face many obstacles
January 17, 2021CANBERRA TIMES

In an extraordinary act of authoritarian over-reach, the Victorian Government is intent upon regulating private...

Advice holds: see China as it is, not as it ought to be
December 29, 2020THE AUSTRALIAN

A good mate of mine died this year. He was 90 — four decades my...

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