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Maths Practices You Can Count On: Five Research-Validated Practices in Mathematics
Sarah Powell, Sarah King, Sarah BenzFebruary 1, 2024AP62

Introduction An understanding of mathematics gained during primary and secondary school is essential for...

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A Better Future With a Future Fund
David Murray AOJanuary 30, 2024PP53
The Future Fund has a clear public accountability framework, which is consistent with international best...
Facing Up To Maths Anxiety: How It Affects Achievement And What Can Be Done About It
David C. GearyJanuary 23, 2024AP61

Executive summary The mathematical competencies of students have a long-term influence on their employability and...

Prison
What is prison good for?
Peter Kurti, Maya KuranaJanuary 18, 2024AP60

A. Introduction: If crime is the question, is prison the answer? The crime rate for...

Adam Smith and Why He Matters Today
Paul Oslington, David M. HartDecember 7, 2023OP199
Adam Smith, the Scottish philosopher and economist, is one of the most significant figures to...
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Closing Opportunities, Not Loopholes
Gene TunnyNovember 30, 2023AP49
The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 would have adverse effects on Australia’s...
We are evolving into an over-regulated, over-governed, dumbed-down place
Peter SaundersAugust 24, 2007The Sydney Morning Herald

Here we go again. This time it's the Wesley Mission telling us we are all...

Strike up the band for elitism
Claire FoxAugust 18, 2007The Australian

At a big launch event for the 2012 Olympics in London attended by all the...

Elitism should not be a dirty word
Peter SaundersAugust 13, 2007The Australian

When 19th century liberals such as John Stuart Mill made the case for extending individual...

Dismantling federalism, one hospital at a time
Robert CarlingAugust 8, 2007The Canberra Times

The Federal Government's takeover of Tasmania's Mersey Hospital has attracted some of the criticism it...

Cost of New Loans Trivial
August 6, 2007The Australian Financial Review

In 2005, the system of income-contingent loans that began with HECS in 1989 was extended...

With A High IQ Comes Need For Special Education
August 6, 2007The Sydney Morning Herald

When it comes to education of the intellectually gifted, Australia and the United States share...

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Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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