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Liberalism applied? Policy shifts in the transition from Chifley to Menzies
Tom SwitzerNovember 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
Matthew Taylor, Emilie DyeNovember 9, 2023IA148
For those on lower incomes, even a small increase in nominal income leads to a...
2023 John Bonython Lecture: Questioning Orthodoxies
Jason RileyAugust 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
Scott PrasserAugust 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?
Peter KurtiJuly 27, 2023AP51

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

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

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

The human face of economics
Greg LindsayJune 29, 2001The Australian Financial Review

Would I advise one of my children to become an economist?  Surely there are more...

Laissez faire not fair for all
Steven SchwartzJune 27, 2001The Australian

In a spirited defence of sacked Wollongong University academic Ted Steele, Brian Martin (HES, April...

Chance for IMF reform
Helen HughesJune 13, 2001The Australian Financial Review

Last week’s appointment of Anne Krueger as deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund...

Communism is dead, but there’s life yet in socialism
Vaclav KlausJune 1, 2001The Australian

Ten years ago I accepted as the title of The John Bonython Lecture I was...

Pros and Cons of a Bill of Rights
Samuel GreggMay 29, 2001The Canberra Times

As historians look back on the 20th century, some will note the assertion of rights-claims...

Talking Trash: When Standards are set by the Underclass
Charles MurrayMay 23, 2001The Sydney Morning Herald

Many elites in the United States are disavowing what is best in our culture and...

Simon Cowan on The Drum 30 August 2013
September 6, 2013
Simon Cowan on Sunrise – Cost of Living
September 6, 2013
George Brandis on Freedom & Human Rights – August 2013
September 4, 2013
George Brandis Interview on Human Rights
September 4, 2013
George Brandis Interview on Human Rights
September 4, 2013
Lies & the unemployment rate – Andrew Baker on ABC The Business
August 30, 2013
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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