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What’s New with Anti-Semitism?
Paul Kelly, Peter Kurti, Philip MendesAugust 13, 2012PF24

In 2011, criticism of Israeli government domestic policy intensified in Australia with the emergence of...

How the NSW Coalition Should Govern Health: Strategies for Microeconomic Reform
David Gadiel, Jeremy SammutJuly 11, 2012PM128

In an ever-tightening fiscal environment, the focus of NSW health policy must be the microeconomic...

Indigenous Education 2012
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012PM129

In 2008, governments reduced their Indigenous literacy and numeracy target from ‘fix the problem in...

Regulation or Strangulation? Banking After the Global Financial Crisis
Ian Harper, Robert CarlingJune 12, 2012PF23

Rightly or wrongly, inadequate regulation of finance has taken much of the blame for the...

The Condensed Wealth of Nations and The Incredibly Condensed Theory of Moral Sentiments
Eamonn ButlerJune 12, 2012OP126

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is one of the most important books ever written....

Faraway, So Close: How the Euro Crisis Affects Australia
Oliver Marc HartwichApril 23, 2012IA132

Europe’s economic crisis has been shaking financial markets for the past three years. Countries like...

Excessive bureaucracy stifles uni flexibility
April 18, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Brendan Nelson isn't pleased that, apparently, someone was admitted to a teaching course despite very...

How increased self reliance will result in a lower burden
Peter SaundersApril 8, 2005The Canberra Times

Tax and welfare reform are on the agenda. Given the government’s newly-won control of the...

Priced out of further education
Steven SchwartzApril 4, 2005The Age

Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson has urged Australians who want to maintain their standard of...

Leave uni governance in hands of the states
March 31, 2005The Newcastle Herald

With universities, the Commonwealth Government has itself an exceptional pay less, get more deal. While...

There should be no let-up in the war for democracy
April PalmerleeMarch 29, 2005The Canberra Times

The centre of power has shifted in Washington . In the lead-up to the invasion...

Let the market decide the best approach
Ross FarrellyMarch 28, 2005The Australian

The recent controversy over Wayne Sawyer’s editorial in English in Australia , the journal of...

Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
Tom SwitzerNovember 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
JBL Eberstadt
The Coming Global Depopulation
Nicholas Eberstadt October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
In Depth Q&A: Mearsheimer and Varghese disagree on US Grand Strategy, Ukraine, Russia and China.
John Mearsheimer, Peter Varghese, Tom SwitzerNovember 7, 2023

PART 2. Following a lecture from Professor John Mearsheimer in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October....

Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
John MearsheimerOctober 31, 2023

PART 1. Professor John Mearsheimer addressed an audience in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October as...

CIS Executive Director Tom Switzer’s interview with Professor Mearsheimer on ABC Radio Nationa, john mershiemer, tom switzer, russia, ukraiin, australia
John Mearsheimer: Will Israel and Ukraine derail the US pivot to Asia
John MearsheimerOctober 26, 2023
CIS Executive Director Tom Switzer’s interview with Professor Mearsheimer on ABC Radio National....
Annual Gala Dinner and John Bonython Lecture 2023
Jason Riley, Tom SwitzerSeptember 1, 2023

The Soul of Black Conservatism Jason Riley is a columnist at the Wall Street Journal,...

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