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Southeast Asia’s American Embrace
March 29, 2012FPA7

All Southeast Asian states want to take advantage of the benefits of a rising China,...

Overcoming a Culture of Low Expectations
March 28, 2012IA131

The most important thing we can do to encourage disadvantaged Australians into work – including...

Flight of the Kiwi: Addressing the Brain Drain
Andrew Patterson, David Kirk, Don Turkington, Luke MalpassMarch 27, 2012PF22

In early 2009, the NZ government established the 2025 Taskforce to provide recommendations on closing...

NSW Community Discussion Paper: Improving Educational Outcomes for Aboriginal People
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMarch 23, 2012

By ending the raft of current discriminatory, costly and ineffective Indigenous education policies, the New...

Charlatan Training: How Aboriginal Health Workers Are Being Short-changed
Sara HudsonMarch 21, 2012PM127

Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) have been short changed. They have not only been provided with...

The Henry Tax Review: A Liberal Critique
March 14, 2012IA130

The public release of Australia’s Future Tax System—known as the Henry review—in May 2010 sparked...

The Downsides of the JobKeeper Redux
Robert CarlingJuly 15, 2021Epoch Times

It did not take long for commentators to label the revised joint Commonwealth and state...

Inside the Great Siege of Sydney
Robert CarlingJuly 14, 2021Spectator

The current Covid-19 restrictions on normal life in Sydney and surrounds have been portrayed as...

Greater Sydney Lockdown: The Least-Worst Option?
Peter KurtiJuly 12, 2021Epoch Times

Loss of liberty is the price now being paid by the people of New South...

The gilded cage down under
Robert CarlingJuly 9, 2021Weltwoche

In the Covid-19 era, Australia stands out. It has recorded infections (nearly 31,000) and deaths...

US abandons Afghanistan to totalitarian hell
William MaleyJuly 8, 2021The Australian

Afghans who have worked closely with either the US or its allies are now in...

Truancy the Roadblock to Closing the Indigenous Achievement Gap
Glenn FaheyJuly 8, 2021Epoch Times

The decision to remove attendance targets for Indigenous students shows how policymakers have the wrong...

On Liberty EP42 How an unprecedented presidency changed everything.
Salvatore Babones, Zoe DanielMarch 10, 2021On Liberty

Donald Trump turned America on its head and shocked the world, taking an isolationist approach...

25 years since John Howard’s landslide election victory
John Howard OM AC, Tom SwitzerMarch 9, 2021

4, March 2021 marked the 25th anniversary of the Howard Coalition government’s election. In honour...

On Liberty EP41 The Paradox of Prosperity
Salvatore Babones, Peter MurphyMarch 3, 2021On Liberty

Does prosperity depend on discipline, rational planning, and strict adherence to scientific principles? Or is...

On Liberty EP40 Biden shows he is no Barack Obama
Salvatore Babones, John LeeFebruary 24, 2021On Liberty

We welcomed former CIS scholar John Lee. Recently writing in The Australian, John highlighted the...

Helping People in 100 Years VS Helping People Now
Bjorn LomborgFebruary 21, 2021

The world’s governments have picked 169 well-meaning targets, promising everything to everyone. But too many...

Let’s look at the Facts of the 2020 Australian Bush Fires
Bjorn Lomborg, Tom SwitzerFebruary 20, 2021

Global warming is a problem that we should tackle… smartly. But climate change will not...

Liberalism as fundamentalism
Robert Forsyth, Gordon MenziesFebruary 1, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Gordon discuss issues arising from Gordon’s 2020 book Western Fundamentalism in which he...
Why liberalism is essential to the arts
Robert Forsyth, Simon Mordant AM AOJanuary 25, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Simon discuss how important liberalism is as philosophy of freedom and equality, despite...

Liberalism says No to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 18, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Warren discuss at length why Warren believes liberalism is good for indigenous Australians,...

Liberalism says Yes to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Andrew BraggJanuary 11, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Andrew discuss some of the provocative ideas in his recent book Buraadja; The...

Liberalism is scepticism of power
Robert Forsyth, Chandran KukathasJanuary 4, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Chandran discuss Chandran’s journey from a young socialist to a thoughtful liberal. Chandran...

Liberalism needs conservatism too
Robert Forsyth, Hannes H. GissurarsonDecember 28, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and Hannes discuss everything from the pirate radio station he once ran to important...

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