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Catholic Resistance to German State Persecution: Lessons for Modern Australia
Dyson Heydon, Peter Kurti, Robert ForsythMay 30, 2014OP134

Anti-Catholic sectarianism is on the rise in Australian society even though Australian Catholicism has made...

Withholding Dividends: Better ways to make the public sector efficient
Alexander PhilipatosMay 29, 2014T30.10

As the commission of audit has uncovered, the government must make significant cuts to spending...

Budget 2014-15: Fiscal responsibility or savage cuts?
Alexander Philipatos, Benjamin Herscovitch, Helen Andrews, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Steven Schwartz, Trisha JhaMay 16, 2014SP13

The CIS analyses the Abbott government’s crucial first budget, including significant changes in the key...

School Funding on a Budget
Jennifer Buckingham OAMApril 30, 2014T30.09

Government expenditure on schools has more than doubled in real terms in the last 25...

Still Damaging and Disturbing: Australian Child Protection Data and the Need for National Adoption Targets
Jeremy SammutApril 16, 2014IA145

In December 2013, the Abbott government announced plans to make it easier for Australian parents...

States of Debt
Robert CarlingMarch 20, 2014T30.07

While Commonwealth government debt has been the focus of attention recently, this report takes a...

Paying for a future by degrees
Lauchlan ChipmanOctober 24, 2001The Australian

To the best of my knowledge, no government in the world has privatised education. Yet...

A tax credit system should be the basis for funding education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 20, 2001The Australian Financial Review

There is not much for parents or schools to get excited about in the education...

Why education free-for-all doesn’t have the numbers
October 3, 2001The Australian

Reaction to last week’s Senate report, ‘Universities in Crisis’, shows how tenacious hope can be...

When black is very definitely not white
Greg LindsayOctober 2, 2001The Australian Financial Review

A little while back, in these pages, I considered the question of whether I should...

Guts to say no before it’s too late
Owen HarriesSeptember 28, 2001The Australian

Why such a panic about a mere 430 boat people?  Given the scale of the...

A reminder of darker times
A. Hamlin, James Q. Wilson, Jeremy Shearmur, L.J. Hulme, Neil McInnesSeptember 14, 2001The Daily Telegraph

It has been said that those who lack the imagination of disaster are doomed to...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

Old buildings and the housing crisis with Peter Tulip
Peter TulipMarch 4, 2026

Peter Tulip explains how several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws...

Liberalism and the ‘Broad Church.’
Robert Forsyth, John Howard OM ACDecember 1, 2020Liberalism in Question

In a wide ranging conversation, Rob chats to former prime minister John Howard AC about...

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