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States of Debt

Robert CarlingMarch 20, 2014T30.07

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

Preserving Peace as China Rises I

Benjamin HerscovitchMarch 13, 2014FPA9

Inventive foreign policy that can simultaneously reassure the Indo-Pacific’s established powers and accommodate Chinese ambitions...

Why Jaydon Can’t Read: A Forum on Fixing Literacy

Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Justine Ferrari, Tom AlegounariasFebruary 18, 2014IA144

Many thousands of Australian students have very low levels of literacy after spending four or...

Conversation with Daniel Hannan

Nick CaterFebruary 14, 2014

Nick Cater in conversation with Daniel Hannan MEP February, 2014 Daniel Hannan is one of...

Independent Charities, Independent Regulators: The Future of Not-for-Profit Regulation

Helen AndrewsFebruary 6, 2014IA143

The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission was established by the Gillard government in 2012 with...

The New Silence: Family Breakdown and Child Sexual Abuse

Jeremy SammutJanuary 30, 2014IA142

Despite family breakdown exposing children to greater risk of sexual abuse, the issue receives scant...

When to move town

Sara HudsonJuly 20, 2012

I recently spent nine days driving 4,500 kms across remote NSW – from Wagga Wagga...

You’ve got mail. ASIO wants to read it. All of it.

Andrew BakerJuly 19, 2012The Punch

Applying a market screen to NSW Health

David Gadiel, Jeremy SammutJuly 18, 2012Business Spectator

Ability, not disability, should determine access to support

Andrew BakerJuly 14, 2012The Canberra Times

Reform NSW health

Jeremy SammutJuly 13, 2012

Expenditure on NSW public hospitals has skyrocketed in the last decade from approximately $7 billion...

Home, sweet home

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonJuly 13, 2012

Something unusual is happening in Baniyala in East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Footings are being...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville

Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

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...