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After the Wall – Reflections on the Legacy of 1989
John Lee, Lee Duffield, Martin Krygier, Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 8, 2010OP116

The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 brought the Cold War to an...

The Power and the Responsibility: Child Protection in the Post-Welfare State Era
Jeremy SammutSeptember 8, 2010OP117

Government-run child protection services in Australia are plagued by systemic problems including a misguided emphasis...

Unrealised Potential: India’s ‘Soft Power’ Ambition in Asia
John LeeJune 30, 2010FPA4

This paper makes the argument that India’s enormous ‘soft power’ potential in Asia is based...

Healthy Stores, Healthy Communities: The Impact of Outback Stores on Remote Indigenous Australians
Sara HudsonJune 17, 2010IA122

Indigenous Australians, especially those living in remote communities, have some of the worst health outcomes...

Towards a Red Tape Trading Scheme: Treating Excessive Bureaucracy as Just Another Kind of Pollution
Oliver Marc HartwichMay 19, 2010IA121

For many years now, trading schemes have been used as mechanisms to reduce environmental pollution....

The Fantasy of Taming China’s Rise
John LeeMay 5, 2010FPA3

‘The idea that the US can manage China is failing and America, including its allies...

Why Learning is a Hard Haul Without a Dad
Alison RichJuly 15, 2000The Age

Research over the last few years has shown that, on average, children from sole parent...

Global Warming Raises Political Temperature
Barry MaleyJuly 5, 2000The Courier Mail

The National Party convention at Tweed Heads a few weeks ago made clear its opposition...

Picking Winners
Wolfgang KasperJuly 3, 2000The Evening Post

In a recent article in The Evening Post (19/6/00), Michael Wilson advocated the selective promotion...

It is no sin to be rich
Samuel GreggMay 26, 2000Business review Weekly

A discussion of the morality of wealth is timely. In the past year, there has...

Schools Need to be Truly ‘Public’
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 7, 2000

Discussions about the future of education in Australia tend to be constricted by a narrow...

Beyond the Classroom: How Parents Influence Their Children’s Education
Alison RichMarch 15, 2000

In a society that demands a high level of education and skill for a successful...

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