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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away: Submission to Economic Reform Roundtable

August 18, 2025AP87

Introduction As Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser noted last year, it can be...

Addressing Australia’s Productivity Problem. CORE Blueprint to Unshackle Productivity

Jim CoxAugust 14, 2025AP86

Introduction There is no one action that will lift Australia’s dwindling productivity growth; it is...

Events, Dear Boy. Any Government Can Be Derailed

Tom SwitzerAugust 11, 2025OP207

Foreword After an election result as sobering as May 3, 2025, there is a temptation...

The Productivity Problem. Australia’s Growth Slump Is Undermining Prosperity

Jim CoxAugust 7, 2025AP85

Executive summary Concern over Australia’s slow rate of productivity growth is justified as it is...

Leviathan on the Rampage: Government spending growth a threat to Australia’s economic future

Robert CarlingJuly 23, 2025AP84

Executive summary The rising trend of government expenditure in Australia has long been present but...

Sex and maths success: myths and interventions

David C. GearyJuly 17, 2025AP83

Executive summary Mathematical competencies at the completion of secondary school influence later educational and occupational...

It’s all about the city

December 10, 2010

Australians are ticked off with cities. We're maddened by crowds, incensed by traffic jams, fed...

Top students go backwards

Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 9, 2010The Australian

The results of the Program for International Student Assessment every three years are highly anticipated...

Trichet’s prize for shredding Europe

Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 9, 2010Business Spectator

Life in Euroland is full of ironies but they don’t come much more bitter than...

Aborigines should be given houses for free

Sara HudsonDecember 8, 2010The Newcastle Herald

Australians who think they are being locked out of the housing market because of rising...

Rudd deserves points for confronting some brutal truths

John LeeDecember 6, 2010Crikey

The leaked conversation between Hillary Clinton and Kevin Rudd contradicts the perception that the former...

German polemic has resonance for West

Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 4, 2010The Australian

Books published solely in German seldom receive international attention. Rightly or wrongly, Deutsch has a...

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...

Angus Taylor at CIS: Economic Reform, Immigration, and Australia’s Cost of Living Crisis

Angus Taylor, Michael StutchburyFebruary 19, 2026

Speaking at his first address outside Canberra since being elected Leader of the Opposition by...

Education Reform in Australia | Jennifer Buckingham

Robert Forsyth, Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 17, 2026

Join us on Liberalism in Question for an enlightening discussion with Dr. Jennifer Buckingham, former...

The hidden truth behind soaring power bills | Zoe Hilton

Zoe HiltonFebruary 13, 2026

Were you hoping your electricity bills would go down anytime soon? Well, think again! A...

Australia’s Liberal Odyssey: Tracing Freedom’s Path

Robert Forsyth, Greg MelleuishFebruary 10, 2026

In this thought-provoking episode of Liberalism in Question, we delve into the rich tapestry of...

Our Civic Compact is Shattered

Peter KurtiFebruary 10, 2026

Explosive 316% Jump in Antisemitic Attacks: Could This Be the End of Australia’s Harmony? Dive...