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Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards
Benjamin HerscovitchFebruary 19, 2013IA137

Australia’s Asian embrace: Australia’s exports to Asia are almost triple its exports to the rest...

Capitalism and Virtue: Reaffirming Old Truths
Charles MurrayFebruary 7, 2013OP130

Capitalism has become a dirty word and the current ‘segregation of capitalism from virtue’ is...

Moral Wisdom and the Recovery of Virtue
Peter KurtiFebruary 6, 2013OP128

Philosophers of information technology have been pondering for some time now whether social media technology...

Panacea to Prison? Justice Reinvestment in Indigenous Communities
Sara HudsonJanuary 31, 2013PM134

High Indigenous incarceration rates have elicited a long list of so-called solutions over the years....

Sustainability of Indigenous Communities
Ron Staples, Sara Hudson, Wesley AirdDecember 20, 2012OP127

Social indicators of Indigenous disadvantage prove that the orthodox methods of delivering services to Indigenous...

Keeping PISA in Perspective: Why Australian Education Policy Should Not Be Driven by International Test Results
Jennifer Buckingham OAMDecember 18, 2012IA136

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Maths and Science...

Bob Carr’s genocide claims are dangerous for social cohesion
Peter KurtiJuly 29, 2025AFR

Labor’s Friends of Israel group has made this point forcefully. They call for principled criticism,...

Government’s spending surge a threat to productivity
Simon Cowan, Robert CarlingJuly 26, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
As we get closer to the productivity roundtable that the government hopes will solve all...
Labor’s path to joining the worst welfare states
Robert CarlingJuly 23, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Jim Chalmers’ economic reform roundtable must confront Australia’s entitlement mindset – which governments have fostered....
The 3 intergenerational challenges Chalmers’ roundtable must fix
Trisha JhaJuly 18, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The government’s upcoming Productivity Roundtable risks being yet another fest of short-term electoral thinking....
We’ve been here before. This time it’s serious
Greg LindsayJuly 16, 2025SPECTATOR

With the current Treasurer jumping on the tax reform bandwagon, assuring the public that reform...

Back the plan and save Australia from hatred
Peter KurtiJuly 14, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Our Jewish neighbours, colleagues and friends are facing harassment, threats and exclusion in ways this...
Jakarta’s Juggling Act – Jessica Brown
January 27, 2011
US-China relations – Dr John Lee
January 19, 2011
Empires on the Edge of Chaos
Niall FergusonDecember 15, 2010

Professor Niall Ferguson. Author of best-selling The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the...

Ayaan Hirsi-Ali – Eternal Vigilance: Why we must not take Freedom of Speech for Granted
December 15, 2010
Constitutional Conservatism – Peter Berkowitz
December 14, 2010
Populate and perish? Oliver Hartwich and Jessica Brown
September 28, 2010
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

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Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyOctober 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

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Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 16, 2025

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Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 15, 2025

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