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Emissions Tax: The Least Worst Option
Luke MalpassJuly 16, 2009IA113

Following warnings from mainstream scientists, politicians around the world have rushed to implement a range...

In Defence of Non-Government Schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 2, 2009IA112

The Rudd Labor government has so far taken a hands-off approach to the issue of...

Schools of Thought: A Collection of Articles on Education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 1, 2009SP10

Over the last decade, schools policy in Australia has undergone significant changes. Jennifer Buckingham has...

The Folly of Criminalising Cartels
Jason SoonJune 3, 2009IA111

A cartel is an agreement between competitors not to compete. The most well-known and publicised...

Will China Fail: The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism 2nd Edition
John LeeMay 28, 2009PM96

Debates about China have been overloaded by the burden of interests rather than investigation, by...

Indigenous Participation in University Education
Joe LaneMay 27, 2009IA110

Since the 1980s, more than 20,000 Indigenous university graduates have joined the Australian labour force....

Harvard University affirmative action reveals flaw in zero-sum equality push
Simon CowanJuly 15, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In a heavily anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court recently ruled that two major...

Meritocracy
A great court victory for meritocracy
Steven SchwartzJune 30, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The United States Supreme Court’s meritocracy verdict in favour of Students for Fair Admissions has...

Covid policies policy
Covid-era policies cost young people $116bn
Gigi FosterJune 18, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Our policymakers have yet to apologise for or even recognise the scale of the damage...

Aged care
Aged care cost blowout won’t be solved by higher taxes
Simon CowanJune 17, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

This week Labor’s Aged Care Minister floated the idea of an ‘aged care levy’ to...

Taming inflation
Wages can be a great threat to taming inflation
Simon CowanJune 3, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Reports this week that inflation has again increased to 6.8% for the year to April...

Why Jim Chalmers cannot shy away from stage three tax cuts
Simon CowanMay 20, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

As foreshadowed by some commentators prior to the budget, the Treasurer doubled down on his...

Anastasia Lin: China and human rights
Anastasia LinAugust 16, 2019

China uses its trade power as leverage to infiltrate institutions and bully virtually every Western...

China debate: John Mearsheimer vs Hugh White
John Mearsheimer, Hugh WhiteAugust 12, 2019

For years, Australian policymakers have balanced China’s desire for an enhanced regional role with our...

The rise and fall of the liberal international order
John MearsheimerAugust 7, 2019

The so-called rules-based international order is under serious threat. But it is a mistake to...

Racial politics in modern America
Michael Ondaatje, Jeremy SammutAugust 1, 2019

As our 2019 Helen Hughes lecturer, Michael Ondaatje surveys the increasingly tribal political landscape of...

Corporate Virtue Signalling
Jeremy Sammut, Maurice NewmanJune 20, 2019

Dr Jeremy Sammut and Maurice Newman – former chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange and...

The banking sector after Hayne
Anna Bligh, Simon CowanJune 19, 2019

How do policymakers and regulators balance restoring trust in our financial system with maintaining the...

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