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With No Particular Place To Go: The Federal Government’s Ill-conceived Support for the Australian Car Industry
Oliver Marc HartwichMarch 17, 2009IA108

The government’s ‘New Car Plan for a Greener Future,’ launched in November 2008 allocated $6.2...

From Rhetoric to Reality: Can 99-year Leases Lead to Homeownership for Indigenous Communities?
Sara HudsonMarch 5, 2009PM92

The lack of private property rights on communal title land has prevented Aborigines and Torres...

In Defence of Civil Society: The Virtue of Prescribed Private Funds
John HumphreysFebruary 18, 2009IA107

In 2008 Australians donated about $13 billion to welfare, health, education, foreign aid, and other...

Are We All Keynesians Again?
Robert CarlingFebruary 12, 2009IA106

The unfolding global economic debacle has led many governments, including our own, to reach into...

Fixing Prices: Why Vouchers Won’t Work While Governments Set Fees
Andrew NortonFebruary 11, 2009IA105

In December 2008, the federal government received the Review of Australian Higher Education: Final Report,...

Radical Surgery: The Only Cure for New South Wales Hospitals
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 27, 2009PM91

NSW public hospitals are plagued by massive systemic failures, as diagnosed in the Garling report....

Guts to say no before it’s too late
Owen HarriesSeptember 28, 2001The Australian

Why such a panic about a mere 430 boat people?  Given the scale of the...

A reminder of darker times
A. Hamlin, James Q. Wilson, Jeremy Shearmur, L.J. Hulme, Neil McInnesSeptember 14, 2001The Daily Telegraph

It has been said that those who lack the imagination of disaster are doomed to...

Time to reconsider our US ties
Owen HarriesSeptember 10, 2001The Australian Financial Review

You win one, you lose one. Immediately after coming out of the Tampa affair well...

Equity and the costs of learning
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

Once again the knives have come out over school funding. But what is the real...

Modern perils in a lucky country
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

What is the state of our nation? For the most part, Australians are better off...

Sorry, we’re not a soft target
Helen HughesAugust 29, 2001The Australian

Church and other refugee support groups are absolutely right.  The plight of the boat people...

Super Guarantee Australia
Simon Cowan, Andrew BraggAugust 24, 2021

CIS welcomed Senator Andrew Bragg to discuss recent Your Future, Your Super, legislation and the...

On Liberty EP64 What does the return of the Taliban mean for Afghanistan & The World
Salvatore Babones, Stan GrantAugust 18, 2021On Liberty

Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani fled the country on August 14, leading to a complete collapse...

Net zero emissions by 2050?
Rupert Darwall, Erwin JacksonAugust 12, 2021

In November 2021, the UN climate negotiations [COP-26] were held in Glasgow. According to the...

On Liberty EP63 What lies ahead for an isolated New Zealand?
Salvatore Babones, Jordan WilliamsAugust 11, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Jordan Williams, executive director and co-founder of the New Zealand Tax Payer’s...

On Liberty EP62 The new Israeli Government and geopolitical tensions
Salvatore Babones, Ehud YaariAugust 4, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Ehud Yaari visiting expert at the Australia Israel & Jewish Affairs Council...

Biden’s first six months; Republicans, US-China & Critical Race Theory
George F. WillJuly 29, 2021

The 2020 presidential election race was a lot closer than the pollsters had expected. Donald...

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