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Democracy and Money: The Dangers of Campaign Finance Reform
Andrew NortonJune 2, 2011PM119

Campaign finance reform is presented as improving Australian democracy and government by limiting ‘undue influence’....

Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic
Luke MalpassMay 26, 2011PM118

Liquor reform has become a political hot potato in New Zealand. Social problems caused by...

Why Does Government Grow?
Stephen KirchnerApril 13, 2011PM117

This paper examines some of the stylised facts in relation to the growth of government...

Alcohol Restrictions in Indigenous Communities and Frontier Towns
Sara HudsonApril 6, 2011PM116

The double standards applied to the enforcement of liquor legislation have contributed to the alcohol...

Droughts and Flooding Rains: Water Provision for a Growing Australia
Rebecca GillMarch 31, 2011PM115

In the 2010 federal elections, the debate over Australia’s population surfaced once again. Groups concerned...

How! Not How Much: Medicare Spending and Health Resource Allocation in Australia
Jeremy SammutMarch 16, 2011PM114

This report traces the evolution of Australian health policy and its consequences across half a...

Battle for ownership of broad non-Labour church
December 21, 2009The Australian

Malcolm Turnbull’s downfall as Liberal leader was an unusual event for right-of-centre Australian politics. A...

Labour should not take its eyes off the target
Stephen KirchnerDecember 21, 2009The Dominion Post

When New Zealand introduced inflation targeting with the passage of the Reserve Bank of New...

Chinese Urbanization Put on Hold
John LeeDecember 19, 2009The Korean Herald

The communiqué released last week after the annual Central Economic Work Conference, reportedly the most...

What if you got pink bats and a school hall for Christmas?
Stephen KirchnerDecember 18, 2009

Economist Joel Waldfogel has for many years argued in favour less gift giving at Christmas....

Latest Indigenous health scheme shows policymakers are still in ‘la la land’
Sara HudsonDecember 18, 2009

Chronic diseases, in particular cardiovascular disease, are the biggest single killers of Indigenous people. But...

Bligh’s ‘Green Army’
December 17, 2009Online opinion

Now that Keynesian pump-priming is back in vogue the old depression era adage that governments...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville
Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy
Peter Swan AO, Emilie DyeSeptember 26, 2024What You Need to Know About

The Rise of Activist Corporations with Peter Swan – Interviewed by Emilie Dye. Australian companies...

From Conversion to Classical Liberalism: The Influence of Ludwig von Mises | Dr. Jonathan Cole
Robert Forsyth, Jonathan ColeSeptember 26, 2024Liberalism in Question

Join Robert Forsyth in this enlightening interview with Dr. Jonathan Cole, a distinguished scholar and...

Government spending and inflation by Robert Carling
Robert CarlingSeptember 19, 2024Liberalism in Question

That government expenditure in Australia has grown apace in recent years is well-known. The growth...

All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza by Nigel Biggar
Nigel BiggarSeptember 18, 2024

All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza by Nigel...

Government Spending and Inflation
Robert Carling, Emilie DyeSeptember 17, 2024What You Need to Know About

Government spending and inflation with Robert Carling – Interviewed by Emilie Dye. That government expenditure...

The History of Liberalism in Iran | Behnam Ben Taleblu
Robert ForsythSeptember 12, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this thought-provoking interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Behnam Ben Taleblu, a renowned Iran...

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