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House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations Inquiry 2008
Kayoko Tsumori, Peter SaundersJuly 11, 2008
Must Religion be a Threat to Liberty?
Robert SiricoJuly 5, 2008OP112

Does Christianity destroy or defend freedom? Answering this question, Fr Robert A. Sirico turns to...

Adam Smith – A Primer
Eamonn ButlerJuly 4, 2008OP110

Despite his fame, there is still widespread ignorance about the breadth of Adam Smith’s contrinbutions...

CDEP: Help or Hindrance? The Community Development Employment Program and its Impact on Indigenous Australians
Sara HudsonJuly 2, 2008PM86

Established more than thirty years ago, the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program has expanded...

The False Promise of GP Super Clinics Part 2: Coordinated Care
Jeremy SammutJune 20, 2008PM85

The report’s author Jeremy Sammut examines the evidence for the Rudd government’s plan to use...

A Whiff of Compassion? The Attack on Mutual Obligation
Peter SaundersJune 10, 2008IA96

Mutual obligation requires people receiving welfare benefits to undertake a prescribed activity or forfeit some...

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On Liberty EP42 How an unprecedented presidency changed everything.
Salvatore Babones, Zoe DanielMarch 10, 2021On Liberty

Donald Trump turned America on its head and shocked the world, taking an isolationist approach...

25 years since John Howard’s landslide election victory
John Howard OM AC, Tom SwitzerMarch 9, 2021

4, March 2021 marked the 25th anniversary of the Howard Coalition government’s election. In honour...

On Liberty EP41 The Paradox of Prosperity
Salvatore Babones, Peter MurphyMarch 3, 2021On Liberty

Does prosperity depend on discipline, rational planning, and strict adherence to scientific principles? Or is...

On Liberty EP40 Biden shows he is no Barack Obama
Salvatore Babones, John LeeFebruary 24, 2021On Liberty

We welcomed former CIS scholar John Lee. Recently writing in The Australian, John highlighted the...

Helping People in 100 Years VS Helping People Now
Bjorn LomborgFebruary 21, 2021

The world’s governments have picked 169 well-meaning targets, promising everything to everyone. But too many...

Let’s look at the Facts of the 2020 Australian Bush Fires
Bjorn Lomborg, Tom SwitzerFebruary 20, 2021

Global warming is a problem that we should tackle… smartly. But climate change will not...

Liberalism as fundamentalism
Robert Forsyth, Gordon MenziesFebruary 1, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Gordon discuss issues arising from Gordon’s 2020 book Western Fundamentalism in which he...
Why liberalism is essential to the arts
Robert Forsyth, Simon Mordant AM AOJanuary 25, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Simon discuss how important liberalism is as philosophy of freedom and equality, despite...

Liberalism says No to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 18, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Warren discuss at length why Warren believes liberalism is good for indigenous Australians,...

Liberalism says Yes to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Andrew BraggJanuary 11, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Andrew discuss some of the provocative ideas in his recent book Buraadja; The...

Liberalism is scepticism of power
Robert Forsyth, Chandran KukathasJanuary 4, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Chandran discuss Chandran’s journey from a young socialist to a thoughtful liberal. Chandran...

Liberalism needs conservatism too
Robert Forsyth, Hannes H. GissurarsonDecember 28, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and Hannes discuss everything from the pirate radio station he once ran to important...

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