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FaHCSIA Indigenous Economic Development Strategy 2010

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonDecember 17, 2010

Governments state that their objective is for Indigenous townships to develop and prosper like

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Ludwig von Mises-Primer

Eamonn ButlerDecember 16, 2010OP120

Ludwig von Mises was one of the greatest economists and political scientists of the twentieth...

Europe’s Painful Farewell: An Essay on the Decline of the Old World

Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 16, 2010IA123

Europe is a continent in crisis. The financial problems of many European economies became visible...

Constitutional Conservatism

Peter BerkowitzDecember 15, 2010OP119

In The Centre for Independent Studies’ annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Hoover Institution...

Empires on the Edge of Chaos: The Nasty Fiscal Arithmetic of Imperial Decline

Niall FergusonDecember 14, 2010OP118

In the 26th John Bonython lecture, Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s leading geo-economic thinkers...

Tax Reform – For Economic Growth or Bigger Government?

Robert CarlingDecember 14, 2010PF20

The report on Australia's Future Tax System (the 'Henry review') was released by the government...

Macklin shows her steel

November 27, 2009

The front pages of our newspapers have been plastered with the ETS and the internal...

We need hospital beds, not super clinics

Jeremy SammutNovember 26, 2009The Australian

If you believe the hype, Australia stands on the cusp of a healthcare revolution that...

Let internet replace journals

Oliver Marc HartwichNovember 25, 2009The Australian

He who pays the piper usually also gets to hear the tune. Not so when...

For once it’s better to end with a whimper

John LeeNovember 25, 2009The Straits Times

Washington has pulled out all the stops for President Barack Obama’s first state visitor: Indian...

Boring summits are better for everyone

John LeeNovember 24, 2009Foreign Policy

When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives as U.S. President Barack Obama’s first official state...

Capital gains tax won’t make housing more affordable

Stephen KirchnerNovember 23, 2009Online Opinion

When The Weekend Australian reported that the Rudd Government was looking at extending the capital...

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...