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Exploring a Carbon Tax for Australia
John HumphreysNovember 6, 2007PM80

It is not a foregone conclusion that we need a carbon trading scheme or a...

Child Care: Who Benefits?
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 24, 2007IA89

Arguments for the public funding of child care rest on the claim that it is...

Tax Competition: Much To Do About Very Little
Sinclair DavidsonOctober 15, 2007PM78

Sinclair Davidson challenges the notion of ‘harmful’ international tax competition. He argues that in the...

Kava and after in the Nhulunbuy (Gulf of Carpenteria) Hinterland
Helen HughesOctober 8, 2007IA88

Worldwide, people strive to educate their children, to work, to own or rent a decent...

Tax Earmarking. Is It Good Practice?
Robert CarlingJuly 16, 2007PM75

This monograph critically analyses the use of earmarked (or ‘hypothecated’) taxes in Australia.  

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The Organisation of Residential Aged Care for an Ageing Population
Warren HoganJuly 2, 2007PM76

At the heart of this paper is the re-assertion of the need for a system...

Jim Chalmers
Holes appear as Treasurer tries to convince with verbal flourishes
Simon CowanMay 4, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The more detail we get on the government’s Future Made in Australia plans, the more...

Jerry Seinfeld
No offence, but the wokerati are killing free expression
Tom SwitzerMay 3, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

In a wide-ranging interview with the New Yorker, legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld explains how the...

Raise taxes
Why Australian tax reform is doomed to fail
Simon CowanApril 6, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Ken Henry has issued another call this week for government to pick up the long-abandoned...

Stage 3 Tax cuts
Stage three tax cuts haven’t blunted the impact of bracket creep
Matthew Taylor, Robert CarlingMarch 24, 2024AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Two months after announcing their Stage 3 income tax cuts backflip, and a month after...

Religious schools
Religious freedom is not an absolute right
Simon CowanMarch 23, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

It seems we are to go through yet another debate on the issue of religious...

Naplan
The unions are at war with NAPLAN
Edmund StephenMarch 22, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Like clockwork, NAPLAN’s most vocal critics have again shown they miss the point of the...

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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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