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A Streak of Hypocrisy: Reactions to the Global Financial Crisis and Generational Debt
Jeremy SammutDecember 15, 2008PM90

This paper examines the policy challenges associated with the ageing of the Australian population through...

Harmacy: The Political Economy of Community Pharmacy in Australia
David GadielDecember 10, 2008PM89

The regulatory environment that governs community pharmacy has created one of Australia’s most protected industries....

Capital Xenophobia II
Stephen KirchnerNovember 23, 2008PM88

It is now widely realised that unhindered international trade has been the engine of sustained...

Making the Grade: School Report Cards and League Tables
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 20, 2008IA103

International research shows that students in schools that publish their results publicly perform better than...

Million Dollar Babies: Paid Parental Leave and Family Policy Reform
November 18, 2008IA102

In February 2008, the federal government asked the Productivity Commission to recommend a national paid...

China’s Insecurity and Search for Power
John LeeNovember 13, 2008IA101

Sir Winston Churchill once said of Russia that its future actions were ‘a riddle, wrapped...

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Has China Won? Mahbubani vs Mearsheimer
John Mearsheimer, Kishore Mahbubani, Tom SwitzerMay 11, 2020

At a time when tensions are running high, CIS Executive Director Tom Switzer asked Has...

On Liberty EP6 How can we repair the economic damage that has been done?
Salvatore Babones, Judith SloanMay 7, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones speaks with Judith Sloan, contributing economics editor at The Australian. They’ll focus on...

On Liberty EP5 Lockdown and indigenous communities
Salvatore Babones, Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceApril 30, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones speaks with Jacinta Price, Director of the Indigenous Program at the Centre for...

On Liberty EP4 Australian pharmaceutical CEO on challenges during Covid-19
Salvatore Babones, James McBrayerApril 23, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones speaks with James McBrayer, CEO of the listed medical technology company Cyclopharm and...

On Liberty EP3 ‘Social’ interactions during lockdown
Salvatore Babones, Monica WilkieApril 16, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones speaks with CIS Policy Analyst Monica Wilkie. Monica writes on free speech, freedom...

On Liberty EP2 Managing the aftermath of coronavirus
Salvatore Babones, Alexander DownerApril 9, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones spoke with Alexander Downer, Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister and chairman of The UK...

Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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