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Fiscal Shock and Awe in the United States
Robert CarlingOctober 21, 2009IA118

The US federal budget deficit was $US1.4 trillion (10% of GDP) in the fiscal year...

What’s Next for Welfare-to-Work?
October 15, 2009IA117

In 2006, the Howard government’s Welfare to Work reforms placed new eligibility requirements on recipients...

Fiscal Fallacies : The Failure of Activist Fiscal Policy
Stephen KirchnerOctober 14, 2009PF18

The global financial crisis that emerged in 2007 has turned into a major, worldwide economic...

The Past is the Future for Public Hospitals: An Insider’s Perspective on Hospital Administration
John R. GrahamOctober 8, 2009PM102

There is no bigger issue facing the Australian health system than what to do about...

Ending the Churn: A Tax/Welfare Swap
John HumphreysOctober 7, 2009PM100

The Australian welfare system—including health, education and handouts—costs more than $250 billion per year. Some...

Educating The Disadvantaged
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 1, 2009IA116

Every child can succeed at school if education providers take the right approach. Educating the...

Lent for climate change?
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012

The season of Lent began this week. Some Christians will mark the six-week period of...

Religious freedom must not be taken for granted
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012ABC Online

Conservatives in the United States are increasingly alarmed at President Barak Obama's indifference to the...

WA should invest and lower taxes before hoarding revenue
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 24, 2012

On 22 February, WA Premier Colin Barnett said his government would announce a sub-national sovereign...

Slow justice damaging political culture
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 24, 2012

The wheels of justice grind slowly, but perhaps even more so in Australia. Comparing the...

Returning to old European rivalries
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 23, 2012Business Spectator
Why a sovereign wealth fund won’t work
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 21, 2012Business Spectator

There has been growing debate as to whether Australia should make greater use of Australia’s...

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...

Making Maths Teaching Count
Sarah Powell, Toni Hatten-Roberts, Glenn FaheyApril 12, 2024

In this episode, we delve into the concerning decline of proficiency in mathematics among Australian...

The Science of Learning
Trisha JhaApril 8, 2024What You Need to Know About

The science of learning represents an opportunity to design instruction in a way that is...

Australia’s 100+ Taxes
April 3, 2024What You Need to Know About

Leading economists Robert Carling and Warren Hogan discuss our true tax burden, which is higher...

Can Humanity Sustain Its Growth? Marian Tupy Analyzes Resource Availability.
Robert Forsyth, Marian L. TupyApril 3, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode, Rob chats with Marian Tupy, the editor of Human​Progress.org, a senior fellow...

Sherelle Jacobs – The Western World at a Tipping Point.
Robert ForsythMarch 25, 2024Liberalism in Question

On this episode, Rob engages in a compelling conversation with Sherelle Jacobs, a columnist for...

Greedflation: Inflation with an Agenda – With Warren Hogan
March 12, 2024What You Need to Know About

Warren Hogan is an eminent economist, and the founder of EQ Economics, a Sydney-based micro...

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