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Family on the Edge: Stability and Fertility in Prosperity and Recession
Barry MaleySeptember 16, 2009PM101

Over the last 40 years or so, there have been great changes in the Australian...

KiwiRail: Doomed to Fail?
Luke MalpassSeptember 10, 2009IA115

Government ownership cannot and will not ‘fix’ rail in New Zealand.  Luke Malpass argues that...

Supersize New Zealand : A Collection of Essays on How to Improve New Zealand’s Public Policy
Luke MalpassSeptember 9, 2009PF17

This collection of essays from the Centre for Independent Studies show that increased regulation and...

Why America will lead the ‘Asian Century’
John LeeAugust 19, 2009FPA1

The beginning of the end of America’s strategic primacy in Asia is commonly predicted. We...

Supping with the Devil : Government Contracts and the Non-Profit Sector
Peter SaundersAugust 9, 2009PF16

There was a time when it was easy to look at the formal organisations in...

Why Public Hospitals Are Overcrowded: Ten Points for Policymakers
Jeremy SammutAugust 1, 2009PM99

Beside the perennial and serious problem of ever-lengthening waiting lists for elective surgery, major public...

The pages of creative destruction
Stephen KirchnerMarch 11, 2011

Australian readers have for the most part been poorly served by their booksellers, publishers and...

Politics is just another beauty contest
Oliver Marc HartwichMarch 11, 2011

Those working in politics and the media often assume that elections are lost or won...

New Zealand is in a dangerous debt spiral
Oliver Marc HartwichMarch 10, 2011Business Spectator

The earthquake that struck Christchurch two weeks ago was not only a national catastrophe for...

Party needs to loosen its grip
John LeeMarch 9, 2011The Australian Financial Review

Over the weekend, Premier Wen Jiabao told the National People’s Congress (NPC) that China will...

Protecting bad teachers produces chronic failure
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMarch 9, 2011The Australian

Take two schools in very remote Australia, 20km apart: in 2009, the indigenous school received...

Education the key to living in two worlds
Sara HudsonMarch 8, 2011Online Opinion

Key to the maintenance of a cultural or ethnic identity is the passing on of...

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...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy
Peter Swan AO, Emilie DyeSeptember 26, 2024What You Need to Know About

The Rise of Activist Corporations with Peter Swan – Interviewed by Emilie Dye. Australian companies...

From Conversion to Classical Liberalism: The Influence of Ludwig von Mises | Dr. Jonathan Cole
Robert Forsyth, Jonathan ColeSeptember 26, 2024Liberalism in Question

Join Robert Forsyth in this enlightening interview with Dr. Jonathan Cole, a distinguished scholar and...

Government spending and inflation by Robert Carling
Robert CarlingSeptember 19, 2024Liberalism in Question

That government expenditure in Australia has grown apace in recent years is well-known. The growth...

All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza by Nigel Biggar
Nigel BiggarSeptember 18, 2024

All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza by Nigel...

Government Spending and Inflation
Robert Carling, Emilie DyeSeptember 17, 2024What You Need to Know About

Government spending and inflation with Robert Carling – Interviewed by Emilie Dye. That government expenditure...

The History of Liberalism in Iran | Behnam Ben Taleblu
Robert ForsythSeptember 12, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this thought-provoking interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Behnam Ben Taleblu, a renowned Iran...

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