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Schools of Thought: A Collection of Articles on Education

Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 1, 2009SP10

Over the last decade, schools policy in Australia has undergone significant changes. Jennifer Buckingham has...

The Folly of Criminalising Cartels

Jason SoonJune 3, 2009IA111

A cartel is an agreement between competitors not to compete. The most well-known and publicised...

Will China Fail: The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism 2nd Edition

John LeeMay 28, 2009PM96

Debates about China have been overloaded by the burden of interests rather than investigation, by...

Indigenous Participation in University Education

Joe LaneMay 27, 2009IA110

Since the 1980s, more than 20,000 Indigenous university graduates have joined the Australian labour force....

Neoliberalism:The Genesis of a Political Swearword

Oliver Marc HartwichMay 19, 2009OP114

Neoliberalism is one of the most commonly used words in political debates. Despite this, the...

Breaking the Cycle of Family Joblessness

May 5, 2009PM95

Despite Australia coming off the back of a remarkable economic boom and enjoying historically low...

Public health preview

Helen AndrewsAugust 7, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

It’s always good to have a look-in when public health groups have big get-togethers, because...

Ignore the doubters. NAPLAN is important and it’s working

Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 5, 2015The Drum

The National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is doing what it was designed...

Reform spending not taxes

Greg LindsayAugust 3, 2015Australian Financial Review

The public policy debate surrounding tax and government spending has travelled a long way since...

Silver linings in recent youth unemployment data

Patrick CarvalhoAugust 3, 2015Business Spectator

Despite recent easing, youth unemployment remains worryingly high following a flood of jobless youngsters since...

Moritorium on health tax and spend policies

Jeremy SammutJuly 31, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

We urgently need to change the conversation about health. The Intergenerational Reports have warned for...

Another unhelpful tax thought bubble

Robert CarlingJuly 31, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

Last weekend’s ALP conference resolution committing a future Labor government to ‘consider’ a version 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...