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Child Care and the Labour Supply
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 23, 2008IA97

Child care is said to be a public good because it supposedly has developmental and...

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations Inquiry 2008
Kayoko Tsumori, Peter SaundersJuly 11, 2008
Must Religion be a Threat to Liberty?
Robert SiricoJuly 5, 2008OP112

Does Christianity destroy or defend freedom? Answering this question, Fr Robert A. Sirico turns to...

Adam Smith – A Primer
Eamonn ButlerJuly 4, 2008OP110

Despite his fame, there is still widespread ignorance about the breadth of Adam Smith’s contrinbutions...

CDEP: Help or Hindrance? The Community Development Employment Program and its Impact on Indigenous Australians
Sara HudsonJuly 2, 2008PM86

Established more than thirty years ago, the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program has expanded...

The False Promise of GP Super Clinics Part 2: Coordinated Care
Jeremy SammutJune 20, 2008PM85

The report’s author Jeremy Sammut examines the evidence for the Rudd government’s plan to use...

Pump the brakes, Hastie. Let me explain how wrong you’ve gotten it
Simon CowanOctober 3, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
In reality, it was taxpayers and consumers who were being held hostage: by government who...
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Energy targets need a pinch of reality dust
Aidan MorrisonSeptember 25, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
When Peter Pan pointed through the nursery window and said “second star to the right...
Keep raiding our super and you’ll only create a smaller, meaner country
Simon CowanSeptember 20, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
Rumours are swirling that the government may reconsider its superannuation tax changes that will hit...
Australia’s housing push is bipartisan
Peter TulipSeptember 17, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE
The Liberal party has two traditions, conservatism and support for free markets. Normally, those movements...
The world isn’t ending tomorrow, despite what Chris Bowen claims
Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonSeptember 15, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

Chris Bowen launched today’s climate press conference like a preacher at a doomsday rally. The...

Clare’s new education body offers a real chance for reform
Glenn FaheySeptember 10, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
Canberra’s bold plan to revolutionise education oversight faces a stark choice: become a game-changer or...
Jakarta’s Juggling Act – Jessica Brown
January 27, 2011
US-China relations – Dr John Lee
January 19, 2011
Empires on the Edge of Chaos
Niall FergusonDecember 15, 2010

Professor Niall Ferguson. Author of best-selling The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the...

Ayaan Hirsi-Ali – Eternal Vigilance: Why we must not take Freedom of Speech for Granted
December 15, 2010
Constitutional Conservatism – Peter Berkowitz
December 14, 2010
Populate and perish? Oliver Hartwich and Jessica Brown
September 28, 2010
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

You can listen to The Stutchbury Sessions on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM or listen...

Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyOctober 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

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Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 16, 2025

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Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 15, 2025

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