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The Argument For Debate: how school debating can improve academic outcomes and foster a stronger democracy
Deidre Clary, Fiona MuellerDecember 5, 2024AP77

Introduction The Education Goals for Young Australians prioritise “excellence and equity” and the formation of...

Gorillas In The Mist. How government obscures its spending
Gene TunnyNovember 21, 2024PP59

Executive Summary Government overreach: The federal government’s planned $78 billion of off-budget measures over the...

The Future of Australian Multiculturalism
Peter Kurti, Damien Freeman, Jonathan Cole, Bryan TurnerOctober 24, 2024AP76
The tolerance and diversity of which we have been rightly proud has given way to...
The Coming Global Depopulation. John Bonython Lecture 2024
Nicholas Eberstadt October 16, 2024OP204
What lies ahead? What will depopulation mean for society, the economy, politics and international relations?...
Land Use Restrictions and the Australian Housing Policy Debate
Peter TulipOctober 15, 2024FABIAN SOCIETY
Planning restrictions are a major reason why housing in Australia is so expensive. For example,...
Truth Decay
Andrew BellOctober 3, 2024OP203
The issue with which this year’s lecture engages is truth and the challenges presented by...
The state should never be the arbiter of what people can think
Brendan O'NeillApril 17, 2014spiked

Ever since Captain Cook set foot here, Australia’s exotic creatures have wowed the rest of...

Paid Parental Leave: Is it really going to pay for the age pension?
Matthew TaylorApril 17, 2014

In recent months, a number of Labor frontbenchers have contrasted the Treasurer’s statements about how...

Let’s adopt a more sensible approach to kids in care
Jeremy SammutApril 16, 2014The Australian

Prime Minister Tony Abbott wants to make it easier for Australian parents to adopt children....

Getting millionaires off the old-age pension
Jeremy SammutApril 15, 2014The Daily Telegraph

If Treasurer Joe Hockey is serious about ending the culture of entitlement, he should look...

Brendan O’Neill on the Racial Discrimination Act and freedom of speech
Brendan O'NeillApril 15, 2014Radio National

When I tell people I think Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be...

Diary changes agenda
Nick CaterApril 15, 2014The Australian

Hats off to Bob Carr. Within days of publication, Diary of a Foreign Minister has...

Why Jaydon Can’t Read: Justine Ferrari & Tom Alegounarias – Forum 2/3
January 20, 2014
Why Jaydon Can’t Read: Fixing Literacy – Forum 1/3
January 20, 2014
Strengthening Australia’s Fiscal Position – Dr Stephen Kirchner
December 11, 2013
Multiculturalism & the Fetish of Diversity – Peter Kurti
December 9, 2013
Deirdre McCloskey – John Bonython Lecture 2013
December 8, 2013
Cautiously Optimistic: Bourgeois Dignity & Global Prosperity
Deidre McCloskeyDecember 8, 2013

The Centre for Independent Studies’ 2013 John Bonython Lecture(JBL) was given by Professor Deirdre McCloskey,...

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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