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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...
Stage 3 Tax cuts
Anthony Albanese’s stage 3 tax cut blues
Simon CowanSeptember 10, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

The current uncertainty surrounding the Stage 3 tax cuts was both an entirely predictable and...

A remarkable 70-year reign
Tom SwitzerSeptember 9, 2022

Like so many people across the globe, we at CIS pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth...

domestic violence
‘Anti-racism’ makes it impossible to speak up about Aborginal domestic violence
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 7, 2022SKY NEWS

Northern Territory Supreme Court Justice Judith Kelly is not afraid to cause a stir by...

Indigenous Australia cannot be spoken for by a single Voice
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 6, 2022THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

No other Western constitution provides for an Indigenous “Voice”. Canada’s Constitution includes a simple statement...

Tax cuts
Why the government has to make the case for stage 3 tax cuts
Robert CarlingSeptember 5, 2022FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Morrison government’s stage 3 income tax cuts— still almost two years away from their...

Voice to parliament
Do we really need an Indigenous ‘voice’ to parliament?
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 4, 2022EPOCH TIMES

While Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his minister for Indigenous affairs frolic together with...

What would Adam Smith say?? PJ O’Rourke
June 1, 2009
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

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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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