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Poor Arguments: A Response to the Smith Family Report on Poverty in Australia
Kayoko TsumoriJanuary 16, 2002IA21

A recent Smith Family/NATSEM report claims that poverty in Australia increased during the 1990s and...

Dangerous Protections: How Some Ways of Protecting the Freedom of Religion May Actually Diminish Religious Freedom.
Robert ForsythSeptember 24, 2001OP78

The 2001 Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom delivered by Robert Forsyth. Sometimes efforts to...

Taxing the family : Australia’s forgotten people in the income spectrum
Lucy SullivanAugust 22, 2001PM50

Over the last two decades, the tax burden has shifted from taxpayers without to taxpayers...

State of the Nation 2001: A Century of Change
Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Lucy Sullivan, Helen HughesApril 5, 2001SP04

The first edition of State of the Nation in 1997 showed in graphs and statistics,...

State of the Nation 2001: A Century of Change (CD ROM)
Jennifer Buckingham OAMApril 5, 2001SP04CD

A CD version of a major report that finds Australia is in the midst of profound...

Ten Advantages of a Federal Constitution: And How to Make the Most of Them
Geoffrey de Quincey WalkerApril 4, 2001PM49

Executive Summary Worldwide interest in federalism is greater than ever before and more countries are...

Eraring extension exposes Bowen’s credibility gap on renewables
January 21, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Those still clinging to the claim that renewable energy is cheapest will look back at...

Fear after Bondi is putting free speech on trial
Peter KurtiJanuary 14, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Instead of rushing to add new laws to an already swollen statute book, we should...
The royal commission into the Bondi attack should probe the uncomfortable question
Peter KurtiJanuary 10, 2026CANBERRA TIMES
What should Australia have done over the past two years to prevent this moment —...
Australia’s education system is failing students despite $100bn spending
Fiona MuellerDecember 27, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
Taxpayers know all too well that massive increases in education funding (approaching $100 billion a...
It is time for good people to act 
December 24, 2025ONLINE OPINION
What we saw that Sunday at Bondi not only highlighted the immediate and palpable threats...
Australia’s complacency and the Bondi beach shooting
Peter KurtiDecember 15, 2025WALL STREET JOURNAL
Whether Australia responds to the murders at Bondi with clarity or caution will reveal not...
Malaysian Dilemma: The Enduring Cancer of Affirmative Action with Dr John Lee
February 20, 2011
Tax, Borrow, Spend: How the States Compare – Robert Carling
February 15, 2011
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
Liberalism as fundamentalism
Robert Forsyth, Gordon MenziesFebruary 1, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Gordon discuss issues arising from Gordon’s 2020 book Western Fundamentalism in which he...
Why liberalism is essential to the arts
Robert Forsyth, Simon Mordant AM AOJanuary 25, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Simon discuss how important liberalism is as philosophy of freedom and equality, despite...

Liberalism says No to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 18, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Warren discuss at length why Warren believes liberalism is good for indigenous Australians,...

Liberalism says Yes to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Andrew BraggJanuary 11, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Andrew discuss some of the provocative ideas in his recent book Buraadja; The...

Liberalism is scepticism of power
Robert Forsyth, Chandran KukathasJanuary 4, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Chandran discuss Chandran’s journey from a young socialist to a thoughtful liberal. Chandran...

Liberalism needs conservatism too
Robert Forsyth, Hannes H. GissurarsonDecember 28, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and Hannes discuss everything from the pirate radio station he once ran to important...

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