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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...

Towards Racial Harmony: A New Constitution for Fiji
Wolfgang KasperMarch 5, 2001IA19

Repeated ‘constitutional accidents’ have shown that Fiji’s internal stability, security, peace and prosperity cannot be...

Breaking the Trade Stalemate: What Are Australia’s Options?
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 12, 2001IA18

Australia’s best hope of long-term trade liberalisation lies in signing a free trade agreement with...

School Funding for All: Making Sense of the Debate over Dollars
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 12, 2000IA17

Public debate over school funding is characterised by misinformation and misunderstanding. Any sort of agreement...

Code of Silence: Public Reporting of School Performance
Alison RichOctober 4, 2000IA16

Australians are being left in the dark when it comes to public school performance. The...

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price maiden speech
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s maiden speech
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJuly 27, 2022HANSARD

Thank you, Madam President. I am immensely honoured to be standing here before you as...

JUDGE LAW LEGAL
This is what happens when politics puts on judicial robes
Helen DaleJuly 23, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

When I learnt that a SCOTUS judgment — on abortion, no less — had leaked,...

New mindset of action must replace grand symbolic gestures
Anthony Dillon, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 20, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

During the past few weeks, The Australian newspaper, as it has done responsibly many times...

Wellbeing budget
‘Wellbeing’ budgets are a ruse that fail to deliver progress
Simon CowanJuly 16, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

So Australia will follow New Zealand’s ‘lead’ in introducing a wellbeing-focused budget. Labor has been...

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Looking for racism goes against the fabric of Australian society
Peter KurtiJuly 15, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Determined to portray Australia in the drab colours of bigotry and prejudice, anti-racism warriors are...

teachers resignation
There is no great resignation of teachers
Glenn FaheyJuly 10, 2022AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Education unions say there are too many teachers leaving the profession, but the real problem...

Does Hong Kong Have a Future?
Salvatore Babones, Simon Littlewood, Daniel Del ReOctober 23, 2020

Australia seeks to attract “key businesses and global super talent to Australia”, in the words...

On Liberty EP30 Is religion cherished in Australia?
Salvatore Babones, Sophie YorkOctober 22, 2020On Liberty

We welcomed Sophie York, barrister, law lecturer, and board director. Sophie believes, “religious freedom is...

On Liberty EP29 Why the world needs a free Taiwan
Salvatore Babones, Elizabeth LarusOctober 15, 2020On Liberty

We welcomed Chinese politics expert Professor Elizabeth Larus of the University of Mary Washington to...

The Fear Epidemic
Frank Furedi, Monica WilkieOctober 14, 2020

Everyone seems to be cursing 2020. We have seen a coronavirus pandemic, mass unemployment, an...

Lower Company Tax to Resuscitate the Economy | Jacinta Price
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceOctober 8, 2020

Lower Company Tax Rates! There is substantial international evidence as to the impacts of a...

Australia’s 2020 Federal Budget
Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Danielle WoodOctober 8, 2020

The Most Consequential Budget of our Generation. Covid-19 has blown an unprecedented hole in the...

Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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