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Hours, Not Dollars: Rethinking the cost-of-living debate 
February 23, 2026AP102

Executive Summary Public debate about the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ often confuses nominal price increases with declining...

Overcoming Enmity and Restoring Tolerance. Antisemitism’s challenge for the civic compact
Damien FreemanFebruary 5, 2026AP99

Foreword When the Book of Genesis speaks of enmity between the serpent and the descendants...

Future No Longer Made in Australia: How we lost our low-cost electricity advantage
December 18, 2025IA154
Trouble has been brewing in Australia’s smelting paradise over the last two decades, as rising...
The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia
November 6, 2025AP93

Executive Summary Australia faces persistent economic challenges. Productivity growth has slowed, business investment is uneven,...

2025 Neville Kennard Address: The Dire Plight of the Mainstream Right
October 27, 2025OP210

This is an edited version of the speech given to the 2025 CIS Consilium event...

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder
October 16, 2025OP209
Far from it being the end of history, the story of this century so far...
This childcare overhaul will actually do very little for parents
December 14, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The news this week that the Prime Minister has committed to abolishing the activity test...

maths, anxiety, maths anxiety, policy, education
Do the maths or we’ll never be a STEM superpower
December 12, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Calls for Australia to become a STEM superpower will never be answered unless our students...

Cutting gas risks plunging Australia into blackouts
December 3, 2024DAILY TELEGRAPH
If anti-gas campaigns succeed, Australia could face a wave of blackouts due to the inherent...
Banning under 16s? Maybe we could try literally any less draconian measure first
November 30, 2024CANBERRA TIMES
Australia has become the first country in the world to attempt banning social media for...
Blackout fears prove our living standards are slipping
November 29, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

One good reason to have a controllable supply of electricity at our disposal is to...

The true lesson Aussies should learn from Trump’s victory
November 16, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Since the US election result confirmed Donald Trump would re-enter the White House in triumph,...

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