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In Conversation with Marian L. Tupy
Marian L. TupyApril 16, 2026OP103

Introduction This publication covers edited extracts from three Marian L Tupy presentations as 2026 Max...

After Bondi: What must the Royal Commission achieve
Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KC, Peter KurtiApril 9, 2026OP213

Foreword On Tuesday 31 March 2026, the Centre for Independent Studies hosted a forum at...

Humankind and the infinite resource base
Marian L. TupyApril 2, 2026OP212

This paper examines the human ability to expand our resource base into infinity. Given human...

The Legislative Fantasy. Hate Speech, Culture, and Institutional Failure
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 26, 2026AP103

Foreword The Bondi Beach attack of 14 December 2025 forced a reckoning that many Australians...

Generation Trapped. Housing, handouts, and the collapse of young Australians’ life satisfaction
Parnell Palme McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026RR52

Executive summary Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and...

Why We Should Not Increase Capital Gains Tax
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026PP64
Debate about capital gains tax rarely occurs in isolation. It typically emerges during periods of...
The trouble with Turnbull’s parliamentary entitlements plan is it won’t work
Simon CowanJanuary 21, 2017Canberra Times

Malcolm Turnbull has promised his new system for managing parliamentary entitlements is the “most significant...

Sports and the Nanny State
Simon CowanJanuary 20, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

It’s Australian Open time again. We are halfway through the cycle: we’ve had the articles...

Welcome to economic reality, Mr President
Robert CarlingJanuary 20, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

How fast can the US economy grow? There is a lot riding on the answer,...

Davos to Caracas
Rebecca WeisserJanuary 20, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

From the icy peaks of Davos, the World Economic Forum this week announced that ‘reforming...

A hard line on hem lines
Peter KurtiJanuary 18, 2017Daily Telegraph

  Totalitarian tyrants of tolerance have taken up the cudgels once again, determined to beat...

How a week is not a long time in the public service
Rebecca WeisserJanuary 17, 2017The Australian

At last, some good news! Daunted by the ballooning deficit and determined to end the...

Populate and perish? Oliver Hartwich and Jessica Brown
September 28, 2010
Long Term Unemployment – Jessica Brown
August 18, 2010
Tax Reform – Lateline Business 3 March 2010 -Robert Carling
March 4, 2010
The Fall of the Wall and German Reunification – Oliver Hartwich
November 11, 2009
PJ O’Rourke on the Ten Commandments
July 23, 2009
PJ O’Rourke on “Charming Leftists”
July 20, 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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