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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...

Growth that Builds: Beyond the immigration blame game 
Marian L. TupyMarch 5, 2026PP63
This paper argues that Australia’s housing crisis is primarily a supply failure, not simply a...
Hours, Not Dollars: Rethinking the cost-of-living debate 
Marian L. TupyFebruary 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
Sinclair DavidsonNovember 6, 2025AP93

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

‘Greedflation’ myth hides real causes of inflation
Simon CowanAugust 12, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

With much fanfare this week, the ACTU initiated an “Inquiry into price gouging and unfair...

Why do Yes campaigners fear public debate?
Tom SwitzerAugust 7, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Allow me to do some self-promotion: the Sydney-based public-policy research organisation I head, the Centre...

Why centre-right parties are failing Gen Z, millennial litmus test
Tom SwitzerAugust 3, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Political failures are combining with increasingly progressive younger generations to present a clear danger for...

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Labor shows hypocrisy in partisan political appointments
Simon CowanJuly 29, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Many would be surprised at the coverage — and controversy — provoked by the appointment...

Uni shake-up mustn’t reheat the Gonski fallacy
Glenn FaheyJuly 26, 2023AFR

A new Gonski-style funding model for universities will not improve higher education outcomes, but will...

Yes has raised some of the best reasons to vote No
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 21, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Official Yes and No campaign pamphlets for the referendum have been released. Yes campaigners are...

Is there any such thing as ethical technology?
October 7, 2014
Complex Family Payments
August 6, 2014
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August 1, 2014
The Battle against Socialism by les Économistes
July 31, 2014
Simon Cowan on ABC’s The Drum: 8 July 2014
July 30, 2014
Lessons from Singapore in Health
July 28, 2014
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