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Our liberty and prosperity are in peril if COVID-19 triggers an arms race of compassion
Tom SwitzerApril 4, 2020Sydney Morning Herald

Since the first responsibility of the state is to protect its citizens, it is understandable...

Coronavirus: Road map needed for getting back to work
Salvatore BabonesApril 3, 2020The Australian

We all hope social distancing is saving lives, but there is no doubt that it...

Tom Switzer - Executive Director Centre for Independent Studies
Note from Tom Switzer
Tom SwitzerApril 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

We’re only a few weeks into the coronavirus crisis, and already our intellectual opponents are...

Panicked welfare policy also viral
Glenn FaheyApril 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

The infectious panic that was, until recently, limited to shopping aisles appears to have spread...

Police state
Peter KurtiApril 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

Scott Morrison’s massive $130bn JobKeeper subsidy package shows how determined the government is to ‘do...

Health system autocracy
Carlos d’AbreraApril 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

Under the guise of the ‘precautionary principle’, Australia’s health system has overnight transformed from a...

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