• Economics

‘Reasonable person’ test of virus response
Salvatore BabonesJune 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

We can’t blame our leaders for being caught off-guard by the coronavirus; we all were....

State finances after the pandemic
Robert CarlingJune 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

The coronavirus pandemic has drawn state government policies into the response to a national crisis...

A public servant pay freeze is just the first shot in a long war
Robert CarlingJune 2, 2020Sydney Morning Herald

The Berejiklian government’s one-year pay freeze for the NSW public sector has raised the ire...

Disarming the new Cold War
Alan DupontMay 28, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

The world’s two major powers are wrestling for strategic advantage in an increasingly bitter contest...

Maintaining JobKeeper beyond the health crisis would be a serious mistake
Simon CowanMay 23, 2020Canberra Times

The government is wrong if it thought the pressure might die down a little bit...

Tom Switzer - Executive Director Centre for Independent Studies (CIS)
Urgent case for reform
Tom SwitzerMay 21, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

For more than two months, federal and state governments have shut down much of Australia’s...

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