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Charles Jacobs

Charles was formerly a Policy Analyst at the Centre for Independent Studies.

Charles has completed a Bachelor of International and Global Studies and a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney.  His honours thesis was on instances of political rhetoric surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014.

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Mapping migrants: Australians’ wide-ranging experiences of immigration
Charles JacobsDecember 5, 2018PP13

Australians’ experiences of immigration are highly varied. Using 2016 ABS Census data, this POLICY Paper...

Millennials and socialism: Australian youth are lurching to the left
Tom Switzer, Charles JacobsJune 20, 2018PP7

The 20th century’s failed experimentations with socialism serve as a strong lesson that, despite its...

Risky business: the problems of Indigenous business policy
Charles JacobsNovember 29, 2017RR35

The Commonwealth’s Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) has put Aboriginal owned small businesses at the heart...

Stereotypes drive division on immigration
Charles JacobsDecember 16, 2018The Herald

Many of the responses on both sides of the debate over Australia’s immigration program are...

Different experiences of migrants
Charles JacobsDecember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The wealth and location of the suburb in which people live can have a major...

Petrol prices pump up interventionist calls
Charles JacobsNovember 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

One by one, Australia’s markets are falling victim to the hand of an interventionist government....

Logic creams milk levy criticism
Charles JacobsOctober 19, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

This week has seen loud criticism of the milk price levy applied by supermarket chains...

Policy victims emerge from Coalition chaos
Charles JacobsSeptember 28, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s decision to deal with internal Liberal party bickering ahead of major...

Airport regulation calls take off
Charles JacobsSeptember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Airlines’ ongoing calls for greater government regulation of airport fees ignore many of the benefits...

Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – Consultation Paper: COAG Closing the Gap Refresh
Charles JacobsApril 30, 2018

While the targets set in 2008 were ambitious, and the task immense, the failure to...

Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – Consultation Paper: Indigenous Business Sector Strategy
Sara Hudson, Charles JacobsMay 26, 2017CIS Submission

We believe supporting Indigenous businesses contributes to Indigenous empowerment. Unlike program delivery, which tends to...

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