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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...

ILC poor land management model
Charles JacobsAugust 10, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The recent controversy surrounding the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) in Cape York is emblematic of...

Indigenous prosperity is key to Closing the Gap
Charles JacobsJuly 30, 2018The Australian

A decade ago the federal government launched the watershed Closing the Gap strategy, which set...

Indigenous prosperity plan panned
Charles JacobsJuly 20, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Critics of the federal government’s plan to ‘refresh’ the Closing the Gap strategy have argued...

Farm finance ripe for disruption
Charles JacobsJuly 6, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The banking royal commission placed the spotlight on the tricky relationship between banks and farmers....

Millennial voters go left: Is age now driving the West’s political rage?
Tom Switzer, Charles JacobsJuly 4, 2018Financial Review

Millennials are lurching left in ways that could have profound consequences for Western politics. Since...

Tax cuts on the nose: Millennials
Charles JacobsJune 22, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

As the tax cuts were passed in Parliament, new CIS research suggests that they may...

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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