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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...

Voters keeping our democracy alive
Charles JacobsApril 6, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Our two-party system is broken, Australian democracy is in a ‘parlous state’, and the populists...

Indigenous leasing limbo
Charles JacobsMarch 14, 2018The Spectator

When picturing Indigenous land rights and economic development you typically conjure images of remote outstations,...

Private sector will build Indigenous construction industry
Charles JacobsMarch 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The government’s new $20 million program to help Indigenous construction businesses stump up the hefty...

Closing the gap billions must be evaluated
Charles JacobsFebruary 16, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The Prime Minister’s annual Closing the Gap speech unsurprisingly revealed that for yet another year...

Indigenous policy is chasing the wrong gaps
Charles JacobsFebruary 14, 2018Australian Financial Review

The Prime Minister’s annual Closing the Gap speech unsurprisingly revealed that for another year we...

Indigenous ranger programs offer economic opportunities
Charles JacobsFebruary 7, 2018Koori Mail

A recent poll found that support for Indigenous environmental conservation programs is high, however, these...

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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