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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...

Nation awakes from Australia Day hangover
Charles JacobsFebruary 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Australians of all political persuasions rubbed their eyes and opened their curtains this week with...

The Australia Day Indigenous hangover
Charles JacobsJanuary 30, 2018THE SPECTATOR: FLAT WHITE

Australians of all political persuasions rubbed their eyes and opened their curtains this week with...

The great Indigenous funding fallacy
Charles JacobsJanuary 17, 2018THE SPECTATOR: FLAT WHITE

Aboriginal people in the ACT are receiving a similar level of government funding to those...

Financial security will bring Indigenous environmental sustainability
Charles JacobsJanuary 12, 2018IDEAS@THECENTRE

A recent poll found that support for Indigenous ranger programs is high. However, these initiatives...

Another year, another failure to close the gaps
Charles JacobsJanuary 5, 2018THE SPECTATOR - FLAT WHITE

A new year typically brings optimism, hope and a sense of progression. However, for the...

Indigenous Procurement Policy makes ticking boxes easy
Charles JacobsDecember 15, 2017THE SPECTATOR: FLAT WHITE

The federal government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) is regularly touted as ‘supercharging’ the Indigenous business...

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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