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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...

Indigenous business policy is tricky
Charles JacobsDecember 1, 2017IDEAS@THECENTRE

Indigenous Australians are turning to small business ownership as a means of overcoming socio-economic disadvantage....

How policy prevents Indigenous economic inclusion
Charles JacobsNovember 17, 2017The Spectator: Flat White

You would be forgiven for being stunned by the recent revelations of wide-scale fraud and...

Mundine’s stairway to prosperity
Charles JacobsNovember 10, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

This week saw the usual stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage — ongoing...

NT’s Indigenous communities at a turning point in the quest for self-determination
Charles JacobsNovember 7, 2017ABC

A grassroots revolution is occurring in East Arnhem Land as Aboriginal Australians strive to become...

Indigenous service structures slowing progress
Charles JacobsOctober 20, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

A new QLD Productivity Commission report echoes CIS findings that a convoluted labyrinth of programs...

Indigenous corporations’ governance confusion
Charles JacobsOctober 6, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

Internal misunderstandings are threatening to undermine genuine efforts to develop economic independence on Indigenous lands....

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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