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Exploring the implications of a liberal understanding of freedom for religion in civil society, and analysing religion as a form of social capital in the public sphere. Recent research focuses on anti-Semitism and religious hatred, along with broader questions as to the meaning and value of religion in Australia.

Victims of failure – how the COVID-19 policy response let down Australians
Monica WilkieDecember 9, 2020AP18

The government response to COVID-19 has imposed restrictions on Australians unseen in peacetime. As Australians...

On Liberty EP30 Is religion cherished in Australia?
Salvatore Babones, Sophie YorkOctober 22, 2020On Liberty

We welcomed Sophie York, barrister, law lecturer, and board director. Sophie believes, “religious freedom is...

Cancelled! How ideological cleansing threatens Australia
Peter KurtiAugust 17, 2020AP13

‘Cancel culture’ campaigns in Australia are intended to erase elements of our history and to...

Religious freedom unforgotten
Robert Forsyth, Peter KurtiApril 30, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

One of the many things now in pandemic lockdown is the ongoing discussion about religious...

Coronavirus response: the great self-destruction
Robert CarlingApril 28, 2020Canberra Times

If you want to know how much the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic might cost, the International...

Tracking a pandemic: an unacceptable invasion of privacy
Monica WilkieApril 16, 2020Spectator

The federal government’s plan to use a voluntary tracking app to monitor our movements –...

Chaining Australia: Church Bureaucracies and Political Economy
Geoffrey BrennanAugust 1, 1984R6

If we lived in a perfect world, church bodies would not have gotten together to...

The Christian and the State
Geoffrey BrennanApril 1, 1983OP7

What should be the nature of social and political action which flows from Christian commitment?...

Restricting freedom is not the answer
Peter KurtiSeptember 21, 2012

Aussies are a pretty tolerant lot. People from all over the world have settled here...

Preferential condemnation
Peter KurtiAugust 2, 2012

Imagine your local council directing bulldozers to demolish your home. You’d have something to say...

Invoking Jesus
Peter KurtiJuly 13, 2012

English essayist and novelist, George Orwell, famously remarked, ‘We have now sunk to a depth...

What’s Wrong With Benevolence
Barry MaleyJune 9, 2012Policy

What’s Wrong With Benevolence: Happiness, Private Property, and the Limits of Enlightenment By David Stove...

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010
Peter KurtiJune 9, 2012Policy

Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010 By Charles Murray Reviewed by Peter Kurti...

Gay marriage, polygamy and the social order
Peter SaundersJune 1, 2012

What are we to say about gay marriage? Britain’s Coalition government is committed to introducing...

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