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After Bondi: What must the Royal Commission achieve
Lorraine FinlayApril 9, 2026OP213

Foreword On Tuesday 31 March 2026, the Centre for Independent Studies hosted a forum at...

Growth that Builds: Beyond the immigration blame game 
March 5, 2026PP63
This paper argues that Australia’s housing crisis is primarily a supply failure, not simply a...
Hours, Not Dollars: Rethinking the cost-of-living debate 
February 23, 2026AP102

Executive Summary Public debate about the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ often confuses nominal price increases with declining...

Overcoming Enmity and Restoring Tolerance. Antisemitism’s challenge for the civic compact
Damien FreemanFebruary 5, 2026AP99

Foreword When the Book of Genesis speaks of enmity between the serpent and the descendants...

Future No Longer Made in Australia: How we lost our low-cost electricity advantage
December 18, 2025IA154
Trouble has been brewing in Australia’s smelting paradise over the last two decades, as rising...
The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia
November 6, 2025AP93

Executive Summary Australia faces persistent economic challenges. Productivity growth has slowed, business investment is uneven,...

Integration of migrants the key concern
Monica WilkieNovember 23, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The sad reality is that we live in an age of global Islamist terrorism from...

Blue wave not a wipeout
November 9, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

This week was the American electorate’s first opportunity to render a national verdict on Trump’s...

Blue wave fails to wipe out Republicans
November 8, 2018ASPI Strategist

Not so long ago, the media consensus was that the Democrats would ride a ‘wave’...

Foreign threats to free speech at unis
October 26, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The growing concern about academic freedom and free speech on university campuses typically relates to...

Brutal killer’s gullible fan club
Monica WilkieOctober 19, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

This month marks the 51st anniversary of the death of a murderous thug whose face...

Countering China’s BRI march
Hugh MorrisonOctober 5, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

As China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) marches west through Southern Asia, diplomatic envoys criss-cross...

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