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The Global Triumph of American Civilisation
Salvatore BabonesJune 28, 2019Quadrant

Quo vadis? That’s what a confused St. Peter asked Jesus some 35 years after the...

Global order is crumbling, but even without Trump it was doomed
Tom SwitzerJune 15, 2019The Sydney Morning Herald

One of America’s great 20th century intellectuals Walter Lippmann once warned: “Where all think alike,...

A Bipartisan Solution to Poland’s Energy Woes
Salvatore BabonesJune 9, 2019The National Interest

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda will visit the White House on June 12, his second working...

Post-election challenges for the centre-right
Sir Bill English KNZM, Sir Craig Oliver, Jennifer HewettMay 22, 2019

Sir Bill English (former New Zealand prime minister), Sir Craig Oliver (former director of politics...

Could China make the world safer for autocracy?
Sue WindybankMay 10, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

How can a liberal democratic country like Australia engage with an increasingly illiberal and authoritarian...

Forty years after Thatcher’s election
Tim Montgomerie, Tom SwitzerMay 6, 2019

With Britain’s ruling Conservative Party in disarray, and against the backdrop of a chaotic British...

Humankind and the infinite resource base
Marian L. TupyApril 2, 2026OP212

This paper examines the human ability to expand our resource base into infinity. Given human...

The Legislative Fantasy. Hate Speech, Culture, and Institutional Failure
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 26, 2026AP103

Foreword The Bondi Beach attack of 14 December 2025 forced a reckoning that many Australians...

Generation Trapped. Housing, handouts, and the collapse of young Australians’ life satisfaction
Parnell Palme McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026RR52

Executive summary Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and...

Why We Should Not Increase Capital Gains Tax
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026PP64
Debate about capital gains tax rarely occurs in isolation. It typically emerges during periods of...
10 CGT Myths Busted
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026IA155

The criticisms and characterisation of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

Growth that Builds: Beyond the immigration blame game 
Marian L. TupyMarch 5, 2026PP63
This paper argues that Australia’s housing crisis is primarily a supply failure, not simply a...
Reconciliation requires greater free speech
Leonard HongFebruary 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The Victorian government, having passed legislation to authorise negotiation with Aboriginal Victorians, is advancing towards...

Sorry kids, but no socialism for you
Thomas CoppelJanuary 23, 2019Spectator

Views that Australia will turn into a utopia under socialism are wildly uninformed, and John...

Import tariff abolition a win-win situation
Eugenie JosephJanuary 22, 2019Newcastle Herald

With US President Donald Trump’s anti-trade policies dominating the news headlines in 2018, you may...

Heed the lesson of 2016: don’t ignore the disempowered
Simon CowanJanuary 19, 2019The Sydney Morning Herald

This week saw British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal defeat, then confidence-vote victory, all...

Divorce, Washington style
Greg PulscherJanuary 18, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

As the token American at CIS, I was shocked to hear of the divide occurring...

Fuel tax exposes class divide
Eugenie JosephDecember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Charismatic French President Emmanuel Macron has made a political faux-pas: his decision to jack up...

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