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Modi, a transformative figure?
Tom Switzer, Sadanand Dhume, Balesh Singh, Manoj Sheoran, Rahul JethiMarch 6, 2018

Narendra Modi is India’s most powerful prime minister in the past three decades. He is...

Modi, a transformative figure?
Sadanand DhumeMarch 6, 2018

What does Modi mean for Australia and the Western World. Sadanand Dhume, Author of My...

Pushback on China
Sue WindybankMarch 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Last November, Australian academic Clive Hamilton made headlines around the world when news broke that...

An update from across the Tasman
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Tom SwitzerMarch 1, 2018

After nine years of centre-right governments under Prime Ministers John Key and Bill English, New...

Manager May or Commie Corbyn?
Eamonn Butler, Tom SwitzerFebruary 22, 2018

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is falling deeper into disarray. With Brexit negotiations faltering, and against...

Manager May or Commie Corbyn?
Eamonn Butler, Tom SwitzerFebruary 20, 2018

Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is falling deeper into disarray. With Brexit negotiations faltering, and against...

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...
Half century of ASEAN is an unsung diplomatic win
Tom SwitzerAugust 10, 2017Australian Financial Review

  If you didn’t notice that Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of the founding of...

Goading Kim Jong-un is not Trump’s smartest move
Tom SwitzerAugust 9, 2017Daily Telegraph

How do we solve a problem like North Korea? A wholly unpredictable and brutal regime...

What… no Nobel peace prize?
Rebecca WeisserApril 28, 2017The Spectator

“Trump’s first 100 days: A big failure and a new low in the polls,” blasted...

Pressing the free trade case amid growing protectionism
Rebecca WeisserApril 28, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

For a policy that has brought prosperity and choice to billions around the world, free...

Boosting terror’s aura bolsters its ambitions
Charles JacobsApril 21, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

London’s most recent terror incident spun the media and politicians alike into overdrive, labelling it...

New international refugee compact needed
Simon CowanFebruary 3, 2017Canberra Times

When US President Trump signed an executive order on immigration last week, he not only...

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