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Political Upheaval: Why Nothing is Permanent
Tom SwitzerJuly 10, 2025
Please join us as Tom Switzer and Michael Stutchbury explore why “nothing is certain in...
The Journalist, the Jew and an Argument About Identity | Tim Franks
Tom SwitzerJuly 9, 2025

Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, Israel’s war in Gaza and escalating regional tensions...

Dharma Democracy: How India Built the Third World’s First Democracy
Salvatore Babones, Tom SwitzerJune 24, 2025
A book launch and conversation with author Salvatore Babones and Tom Switzer. Books are available...
Free Trade vs Tariffs: Jobs, Security, and the Cost of Living
Trisha JhaMay 14, 2025

Leading economists, historians, and policy experts delve into the complex world of tariffs, free trade,...

Trump’s goal to end Ukraine war makes moral sense
Tom SwitzerMarch 4, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN

Friday’s heated exchange in the White House was surely a regrettable moment in American diplomatic...

Simon Heffer Progressive Decline, Conservative Resurgence
Why Is the World Tilting Right?
Simon Heffer, Tom SwitzerJanuary 17, 2025
Join historian Simon Heffer & Tom Switzer in Sydney on Feb 12 to discuss the...
Ideas, Interests and Experience: Some Implications for Policy Advice
Roger KerrMarch 3, 1988OP19

Economists are increasingly called upon by bureaucrats and government official for policy advice. But economists...

Fiji: Opportunity from Adversity?
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 4, 1988PP01

The situation in Fiji has deteriorated to the point where new constitutional ground rules seem...

Law and Liberty
Shirley Robin LetwinDecember 7, 1987OP17

In the Fourth John Bonython Lecture, Shirley Letwin analyses the way in which the rule...

The Pure Food Laws
Peter Swan AONovember 3, 1987PM13

Most of us probably think Australias’s pure food laws are there to protect uns against...

Restraining Leviathan: Small Government in Practice
Michael James, Hugh Collins, J.J. Pincus, Patrick Minford, Cliff Walsh, Peter Swan AO, A.J. Moran, Ian Harper, Wolfgang Kasper, Chris Trengove, Keith Trace, Peter Forsyth, Scott Prasser, John D. Craig, James Cox, Robin O'Hair, Geoffrey Brennan, George WintertonOctober 1, 1987PF6

Foreword This collection seeks to increase our understanding of the scope and opportunities we have...

Beyond the Current Pessimism
Ray BallAugust 5, 1987OP18

Professor Ray Ball gives a personal interpretation of the historical roots of Australia’s economic malaise....

Malcolm Turnbull
Turnbull had the right idea on China
Tom SwitzerJanuary 18, 2022Sydney Morning Herald
It’s important, in the interests of constructive debate, to recognise when political leaders who have...
Federal Politicians
Brits beat us to an independent pandemic inquiry
Scott PrasserJanuary 7, 2022Canberra Times
While Australia can beat the Brits in cricket, the Brits have beaten us in mounting...
Extinction Rebellion
Dark times ahead as Australia faces crisis on crisis
Tom SwitzerDecember 16, 2021The Australian
I used to be an optimist about the world but now I am depressed. When...
Ties between Delhi and Canberra crucial to Indo-Pacific security
C. Raja MohanNovember 11, 2021Spectator

The relationship between India and Australia has grown rapidly in recent years, underpinned by a...

Net Zero By 2050? Don’t Plan on It
Tom SwitzerOctober 28, 2021Wall Street Journal

As leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for the United Nations climate-change conference, you may...

Powell a great soldier-statesman and also a realist
Tom SwitzerOctober 19, 2021The Australian

Colin Powell was not only a great soldier-statesman. He also was a great man, one...

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