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Boring summits are better for everyone
John LeeNovember 24, 2009Foreign Policy

When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives as U.S. President Barack Obama’s first official state...

Kiwi monetary muddle
Stephen KirchnerNovember 23, 2009The Wall Street Journal

New Zealand started a monetary-policy revolution when it introduced inflation targeting in 1989. That innovation...

Smartest Kiwis nest in our warmer climate
Luke MalpassNovember 14, 2009The Newcastle Herald

For the half a million Kiwis living in Australia, the New Zealand government’s goal of...

The Fall of the Wall and German Reunification – Oliver Hartwich
November 11, 2009
Pacific angst
John LeeNovember 11, 2009Foreign Policy

On Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama will hold his meeting in Tokyo with Japan’s new...

China woos Africa – and not just for its resources
John LeeNovember 9, 2009Time magazine

On October 20, China announced, almost casually, that it was canceling 150 items of maturing...

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The Science of Maths and How to Apply It
Siobhan MerloJuly 11, 2024AP71

Introduction Australian students’ results on international tests of mathematics (TIMMS) and numeracy (PISA) lag behind...

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All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza
Nigel BiggarJune 27, 2024OP201

Foreword I am for peace, but whenever I speak of it, they are for war....

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Screening That Counts: Why Australia Needs Universal Early Numeracy Screening
Kelly NorrisJune 20, 2024RR49

Executive summary Better early identification of students struggling with mathematics is a critical step in...

Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu June 6, 2024AP70
This paper quantifies the federal government subsidies to the renewables industry over 10 years to...
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Budget Fails Important Policy Tests
Robert Carling, Gene TunnyMay 28, 2024IA150
The deficit budgeted for 2024-25, amounting to over $28 billion ($28,000 million), translates to a...
Sharpening teacher tools: Creating an evidence-based standard for quality instructional materials
Jarrod CarterMay 23, 2024AP69

Executive summary Every Australian classroom and school rely on the support of instructional materials in...

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...

Albanese could learn from Howard when it comes to Indonesia
Andrew BlythSeptember 3, 2024SPECTATOR

Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto visiting Australia before he has even been inaugurated is a positive...

It’s the most volatile election in living memory and anything can and will happen
Tom SwitzerAugust 10, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

In five decades of living alternately on the two sides of the Pacific, I have...

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NATO’s Prophetic Critics. Expanding the alliance has led to a war many experts predicted
Tom SwitzerJune 10, 2024MODERN AGE

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a chorus of government officials, academics, commentators, and retired...

Why Republicans are sceptical about funding Ukraine
Tom SwitzerMarch 7, 2024SPECTATOR UK

When US policy-makers supported Nato expansion in the 1990s, it was widely believed that America,...

The West’s bid to expand NATO eastwards was a mistake
Tom SwitzerFebruary 24, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

For the people of Ukraine, the failure of Western nations to help them defeat Russia...

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