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Lucky country for sale
Wolfgang KasperAugust 16, 2002The Courier Mail

The Australian government has stepped up immigration and we continue our generous intake of genuine...

Sustainable Immigration and Cultural Integration
Wolfgang KasperAugust 15, 2002PM55

In the report, entitled Sustainable Immigration and Cultural Integration, Professor Kasper outlines the benefits of...

PNG in need for much more than money
Helen HughesAugust 14, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Papua New Guinea has become a dysfunctional state.  Per capita income is falling, public services...

Growth needs basic rules
Wolfgang KasperJune 28, 2002The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand economy is one of the freest in the world. This still holds...

Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers : A Global View
Helen HughesJune 26, 2002PM54

A worldwide excess of demand for immigration means that Western countries cannot accommodate more than...

Third World aid: is it part of the solution or the problem?
Helen HughesMay 11, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Heads of government and ministers met at the United Nations headquarters in New York during...

Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms
Paul TaylorNovember 10, 2025OP211
This article considers different concepts of ‘legitimacy’ and their contribution to understanding the difference between...
The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia
Sinclair DavidsonNovember 6, 2025AP93

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

Knowledge is power: What do teachers believe about learning?
Trisha JhaOctober 30, 2025AP92

Executive Summary This report presents findings from literature about what teachers believe about how students...

2025 Neville Kennard Address: The Dire Plight of the Mainstream Right
Andrew NeilOctober 27, 2025OP210

This is an edited version of the speech given to the 2025 CIS Consilium event...

Risky Business. How The Energy Transition Introduces Risks That Raise Retail Costs
Jude BlikOctober 23, 2025AP91

Executive Summary The electricity system in Australia is adjusting to an increase in the overall...

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder
Andrew NeilOctober 16, 2025OP209
Far from it being the end of history, the story of this century so far...
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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