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One Nation No Longer Indivisible
Barry MaleyAugust 20, 2021Quadrant

Australia depends upon the United States for our defence in the event of a confrontation...

On Liberty EP64 What does the return of the Taliban mean for Afghanistan & The World
Salvatore Babones, Stan GrantAugust 18, 2021On Liberty

Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani fled the country on August 14, leading to a complete collapse...

Postponing day of reckoning in Afghanistan would not change a thing
Tom SwitzerAugust 18, 2021The Australian

The debacle in Afghanistan evokes the old saw that the road to hell is paved...

On Liberty EP63 What lies ahead for an isolated New Zealand?
Salvatore Babones, Jordan WilliamsAugust 11, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Jordan Williams, executive director and co-founder of the New Zealand Tax Payer’s...

On Liberty EP62 The new Israeli Government and geopolitical tensions
Salvatore Babones, Ehud YaariAugust 4, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Ehud Yaari visiting expert at the Australia Israel & Jewish Affairs Council...

Myanmar Coup – a turning point for the Rohingya people
Anjali NadaradjaneAugust 4, 2021Epoch Times

The coup d’état in Myanmar earlier this year, may have dismantled the fragile foundations of...

An economic walk on the supply side
Michael StutchburyOctober 16, 2025OP208

This is an edited version of Michael Stutchbury’s keynote address to the 2025 Freedom to...

Drawing the Line: Moral Conflict and the Fragility of Liberal Tolerance
Peter KurtiOctober 9, 2025AP90
Liberal democracies face an unprecedented challenge: how to govern societies where citizens no longer disagree...
The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: starting is easy, the rest is hard
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonOctober 2, 2025AP89
The belief that Australia can decarbonise its economy by relying on the wind and the...
The rule of law, excessive regulation and free speech
Paul TaylorSeptember 11, 2025AP88

Foreword In the day that the 2024 parliamentary session concluded, more than 30 bills were...

Our Prosperity is Slipping Away: Submission to Economic Reform Roundtable 
August 18, 2025AP87

 Introduction As Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser noted last year, it can be...

Addressing Australia’s Productivity Problem. CORE Blueprint to Unshackle Productivity
Jim CoxAugust 14, 2025AP86

Introduction There is no one action that will lift Australia’s dwindling productivity growth; it is...

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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