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At times, issues of international or national importance do not fit under the Economics, Education, Indigenous and Foreign Affairs programs. The publications and commentary related to non-program issues can be found here, as well as work from past programs such as Health and Aging.

‘Of its essence a great mistake’
Benjamin HerscovitchMarch 23, 2012

While Australia’s federal system has often been described in these terms, this was actually how...

Oliver Marc Hartwich on The Project
March 15, 2012
Crowding of the welfare state is detrimental to everyone
Jeremy SammutMarch 2, 2012

Prime Minister Gillard’s victory speech after defeating Kevin Rudd for the leadership of the Labor...

Oliver Marc Hartwich on The Drum, ABC 24
March 1, 2012
Jessica Brown on The Drum, ABC 24
February 29, 2012
Waste of Energy: CEFC is redundant
February 28, 2012
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...

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...
Events, Dear Boy. Any Government Can Be Derailed
Tom SwitzerAugust 11, 2025OP207

Foreword After an election result as sobering as May 3, 2025, there is a temptation...

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Liberalism applied? Policy shifts in the transition from Chifley to Menzies
Tom SwitzerNovember 16, 2023MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Tom Switzer’s chapter in The Menzies Watershed: Liberalism, Anti-communism, Continuities 1943–1954 (Melbourne University Press) Introduction...

Bonds of belonging – renewing democracy in an atomised age
Professor Adrian PabstJune 1, 2023OP196

Introduction Liberal democracy is under threat from tech platforms, identity politics, and hostile foreign powers...

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Defining Democracy Down: Political Judicialisation, Judicial Politicisation
Helen DaleJuly 21, 2022PP46
The overruling of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)...
What Would Tocqueville Say About the NDIS? 
Greg LindsayAugust 15, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

A curious query was put to me recently: What would Alexis de Tocqueville say about...

At this rate, the only outcome from this summit will be making us poorer
Simon CowanAugust 9, 2025CANBERRA TIMES

As we approach the productivity summit to end all summits, the various players have begun...

Benchmarked into oblivion
Steven SchwartzJuly 31, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE
NAPLAN is not so much a mirror as a house of mirrors....
Why is CSIRO hiding the inconvenient truth about renewables cost blowout?
Zoe HiltonJuly 31, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

The CSIRO just admitted that coal is cheaper than renewables. But you wouldn’t know it...

We need better returns on education investment
Trisha Jha, Glenn FaheyJuly 30, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Billions of dollars have been poured into school funding in the state over the past...
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Education Minister Jason Clare must ensure new schools pact benefits nation
Glenn FaheyJuly 30, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
The latest NAPLAN results confirm the sobering truth that our school system continues to underdeliver...
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