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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.

Welfare reform beyond decades of dependence, ‘dole bludgers’ and ‘double dipping’
Simon CowanMay 31, 2017OP156

Recent attempts to reform welfare have focused on the wrong elements of the system. In...

Submission to IPART Review of Social and Affordable Housing Rent Models
Michael PotterMay 15, 2017CIS Submission

In April, IPART released a draft report into models for setting social and affordable housing...

Reforming Social Housing: financing and tenant autonomy
Michael PotterApril 27, 2017RR25

Around 400,000 Australians live in social housing, which includes public and community housing. This sector...

Trump Voters and Greyhound Bans: Meet the Real ‘Deplorables’ of the US and OZ
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOMarch 28, 2017

Most explanations offered for Donald Trump’s ‘inexplicable’ victory in the American Presidential election have resorted...

Captured Courts and Tribunals: A Threat to Democracy
Graeme WatsonMarch 22, 2017

The independence of the Fair Work Commission has suffered multiple assaults and been grossly compromised,...

Trump Voters and Greyhound Bans: Meet the Real ‘Deplorables’ of the US and OZ
March 16, 2017
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)...
Frontier’s modelling exposes flaws of Labor’s renewables policy
Michael Wu , Zoe HiltonDecember 19, 2024AFR

Amid the political fight over the Coalition’s nuclear plan, the flaws in the federal government’s...

Disagree with Antoinette Lattouf, but silencing her wasn’t the answer
Tom SwitzerDecember 18, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Friday marks one year since the ABC sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf. By reflecting the intolerant...

This childcare overhaul will actually do very little for parents
Simon CowanDecember 14, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The news this week that the Prime Minister has committed to abolishing the activity test...

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Do the maths or we’ll never be a STEM superpower
Glenn FaheyDecember 12, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Calls for Australia to become a STEM superpower will never be answered unless our students...

Cutting gas risks plunging Australia into blackouts
Grahame CampbellDecember 3, 2024DAILY TELEGRAPH
If anti-gas campaigns succeed, Australia could face a wave of blackouts due to the inherent...
Banning under 16s? Maybe we could try literally any less draconian measure first
Simon Cowan, Emilie DyeNovember 30, 2024CANBERRA TIMES
Australia has become the first country in the world to attempt banning social media for...
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