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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.

How Technology has Changed Policy
Leigh SalesFebruary 22, 2018

Leigh Sales, Australian award winning Journalist and author and host of the Australian television channel...

Good policy really matters
Tom SwitzerFebruary 21, 2018

Executive Director, Tom Switzer explains how CIS research will help Australia emerge from the current...

Modest bid for Muslim trade
Peter KurtiFebruary 9, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Officials at DFAT have demonstrated once again that bureaucrats living in the Canberra bubble can...

Red tape and Australia’s economic malaise
Michael PotterFebruary 7, 2018OP164

Australia is in a period of economic malaise. GDP per person has been growing slowly...

Section 44: ditching dual citizenship is hardly an onerous burden for parliamentarians
Simon CowanFebruary 3, 2018The Sydney Morning Herald

Labor’s David Feeney is the latest casualty of the politician’s ongoing war with the plain...

Extend the Parliament, limit the politician
Matthew O’DonnellFebruary 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

“The pound of flesh which I demand of him is dearly bought; ’tis mine and...

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)...
Déjà voodoo economics
Steven SchwartzAugust 23, 2024SPECTATOR
Ah, politics—the ancient and mystical art of convincing people that 2 + 2 can, in...
Early numeracy screening will help prevent students from falling behind in maths
Kelly Norris, Glenn FaheyAugust 20, 2024ABC.NET.AU

Policymakers are on the verge of a major education reform — early numeracy screening —...

Gaza intake strains our generosity … and security
Peter KurtiAugust 20, 2024DAILY TELEGRAPH

Many are questioning the wisdom of the Albanese government’s decision to grant visas to Palestinian...

NAPLAN: doom, gloom, and blame
Kelly NorrisAugust 19, 2024SPECTATOR

  The release of NAPLAN data last week unleashed a flurry of doom, gloom and...

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Lifting NAPLAN results: what happens in the classroom matters most
Trisha JhaAugust 16, 2024EDUCATIONHQ

Every year, the national release of NAPLAN results triggers a barrage of commentary and soul-searching...

Improve learning outcomes – take NAPLAN seriously
Glenn FaheyAugust 15, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

The latest NAPLAN data set highlights the urgent need for the education system to set...

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