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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.

What should we do with the government surplus?
Eugenie JosephDecember 21, 2018The Guardian

Should we raise Newstart? Pay Aboriginal people some rent for their land? Or bank it?...

Stereotypes drive division on immigration
Charles JacobsDecember 16, 2018The Herald

Many of the responses on both sides of the debate over Australia’s immigration program are...

Ending homelessness demands real solutions
Carlos d’AbreraDecember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It’s more than a year since the infamous Martin Place tent city was dismantled, but...

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards
Steven Schwartz, Tom SwitzerDecember 13, 2018

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

The case for courage in defence of conservative values
Jeremy SammutDecember 10, 2018Quadrant

If the Liberal Party is to save itself, much less the nation, it must not...

Different experiences of migrants
Charles JacobsDecember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The wealth and location of the suburb in which people live can have a major...

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)...
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Sceptical public pulling the plug on corporate virtue-signalling
Tom SwitzerJuly 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

There was a time when creating jobs, and creating wealth, and keeping consumers happy was...

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Coalition’s half-baked supermarket policies will have you paying more
Simon CowanJuly 13, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Last week the Coalition announced they would introduce “sector-specific divestiture powers as a last resort...

Nuclear vs Renewables – which is cheaper?
Zoe HiltonJuly 12, 2024ENERGY NEWS BULLETIN

One of the most common objections to Australia pursuing nuclear power is that it is...

UK and French elections highlight flaws of fixed-term parliamens
Scott PrasserJuly 12, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Business Council of Australia suggested Australia...

Déjà vu in Australian higher education
Steven SchwartzJuly 4, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

History repeats itself, often with a sense of irony only those with long memories can...

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The Smart Energy Council makes two basic mistakes
Zoe Hilton, Alex BaintonJuly 2, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a...

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