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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.

One on one with Dr Brian Fisher
January 22, 2012
How (not) to pick a nanny-state winner
January 20, 2012

Hot on the heels of the Wilkie and Xenophon-led pokies debate, a Southern Cross University...

Nudge, nudge, here come the Germans
Peter SaundersJanuary 20, 2012

Okay, forget, for a moment the monumental folly of the European common currency, which wasn’t...

One on one with Hon. Dr Craig Emerson
January 14, 2012
Oliver Marc Hartwich on ABC News 24, Euro crisis
December 22, 2011
Adam Creighton on The Drum, ABC 24
December 21, 2011
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)...
Energy Minister’s nuclear arguments riddled with errors
Zoe Hilton, Alex BaintonJune 7, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Mark Twain famously quipped that “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable”. Energy Minister...

Back to the Future: Workplace Reform Takes Centre Stage Again.
Andrew BlythJune 5, 2024SPECTATOR

The industrial relations scare campaign has begun, as we count down to the next federal...

The problem is whether the legitimate economic concerns of the public can - or should - manifest in monetary policy.
The RBA has to dole out pain. Not everyone can be a winner here
Simon CowanJune 1, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

This week’s news that inflation had risen for April was no doubt an unwelcome, and...

Rules are clear: park your opinions or leave Aunty
Tom SwitzerJune 1, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

There is a serious problem at our public broadcaster. As the fracas over Laura Tingle’s...

What future for Australian multiculturalism?
Peter KurtiMay 23, 2024SPECTATOR

The fate of Australian multiculturalism may have been sealed on the steps of the Sydney...

Let’s stop the ‘teachers as therapists’ business and get back to basics
Glenn FaheyMay 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

New OECD data suggests Australia’s long-declining performance in education has extended beyond academic results to...

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