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On Liberty EP91 Have the next generation lost interest in politics?
Salvatore Babones, Deyi WuJune 1, 2022On Liberty
President of the NSW Young Liberals, Deyi Wu joins host Salvatore Babones to discuss whether...
On Liberty EP90 Prime Minister Albanese and a Labor Government
Salvatore Babones, Janet AlbrechtsenMay 25, 2022On Liberty
This week we speak to Janet Albrechtsen, columnist for The Australian to discuss the 2022...
On Liberty EP87 Constitution counts for Australia’s politics and society
Xavier Boffa, Glenn FaheyMay 4, 2022On Liberty
On the show this week, we welcome Executive Director of the Samuel Griffith Society, Xavier...
On Liberty EP67 Was Federation a bad idea?
William Coleman, Tom SwitzerSeptember 8, 2021On Liberty

We talked to William Coleman, Reader at the Research School of Economics at ANU. He...

On Liberty EP65 The legacy of John ‘Black Jack’ McEwen
Salvatore Babones, Bridget McKenzieAugust 25, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senator for Victoria since 2011. Senator McKenzie has held...

What would Menzies think of today’s Liberal Party?
Scott PrasserMay 28, 2021Canberra Times

Labor’s 20 per cent result in the weekend’s Hunter by-election is being seen as a...

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
Lauchlan Chipman, Knud Haakonssen, Shirley Robin Letwin, John Gray, C. L. Ten, Kenneth Minogue, Alan Ryan, William Letwin, Donald Winch, Philip PettitSeptember 1, 1988R8

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill – Foreword...

Fiji – Opportunity from adversity
Wolfgang Kasper, Jeff Bennett, Richard BlandyMarch 26, 1988Pacific Papers 1

Many in Australia will share the concern of the authors or this monograph over current...

Ideas, Interests and Experience: Some Implications for Policy Advice
Roger KerrMarch 3, 1988OP19

Economists are increasingly called upon by bureaucrats and government official for policy advice. But economists...

Law and Liberty
Shirley Robin LetwinDecember 7, 1987OP17

In the Fourth John Bonython Lecture, Shirley Letwin analyses the way in which the rule...

How Much Government
Michael JamesAugust 16, 1986PM11

Why does government continue to grow despite the declared wishes of politicians of all parties?

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The Enemies of Progress
Ralph HarrisJuly 4, 1986OP16

Why is it that politicians of all parties still shrink from giving enterprise, competition and...

Religious tests a red line we shouldn’t cross
Peter KurtiJanuary 29, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Morrison deserves credit for insisting accusations of Islamophobia must not shut down necessary debate. But...
It’s judgment day: time for unis to kick politics off campus
Steven SchwartzJanuary 29, 2026THE AUSTRALIAN
The problem is not academic freedom itself. The problem is that universities have forgotten what...
Science of learning
How revamping education will boost the Australian economy
Trisha JhaJanuary 24, 2026CANBERRA TIMES
If Australia wants productivity growth, it needs to start in the classroom....
Do we entrench our advantages or let them slip?
Michael StutchburyJanuary 23, 2026ABC RADIO NATIONAL
We’re not in danger of becoming a banana republic, like Paul Keating warned in 1986....
Eraring’s extension puts fresh focus on NSW reliability planning
Zoe HiltonJanuary 23, 2026ENERGYNEWS BULLETIN
Eraring’s recently announced extension until 2029 has highlighted the absurdity of two key government decisions...
Eraring extension exposes Bowen’s credibility gap on renewables
Aidan MorrisonJanuary 21, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Those still clinging to the claim that renewable energy is cheapest will look back at...

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