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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.

Poor Laws (2): The Minimum Wage and Unemployment
Kayoko TsumoriDecember 2, 2002IA28

Many social policy researchers and practitioners in Australia believe that a high minimum wage helps...

Gulliver Unbound: Can American Rule of World?
Joseph JoffeNovember 2, 2002OP85

Twenty first century America is the Gulliver of our times. It dominates the international sphere...

Poor Laws (1): The Unfair Dismissal Laws and Long-term Unemployment
Kayoko TsumoriAugust 20, 2002IA26

Joblessness is a major cause of poverty. Poverty will be alleviated significantly by engaging the...

Whose Progress? A Response to the ABS Report Measuring Australia’s Progress
Peter SaundersAugust 20, 2002IA25

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently launched a report, Measuring Australia’s Progress, which it...

The importance of staying single legally
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 12, 2002The Newcastle Herald

The NSW Law Reform Commission proposes that, when unmarried couples who live together break up,...

Family and Marriage in Australia
Barry MaleyJune 25, 2002PM53

  The growing instability of the nuclear family is a fundamental cause behind a great...

I, Mechanical Pencil: Why a socialist economy can never work
Steven KatesFebruary 6, 2019PP14

Socialism brings poverty and oppression. The ignorance of so many as to why only a...

Mapping migrants: Australians’ wide-ranging experiences of immigration
Charles JacobsDecember 5, 2018PP13

Australians’ experiences of immigration are highly varied. Using 2016 ABS Census data, this POLICY Paper...

Why we should defend capitalism
Eugenie JosephNovember 28, 2018PP12

Capitalism has become a controversial idea in recent years; yet economic markets and free enterprise...

Voting for a living: A shift in Australian politics from selling policies to buying votes?
Robert Carling, Terrence O’BrienSeptember 5, 2018PP9

This paper explores the hypothesis that growth of government has become self-sustaining through the emergence...

Why childcare is not affordable
Eugenie JosephAugust 29, 2018RR37

Childcare fees and out-of-pocket costs in Australia have been growing above inflation in recent years,...

A Test of Maturity: The liberal case for action on religious freedom
Robert ForsythJuly 31, 2018PP8

Australia has long enjoyed religious freedom in practice without robust legal protections. Such protections as...

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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