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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.

Research key to balancing pay equity with jobs growth
Ian HarperDecember 30, 2009The Age

The Australian Fair Pay Commission made its final decision on minimum wages in July, when...

Activists should stop talking about global warming and start acting
John HumphreysDecember 23, 2009The Sydney Morning Herald

If climate activists had spent the past 10 years acting instead of wasting time at...

Battle for ownership of broad non-Labour church
December 21, 2009The Australian

Malcolm Turnbull’s downfall as Liberal leader was an unusual event for right-of-centre Australian politics. A...

The Importance of India: restoring sight to Australia’s strategic blind spot
November 5, 2009

Australia’s eyes wide shut to India Australia must recognise the growing confidence, power and influence...

Invisible Hand versus Visible Fist: Securing the Future Wealth of Nations
P.J. O’RourkeNovember 1, 2009OP115

In the 25th John Bonython lecture, PJ O’Rourke presents his view of the economic and...

The ghosts of global warming
John HumphreysOctober 30, 2009

In just over a month, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to work out a...

Radical Conservatism: 
Tradition as a guide for managing change
Damien FreemanJuly 13, 2022OP188
This paper revisits conservative philosopher, Edmund Burke, to distil a “cast of mind” — a...
The Shadow Pandemic: Three reforms for the post-pandemic mental healthcare system
Meegan CornforthJune 29, 2022OP187

The Shadow Pandemic: Three reforms for the post-pandemic mental healthcare system Executive Summary Living through...

The 12-Week Window: Coronavirus crisis Australia didn’t have to have
Salvatore BabonesJune 2, 2020AP9

The coronavirus crisis was ‘the crisis that Australia didn’t have to have’. This paper lays...

Australia’s Export Exposure to China’s Coronavirus Epidemic
Salvatore BabonesFebruary 18, 2020AP7

This paper estimates the direct and immediate effects of the coronavirus epidemic on the revenues...

Taking Back Control: Restoring Universalism in the Age of Identity Politics
Amanda StokerApril 16, 2019OP170

It can feel safer avoiding conversations on social issues that can be landmines at the...

Reading Recovery: A Failed Investment
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 7, 2019PP15

Five from Five is now a community education project supported by MultiLit, a reading program...

Fear after Bondi is putting free speech on trial
Peter KurtiJanuary 14, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Instead of rushing to add new laws to an already swollen statute book, we should...
The royal commission into the Bondi attack should probe the uncomfortable question
Peter Kurti, Michael StutchburyJanuary 10, 2026CANBERRA TIMES
What should Australia have done over the past two years to prevent this moment —...
Australia’s education system is failing students despite $100bn spending
Fiona MuellerDecember 27, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
Taxpayers know all too well that massive increases in education funding (approaching $100 billion a...
It is time for good people to act 
Julie ClaridgeDecember 24, 2025ONLINE OPINION
What we saw that Sunday at Bondi not only highlighted the immediate and palpable threats...
Australia’s complacency and the Bondi beach shooting
Peter KurtiDecember 15, 2025WALL STREET JOURNAL
Whether Australia responds to the murders at Bondi with clarity or caution will reveal not...
Tomago smelter deal will force taxpayers to pay twice for ‘failed’ energy policy
Zoe HiltonDecember 15, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Tomago aluminium smelter’s latest subsidy deal represents a desperate attempt by the federal government to...
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