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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.

Can the workers and conservatives stay united?
Tom SwitzerJanuary 2, 2020Financial Review

The political quote of the year 2019 came from Tony Abbott. “It’s clear that in...

Identity politics rarely fares well under direct scrutiny
Simon CowanDecember 21, 2019The Canberra Times

Boris Johnson and the UK Tories’ decisive thrashing of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party caps a...

We don’t trust government? Good!
Monica WilkieDecember 16, 2019Spectator

The latest Australian Election Survey has found trust in government is at an all-time low,...

The British people have been saved by this watershed election
Tom SwitzerDecember 13, 2019The Sydney Morning Herald

There is always a danger in exaggerating the significance of a particular election. However, the...

The 2019 CIS Nanny Awards
Steven Schwartz, Tom SwitzerDecember 11, 2019

The 2019 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

Is there more to life than politics?
John Howard OM AC, Richard Alston, Tom SwitzerDecember 9, 2019

On Thursday, 5 December we launched Richard Alston’s new book, More to Life than Politics...

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)...
Coalition can’t bypass Gen Z, millennial challenge
Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Despite having been in office for 20 of the last 27 years, predictions of the...

Covid policies policy
Covid-era policies cost young people $116bn
Gigi FosterJune 18, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Our policymakers have yet to apologise for or even recognise the scale of the damage...

Aged care
Aged care cost blowout won’t be solved by higher taxes
Simon CowanJune 17, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

This week Labor’s Aged Care Minister floated the idea of an ‘aged care levy’ to...

Help may be on way for graduate teachers who don’t feel class-ready
Glenn FaheyJune 13, 2023ABC

Later this month, the federal government’s Teacher Education Expert Panel will hand down what promises...

Taming inflation
Wages can be a great threat to taming inflation
Simon CowanJune 3, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Reports this week that inflation has again increased to 6.8% for the year to April...

Vested interests thwart school reform
Glenn FaheyMay 24, 2023AFR

A year into Labor’s administration, Education Minister Jason Clare has a unique opportunity to transform...

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