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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.

Criminal Choice. The Economic Theory of Crime
Cathy BuchananNovember 1, 1992PM24

In the past 20 years, crime has increased dramatically in Australia. Burglary rates are higher...

From Welfare State to Welfare Society
Michael JamesJuly 1, 1992OP38

The legitimacy of the welfare state has survived the shift in recent years towards smaller...

Cut! Protection of Australia’s Film and Television Industries
Ross JonesJuly 7, 1991PM18

The Australian film and television industry has received large subsidies over the last 20 years...

No Waiting. Ideas for Improving Sydney’s Bus Services
Tony SorensenJuly 1, 1991PM20

A battle is being waged on a landscape that is much closer to home than...

Contestable Funding: A New Deal for Research and Development in New Zealand
Veronica JacobsenJuly 1, 1991PM19

One of the first substantive measures of public sector reform undertaken by the 1984-1990 Labour...

The Fraternal Conceit: Individualist versus Collectivist Ideas of Community
Chandran KukathasMay 6, 1991OP33

Socialists frequently argue that liberals in emphasising the autonomy of the individual neglect the values...

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)...
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‘Old-school’ class management skills empower teachers
Glenn FaheyApril 15, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

The OECD has handed down yet another disappointing report card on Australia’s school systems. It...

Real voices gagged by grand gesture to absolve white guilt
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOApril 15, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

In the lead-up to this year’s Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, you’ll hear repeatedly that...

Don’t write off liberalism
Tom SwitzerApril 13, 2023SPECTATOR

These are dark days for the Liberal Party. Labor governments now dominate the Australian continent...

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Victoria’s crippled finances are all Daniel Andrews’ fault
Robert CarlingApril 11, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

If Victoria’s Premier Dan Andrews is begging for the federal government’s help for his state’s...

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AUKUS nuclear submarine project needs a closer look
Simon CowanApril 8, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

From the very early days of the planning to replace Australia’s diesel-electric Collins Class submarines,...

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Aston a blow but far from an existential crisis for the Libs
Tom SwitzerApril 3, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

There are dangers in writing liberalism’s obituary. If politics is ultimately determined by living standards,...

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