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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.

Does Morrison have Howard’s heart?
Tom SwitzerMarch 1, 2021Financial Review

It was 25 years ago on March 2 that John Howard defeated the Labor government...

The university as a crucial institution in the liberal community
Robert Forsyth, Michael SpenceJanuary 19, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob discusses issues of liberalism and the university with then Vice Chancellor of the University...

Against simplistic ideology—even liberalism as a simplistic ideology
Robert Forsyth, Parnell McGuinnessJanuary 12, 2021Liberalism in Question

Parnell McGuinness is a columnist at the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, and is...

Why the pandemic secrecy and censorship?
Monica WilkieJanuary 11, 2021Spectator

There is no justification for the uniquely high-level of secrecy the Australian government has maintained...

A happier new year, born of renewed perspective
Tom SwitzerDecember 26, 2020SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

  We all know 2020 will go down as a terrible year: a global pandemic,...

CIS holiday reading list
Tom SwitzerDecember 18, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

After such an astonishing and exhausting year, we’re all due a little downtime to decompress....

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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Celebrity slavery: Seeking reparations from Benedict Cumberbatch
Peter KurtiJanuary 20, 2023THE SPECTATOR

Despite booting out the late Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state back in...

Practice makes perfect to help kids at school
Glenn FaheyJanuary 17, 2023DAILY TELEGRAPH

The summer school holidays are a great opportunity to set children up for academic success...

The threats from inflation are real and we can’t be complacent
Simon CowanJanuary 16, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

It’s remarkable how quickly we have become blasé about high inflation. Last week’s week’s announcement...

Indigenous Australians have shown for decades why they don’t need an enshrined Voice
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 10, 2023SKY NEWS

The discussion on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament (the Voice) has...

We must be more tolerant
Peter KurtiJanuary 10, 2023DAILY TELEGRAPH

The past year has been one of growing intolerance towards people of faith, with one...

History shows price caps just don’t work
Robert CarlingDecember 28, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

This month marks 50 years since the “it’s time” election of the Whitlam Labor government....

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