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MAKE POLLIES PAY FOR FISCAL EXCESS
July 9, 2009

Federal politicians should face pay cuts for fiscal irresponsibility as part of a radical overhaul...

By their scandals ye shall know them
Oliver Marc HartwichJune 26, 2009

In case you missed it, the King and Queen of Spain are currently on a...

Supping With the Devil: Government Contracts and the Non-Profit Sector
May 25, 2009

There was a time when it was easy to look at the formal organisations in...

Local Governments Could Provide Schools and Fast Development Approvals if They Receive More Than Just ‘Recognition’ in the Constitution.
January 29, 2009

A new report by Dr Oliver Hartwich of the Centre for Independent Studies says that...

More power to the people
Oliver Marc HartwichJanuary 22, 2009The Australian

What makes a good Constitution? If your expectations are low you might go with the...

Symbolism: Finding a Place for Local Government in Australia’s Constitution
January 22, 2009

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NEED MORE THAN JUST RECOGNITION FROM THE PM Local governments could provide better...

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)...
Voice a dagger to the heart of liberalism
Greg SheridanNovember 30, 2022WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN

There is nothing finer in political culture than the idea – the doctrine, the inspiration...

Union influence
Why the system necessary for union influence to be effective has fallen away
Simon CowanNovember 19, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

With upcoming state elections in NSW and Victoria, not to mention the election of a...

Lindsay Society Melbourne Launch: address by Anthony Adair
Anthony AdairNovember 16, 2022CIS

Thank you for inviting me to say a few words at the Melbourne launch of...

Voice will give unjust power to those who have no authority to speak for us
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AONovember 15, 2022SKY NEWS

Go out on country and get the consent of traditional owners is the message government...

Partisan games stir up the divided states of America
Tom SwitzerNovember 8, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

US midterm elections are always a vote of confidence in incumbents, and this year’s midterms...

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Visit Victoria’s bailout of Netball Australia turns activism into a political move
Simon CowanNovember 5, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

The saga of Netball Australia’s initial failed partnership with Hancock Prospecting, and its subsequent replacement...

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