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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.

Scrap ‘Cash for Clunkers’ scheme, not older cars
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 30, 2010The Australian

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s ‘Cash for Clunkers’ scheme may have borrowed its nickname from Barack...

Europe’s lesson too late?
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 29, 2010Business Spectator

Does history repeat itself? If you believe the great American writer Mark Twain it doesn’t,...

Europe shows the alternative to growth is decline
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 23, 2010The Australian

With Australians about to go to the polls, the topic that is emerging to shape...

Breaking out of the political madhouse
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 23, 2010

Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich is a Research Fellow at The Centre for Independent Studies.

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It’s time Henry had an umpire
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 22, 2010Business Spectator

It is widely believed that former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once warned never to...

Australia’s choice between growth and decline
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 15, 2010Business Spectator

One of the first policy shifts announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard was a move...

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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Discipline is the missing part of the school jigsaw
Glenn FaheyOctober 5, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

There’s no denying that Australian schools have a behaviour problem, but it could be turned...

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UK tax relief shows Thatcher’s spirit is alive, but can it survive?
Robert CarlingSeptember 29, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

True believers in lower taxes and smaller government have had little to celebrate in a...

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Maroondah Hospital and Beetaloo stories ignore Indigenous realities
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 27, 2022SKY NEWS

Recently we’ve seen several breaking news stories covering Indigenous issues. From Victorian Aboriginals not feeling...

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How to solve Australia’s puzzling education conundrum
Simon Cowan, Glenn FaheySeptember 24, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

Although it’s hard to get too excited by yet another review, there is potential for...

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Truancy is a scandal, but don’t blame the kids
Glenn FaheySeptember 22, 2022AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

It may not shock you to learn that regular school attendance is crucial to students’...

Stop seeing the Voice as easy ESG points
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOSeptember 20, 2022Financial Review

Last week the Chairman of CSL and the CEO of Lendlease threw their support behind...

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