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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.

Back to 1643? Bob Brown and the press freedom time machine
July 22, 2011

What agenda did Greens leader Bob Brown have for calling for greater media regulations? Surely,...

Lindsay Tanner talks about “Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy”
July 21, 2011
Crooked coppers, repulsive reporters … and hypocritical readers
Peter SaundersJuly 15, 2011

The News of the World, a Sunday tabloid with more than 7 million readers, has...

A win for Big Bureaucracy
Adam CreightonJuly 15, 2011

Good economists believe that bigger government is inefficient and retards prosperity; good liberals believe it...

Australia’s Angry Mayors: How Population Growth Frustrates Local Councils
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 14, 2011PM120

To understand the effects of a growing population on Australia’s councils, CIS surveyed local authorities...

Carbon tax could have united us all
July 13, 2011The Age

THREE dollars a year. That's how much of a tax cut Australians earning more than...

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)...
Give teachers clarity: Maths curriculum should build the staircase, not set the high jump
Kelly NorrisOctober 28, 2025EDUCATIONHQ

The national review of the F–2 maths curriculum is a welcome chance to put the...

If we catch them young, kids will solve our numeracy crisis
Glenn FaheyOctober 23, 2025SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
How do we fix the alarming decline in numeracy among young Australians? The answer is...
Here’s how to fix poverty without taxing the rest of us more
Simon CowanOctober 18, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
The fact is, the more tightly assistance is targeted at those in need, the lower...
Sir Frank Lowy reflects on anti-semitism
Michael StutchburyOctober 14, 2025

Last weekend I was honoured to catch up again with Frank Lowy, surely Australia’s most...

The renewables honeymoon is over
Zoe HiltonOctober 9, 2025Energynewsbulletin

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has once again claimed “renewables are the cheapest form of energy”...

Why the renewables romance could be headed for divorce
Michael StutchburyOctober 7, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
It was always going to be a massive task to decarbonise Australia’s fossil fuel intensive...
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