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On Liberty EP67 Was Federation a bad idea?
William Coleman, Tom SwitzerSeptember 8, 2021On Liberty

We talked to William Coleman, Reader at the Research School of Economics at ANU. He...

On Liberty EP65 The legacy of John ‘Black Jack’ McEwen
Salvatore Babones, Bridget McKenzieAugust 25, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senator for Victoria since 2011. Senator McKenzie has held...

What would Menzies think of today’s Liberal Party?
Scott PrasserMay 28, 2021Canberra Times

Labor’s 20 per cent result in the weekend’s Hunter by-election is being seen as a...

On Liberty EP44 Australia’s Groundwater Crisis in the Making
Grahame Campbell, Salvatore BabonesMarch 24, 2021On Liberty

The dry continent is home to massive groundwater resources, but we don’t even know how...

25 years on from Howard’s landslide
Tom SwitzerMarch 12, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, CIS events have been generally confined to the...

25 years since John Howard’s landslide election victory
John Howard OM AC, Tom SwitzerMarch 9, 2021

4, March 2021 marked the 25th anniversary of the Howard Coalition government’s election. In honour...

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)...
Report into literacy and numeracy too narrow
August 8, 2006The Canberra Times

Late last month, in his address to Reconciliation Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said education...

Water trading is the only way to go
August 8, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Environmental alarmists have been crying wolf about water wars for years but, like many green...

The real priorities
Bjorn LomborgAugust 8, 2006The Australian

A Mayor has a $10million surplus, which he wants to allocate to a good cause....

Bill Gates must set priorities
Roger BateAugust 3, 2006The Australian

With Warren Buffett’s largesse added to his own, Bill Gates has about $60 billion to...

Less tax better for business
August 2, 2006The New Zealand Herald

Underwhelming as it may seem, the Government’s Business Tax Review re-opens a huge philosophical debate...

Choice is best for curriculum
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 31, 2006The Age

School curricula and the standards of students seem to be constantly under fire, with discussion...

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