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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.

The Third World Debt Crisis: Can’t Pay or Won’t Pay?
Peter T. BauerMarch 13, 1990OP31

In this Occasional Paper, Lord Bauer questions the widely held belief that debt service is...

The Ethics of Economic Freedom
Herbert GierschMarch 3, 1989OP24

An economic order is always based on a certian set of moral principles. This applies...

The Crisis in Law
Norman BarryJanuary 6, 1989OP23

In this Occasional Paper, Professor Norman Barry argues that the current crisis in the law...

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
Lauchlan Chipman, Knud Haakonssen, Shirley Robin Letwin, John Gray, C. L. Ten, Kenneth Minogue, Alan Ryan, William Letwin, Donald Winch, Philip PettitSeptember 1, 1988R8

Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill – Foreword...

Fiji – Opportunity from adversity
Wolfgang Kasper, Jeff Bennett, Richard BlandyMarch 26, 1988Pacific Papers 1

Many in Australia will share the concern of the authors or this monograph over current...

Ideas, Interests and Experience: Some Implications for Policy Advice
Roger KerrMarch 3, 1988OP19

Economists are increasingly called upon by bureaucrats and government official for policy advice. But economists...

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)...
Schooled in freedom of choice
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 27, 2006The Canberra Times

After years in the policy wilderness, support has been growing for school choice. Politicians on...

Reward key in educator quality equation
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 19, 2006The Courier Mail

In almost every profession, people who are good at their job are paid more. This...

Power, ambition and a policy to match
July 11, 2006The Adelaide Advertiser

Australia performs at the top level in most any sport. This shouldn’t surprise people because,...

Breaking the cycle
Phil RennieJuly 5, 2006The Press

The tragic case of the Kahui twins has generated a lot of hand-wringing amongst critics,...

Different battles, different responses
Owen HarriesJuly 5, 2006The Australian

Recently, someone with a long memory asked me when and why my views on foreign...

Doha’s self-inflicted blows
David RobertsonJuly 4, 2006The Australian Financial Review

The World Trade Organisation and its forerunner, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, is...

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