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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.

Donald Trump is on the ropes, but Biden’s radical agenda may be costly
Tom SwitzerOctober 26, 2020The Australian

Donald Trump is on the ropes. He has presided over a pandemic that has claimed...

What do Victoria and New Zealand have in common?
Robert CarlingSeptember 18, 2020Spectator

Victoria and New Zealand are similar in size and population. Their current leaders, Premier and...

On Liberty EP23 Intellectual entrepreneur and founder of CIS
Salvatore Babones, Greg Lindsay AOSeptember 10, 2020On Liberty

We welcomed founder of CIS Greg Lindsay AO. From a backyard shed in Pennant Hills...

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Vultures circling super
Simon CowanSeptember 3, 2020Ideas@theCentre

In the wake of recent legislated changes improving choice of super fund, the government must...

Extra infrastructure spending won’t build a road out of the corona recession
Tony MakinSeptember 1, 2020Spectator

Increased government spending on infrastructure has been proposed yet again to revive the economy from...

Johannes Leak cartoon shows that the left just can’t handle the truth
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceAugust 18, 2020The Australian

Cue the pigeons of confected outrage and send in the cat. What has the left...

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)...
Political bad habits die hard
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 28, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Will the Australian government ever learn that meddling in markets and political favouritism is politically...

Loan help half baked
February 27, 2006The Age

Everyone agrees that there are too few doctors. So, two weeks ago, the Prime Minister...

One cap does not fit all in HECS debt
February 27, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Any lender writing off 20 per cent of its loans has a serious problem. So...

Lightweight response to army’s role
Robyn LimFebruary 16, 2006The Australian Financial Review

The new Defence Minister, Brendan Nelson, is being told the Australian Army should be composed...

Bad manners to blame politicians
Phil RennieFebruary 15, 2006The New Zealand

As an exuberant child of the 1980s I had many excuses for my misbehaviours and...

Single-desk philosophy reaps what it sows
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 10, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Economists have long known that business monopolies and the corrupt abuse of political power are...

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