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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.

One year on: the Obamessiah is flawed
January 22, 2010

Mayor of London Boris Johnson is widely reported to have once exclaimed: ‘voting Tory will...

Men of my appearance the usual suspects
Jeremy SammutJanuary 15, 2010

US authorities have introduced a range of tighter security measures in response to the ‘underpants...

The future is already here
John LeeJanuary 6, 2010The Diplomat

There is almost universal agreement that the centre of power is shifting from the Atlantic...

Research key to balancing pay equity with jobs growth
Ian HarperDecember 30, 2009The Age

The Australian Fair Pay Commission made its final decision on minimum wages in July, when...

Activists should stop talking about global warming and start acting
John HumphreysDecember 23, 2009The Sydney Morning Herald

If climate activists had spent the past 10 years acting instead of wasting time at...

Battle for ownership of broad non-Labour church
December 21, 2009The Australian

Malcolm Turnbull’s downfall as Liberal leader was an unusual event for right-of-centre Australian politics. A...

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)...
Tax competition promotes good policy
November 10, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Beginning with the 1998 publication of Harmful Tax Competition: an Emerging Global Issue, the Paris-based...

Time to open gate to school-based training
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 2, 2005The Newcastle Herald

A few things are known about education. The most important influence on how much a...

A Cinderella story for the modern welfare state
Peter SaundersNovember 2, 2005The Age

Ron Howard's new movie, Cinderella Man, tells the true story of American boxer Jim Braddock....

The failure of the Bush Doctrine
Owen HarriesOctober 28, 2005

The notion that democratic values could be imposed by force was doomed from the outset...

Working towards peace and prosperity
Noel PearsonOctober 26, 2005The Australian

In mainstream Australia , we have a strong and enviable set of institutions that includes...

Don’t worry be happy
Johan NorbergOctober 24, 2005The New Zealand Herald

We are wealthier, healthier and happier than we have ever been. Each successive generation has...

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