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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.

Nuclear’s new dawn
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 8, 2010Business Spectator

If there had ever been a competition for world improvement, Sweden would have won hands-down....

Policy short-terminalism
Jeremy SammutJuly 2, 2010

Every commentator in the land has had their say about the unprecedented dismissal of a...

The spectacular descent of Kevin Rudd
June 25, 2010The National Business Review

Deposed Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd choked back the tears in his press conference...

PM Rudd’s demise signals more modest Australian foreign policy
John LeeJune 25, 2010Inquirer
Ken Henry should get a new career – as a pollie
Oliver Marc HartwichJune 23, 2010Sydney Morning Herald

Telling other people to shut up is never a particularly strong argument for your own...

UK election report
Peter SaundersMay 14, 2010

Professor Peter Saunders is a Senior Fellow at The Centre for Independent Studies. This article...

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)...
‘Kangaroo Court’: Family Law in Australia
June 11, 2005

‘Kangaroo Court’: Family Law in Australia By John Hirst Reviewed by Barry Maley Read full...

State Taxes: In Serious Need of Reform
Michael PotterJune 11, 2005Policy

State tax systems are inefficient, inequitable and overly complex. Read full article

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The wrong sorts of tax cuts
Peter SaundersJune 11, 2005The Australian Financial Review

The government has responded to criticism about the high rate of tax levied on low-income...

No substance to Vinnies’ alarmism
Peter SaundersJune 11, 2005The Australian

Last week, the St Vincent de Paul Society released a report warning that Australia is...

Economic malaise in PNG is deep, and growing steadily
Helen HughesJune 6, 2005The Canberra Times

The recent ruling by the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court that the immunity essential for...

Nose cut off to spite the face
Helen HughesMay 31, 2005The Courier Mail

The withdrawal of the Australian police, following the Papua New Guinean Supreme Court ruling that...

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