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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 Importance of India: restoring sight to Australia’s strategic blind spot
November 5, 2009

Australia’s eyes wide shut to India Australia must recognise the growing confidence, power and influence...

Invisible Hand versus Visible Fist: Securing the Future Wealth of Nations
P.J. O’RourkeNovember 1, 2009OP115

In the 25th John Bonython lecture, PJ O’Rourke presents his view of the economic and...

The ghosts of global warming
John HumphreysOctober 30, 2009

In just over a month, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to work out a...

On the Right Track: Why NSW Needs Business Class Rail
Oliver Marc HartwichOctober 29, 2009IA119

Every day, thousands of people travel between Sydney and the neighbouring urban centres of Wollongong,...

Family on the Edge: Stability and Fertility in Prosperity and Recession
Barry MaleySeptember 16, 2009PM101

Over the last 40 years or so, there have been great changes in the Australian...

A Not So Capital Idea
Stephen KirchnerAugust 21, 2009

It only took until 2pm last Saturday afternoon for the Treasurer to pour cold water...

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)...
After the tsunami, a spectre of bird flu
Miranda DarlingApril 28, 2005The Canberra Times

The devastation caused by the earthquakes in Asia sets up an ominous foreground for the...

High price for a bruised ego
Sue WindybankApril 26, 2005The Australian Financial Review

For the second time in little more than a year the Papua New Guinean Prime...

Excessive bureaucracy stifles uni flexibility
April 18, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Brendan Nelson isn't pleased that, apparently, someone was admitted to a teaching course despite very...

How increased self reliance will result in a lower burden
Peter SaundersApril 8, 2005The Canberra Times

Tax and welfare reform are on the agenda. Given the government’s newly-won control of the...

Priced out of further education
Steven SchwartzApril 4, 2005The Age

Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson has urged Australians who want to maintain their standard of...

Leave uni governance in hands of the states
March 31, 2005The Newcastle Herald

With universities, the Commonwealth Government has itself an exceptional pay less, get more deal. While...

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