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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)...
There should be no let-up in the war for democracy
April PalmerleeMarch 29, 2005The Canberra Times

The centre of power has shifted in Washington . In the lead-up to the invasion...

Let the market decide the best approach
Ross FarrellyMarch 28, 2005The Australian

The recent controversy over Wayne Sawyer’s editorial in English in Australia , the journal of...

Scrap this outdated fee
Andrew NortonMarch 23, 2005The Australian
Fix policies to make housing affordable
Peter SaundersMarch 16, 2005

The house price bubble has finally burst. While it lasted, the boom added substantially to...

New deal for communities
Helen HughesMarch 1, 2005The Courier Mail

Third World unemployment, welfare dependence, housing, ill health and violence in remote communities contrast starkly...

Coombs’ tragic legacy
Helen HughesMarch 1, 2005The Australian Financial Review

In reviewing the Community Development Employment Program the federal government has hopefully taken a first...

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