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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.

Political idol: why TV offers more creative answers than politicians
Oliver Marc HartwichApril 28, 2010The Sydney Morning Herald

In this day and age, the big questions are answered on television. How do you...

Migrants add to growth hopes
Stephen KirchnerApril 26, 2010The Canberra Times

Population growth has become a political issue, with the Federal Government setting up a population...

UK election report – The questions no one dares to answer
Peter SaundersApril 23, 2010

Invitation to Join the Government of Britain The Spectator Professor Saunders is a Senior Fellow at...

Perpetuating the Canberra Reflex
Oliver Marc HartwichApril 19, 2010Government News

In terms of its land mass, Australia is the sixth largest country on earth. The...

Don’t frighten the voters – UK election report
Peter SaundersApril 16, 2010

Ashes to Ashes Professor Saunders is a Senior Fellow at The Centre for Independent Studies and...

The Next Fall of Rome
Oliver Marc HartwichApril 15, 2010Business Spectator
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)...
Cut Taxes And Watch Economy Soar
Sinclair DavidsonJune 10, 2004The Australian Financial Review

The Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry , in a recent speech to Australian Business Economists ,...

High Earners Count Cost Of Tax
Peter SaundersJune 2, 2004The Australian Financial Review
Game of Pacific cop and dodgers
Helen HughesJuly 1, 2003The Australian

The Howard Government's decision to help the Solomons by restoring civil order to the South...

Uni reform package to benefit students
June 20, 2003The Canberra Times

In most political controversies, the Government exaggerates the benefit of its policies, and the Opposition...

Welfare for parents increases risk of poverty
Peter SaundersJune 18, 2003The Australian Financial Review

It's time to eliminate the welfare incentives that keep single parents out of the workforce,...

Even if it’s not free, US trade deal will have some benefits
Wolfgang KasperMay 31, 2003The Australian Financial Review

Should Australia sign a free-trade agreement with the United States? No, says John Quiggin, ARC...

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