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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.

What should we do with the government surplus?
Eugenie JosephDecember 21, 2018The Guardian

Should we raise Newstart? Pay Aboriginal people some rent for their land? Or bank it?...

Stereotypes drive division on immigration
Charles JacobsDecember 16, 2018The Herald

Many of the responses on both sides of the debate over Australia’s immigration program are...

Ending homelessness demands real solutions
Carlos d’AbreraDecember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It’s more than a year since the infamous Martin Place tent city was dismantled, but...

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards
Steven Schwartz, Tom SwitzerDecember 13, 2018

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

The case for courage in defence of conservative values
Jeremy SammutDecember 10, 2018Quadrant

If the Liberal Party is to save itself, much less the nation, it must not...

Different experiences of migrants
Charles JacobsDecember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The wealth and location of the suburb in which people live can have a major...

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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