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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.

Brace for Euro implosion – drop tax plans now
August 9, 2011CIS

As the world economy moves towards the abyss, the Gillard government must postpone the introduction...

Census Apartheid
Sara HudsonAugust 5, 2011

Tuesday, 9th August, is Census night. Across the country Australians will be filling in the...

Lindsay Tanner ‘Sideshow’: Q&A
July 22, 2011
Back to 1643? Bob Brown and the press freedom time machine
July 22, 2011

What agenda did Greens leader Bob Brown have for calling for greater media regulations? Surely,...

Lindsay Tanner talks about “Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy”
July 21, 2011
A win for Big Bureaucracy
Adam CreightonJuly 15, 2011

Good economists believe that bigger government is inefficient and retards prosperity; good liberals believe it...

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)...
Better than the status quo
May 21, 2003The Australian

The proponents of an unfettered free market in higher education would be somewhat disappointed,' Education...

Faulty index poor guide to real benefits
Helen HughesMay 20, 2003The Australian Financial Review

Measuring a country's commitment to aid and development can be a flawed process. Two American...

Higher fees will give students more choice
May 16, 2003The Sydney Morning Herald

During a budget night interview, The 7.30 Report's presenter, Kerry O'Brien, asked the Treasurer, Peter...

There’s no conspiracy about poverty, there’s just the facts
Peter SaundersMay 14, 2003The Age

It's an old tactic in politics. When you want to drown out your opponent's arguments,...

Way out for poor little rich island
Helen HughesApril 8, 2003The Australian

Nauru – an island of 22sq km, lying near the Equator, thousands of kilometres from...

Will Papua New Guinea be a ‘failed state’?
April 8, 2003The International Herald Tribune

Papua New Guinea is rich in natural resources. Yet it is facing a very difficult...

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