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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.

A man’s home is his castle
August 19, 2011

The movie The Castle portrayed an ordinary Australian family determined to exercise one of their...

Connect cyber with reality
Rebecca GillAugust 19, 2011

French sociologist Emile Durkheim came up with the concept of ‘anomie,’ a situation where individuals...

Brits recoil from teaching respect for authority at home or school
Peter SaundersAugust 15, 2011The Australian

WHEN I was a student, I took a course in the sociology of deviance. After...

Stick it to ‘em
Peter KurtiAugust 12, 2011

Fuelled by nights of drinking and looting, two teenage girls tweeted enthusiastically about the London...

Media force for democracy
August 12, 2011

Only a few weeks ago, a motley crew of jumpy Ministers and gloating Greens demanded...

Evil handbag-waving Thatcher has nothing to do with it
Brendan O'NeillAugust 12, 2011

The British chattering classes can’t make up their minds about what triggered the furious urban...

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)...
HECS not putting hex on parenthood
April 4, 2003The Newcastle Herald

Topical issues give new impetus to old agendas, and opponents of university fees are using...

We need more police and to use them better
Nicole BillanteMarch 25, 2003The Canberra Times

Across Australia the number of police per 10,000 people has risen by about 37 per...

NZ school zoning: fairness or fraud?
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 20, 2003The Independant

Good state schools in both New Zealand and Australia are facing a large and growing...

Dismissal Law Benefits the Long-term Unemployed
Kayoko TsumoriMarch 18, 2003The Australian Financial Review

Employment prospects for the long-term unemployed remain bleak, as the Senate is expected to reject...

Expect fallout here as our neighbour falls apart
March 12, 2003The Australian

With the impending war on Iraq and growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula understandably dominating...

A glimmer of hope on the mean streets
Nicole BillanteMarch 6, 2003The Australian

Statistics coming out of NSW this week suggest that the 40-year trend of rising crime...

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