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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.

On the trappings of power
Peter SaundersJuly 12, 2013

For the first time in my life, I attended the Wimbledon tennis championships this year....

Why we should support car workers (find new jobs)
Simon CowanJuly 12, 2013

Unconfirmed rumours persist that Holden is looking for a massive taxpayer bailout of $265 million....

From parenting payment to prostitution?
Andrew BakerJuly 12, 2013

News stories are emerging that the government's reforms to parenting payments have seen single mothers...

Youth disgust weakens democracy
Steven SchwartzJuly 8, 2013The Australian Financial Review
Absurd reaction to first Muslim frontbencher
Peter KurtiJuly 5, 2013

Federal Labor MP Ed Husic is to be commended for his cool reaction to the...

Fixed terms revisited
Robert CarlingJuly 5, 2013

In July 2013, we know the next New South Wales election will be held on...

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)...
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...

Leaks look lousy for lingerers – reform starts with naughty students
February 26, 2003The Australian

If the leaks from Canberra are to be believed, the Government is planning to track...

Fertility incentives off the mark
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 20, 2003The Newcastle Herald

The low fertility rate in this country is just as much about women having fewer...

The Price of Crime Without Doing Time
Nicole BillanteFebruary 7, 2003The Newcastle Herald

The Australian crime rate has escalated over the past 40 years. According to the International...

Tax is the key to welfare reform
Peter SaundersJanuary 20, 2003The Australian Financial Review

Tony Abbott wants to reform tax and welfare so that it pays to work. His...

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