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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.

Paul Howes on Union Reform
March 19, 2014
Ben Herscovitch on The Drum, 6 March 2014
March 17, 2014
We’ll still be a melting pot
Jeremy SammutMarch 15, 2014The Spectator

One Saturday night late last year, two ‘white-skinned’ cricketers rolled into a petrol station on...

Preserving Peace as China Rises I
Benjamin HerscovitchMarch 13, 2014FPA9

Inventive foreign policy that can simultaneously reassure the Indo-Pacific’s established powers and accommodate Chinese ambitions...

The Conservative Revolution
Dayan Goodsir-CullenMarch 11, 2014Policy

The Conservative Revolution By Cory Bernardi Reviewed by Dayan J. Goodsir Cullen Read full article

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Liberal MPs Should Vote According to Policy, Not Conscience, on Marriage Equality
Peta SeatonMarch 11, 2014Policy

Liberal politicians need to develop policy frameworks to address issues such as marriage equality. Read...

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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