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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.

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Adam CreightonSeptember 16, 2011

What is causing the housing affordability crisis in Australia? Land restrictions and low interest rates...

The Kingdom of God is Forcefully Advancing and Forceful Men Lay Hold of It
David ColtartSeptember 14, 2011OP123

In the CIS’s annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Senator David Coltart discusses the...

When Prophecy Fails
Peter SaundersSeptember 9, 2011SP12

In their 2009 book, The Spirit Level, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argued for the...

Prophecies of an egalitarian utopia based on false assumptions
Peter SaundersSeptember 9, 2011The Australian

AS the British parliament rose for its summer recess this year, Opposition Leader Ed Miliband...

Life Under Challenging Regimes: Argentina and Zimbabwe
August 30, 2011
Connect cyber with reality
Rebecca GillAugust 19, 2011

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

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)...
Pay increases don’t help the unemployed
Kayoko TsumoriDecember 5, 2002The Australian Financial Review

A few weeks ago, the Australian Council of Trade Unions announced yet another 'living wage'...

Poverty – flawed figures, gloomy estimates
Peter SaundersNovember 22, 2002The Adelaide Advertiser

Poverty is a harsh word for harsh conditions. It conjures up images of people sleeping...

Outdated laws create problems for universities
November 21, 2002The Courier Mail

Gloom and Australia's universities are longtime companions. The National Library's catalogue records half a dozen...

Lies and statistics
Helen HughesNovember 4, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Surjit Bhalla's book Imagine There's No Country has created a furore in Washington by convincingly...

We must dance with the devil
Owen HarriesOctober 29, 2002The Australian

IN the wake of the Bali bombing, it is imperative that we think clearly and,...

The poor are not poorer in fact
Peter SaundersOctober 26, 2002The Age

The Commonwealth Government has just acceded to pressure from the ALP and the welfare-spending lobby...

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