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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.

China’s communist party liberalises to defer democracy
Benjamin HerscovitchNovember 15, 2013

With little fanfare, the elite powerbrokers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have outlined the...

Sea Shepherd defeat highlights pointless regulator
Helen AndrewsNovember 15, 2013

The High Court of Australia has refused to hear an appeal from Sea Shepherd Australia,...

Hockey must by guided by the mantra of Mr Micawber
Greg LindsayNovember 14, 2013The Australian Financial Review

Joe Hockey gave his first domestic address as Treasurer to a Centre for Independent Studies...

Anti-civil liberties arms race
Trisha JhaNovember 8, 2013

The last few weeks have seen polarised views on the passing of controversial anti-bikie legislation...

The Task Ahead: The Hon Joe Hockey MP
Joe HockeyNovember 8, 2013

The Task Ahead It’s a great pleasure to be addressing the Centre for Independent Studies...

Cleaning out the stables
Robert CarlingNovember 8, 2013

Treasurer Joe Hockey's first major tax policy announcement doesn't amount to tax reform, but 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)...
Dysfunction runs in the family
Barry MaleySeptember 17, 2002The Courier Mail

The preoccupation with paid maternity leave and our falling fertility rate is shifting attention away...

Will higher funding really deliver higher education?
September 3, 2002The Age

A curious feature of the current higher education debate is that very little of it...

Students gain in change
August 29, 2002The Courier Mail

Are low-income young people more or less likely to go to university than they were...

Unfair dismissal laws deter firing and hiring
Kayoko TsumoriAugust 26, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Joblessness is a major cause of poverty. Getting the poor into work is therefore the...

Lucky country for sale
Wolfgang KasperAugust 16, 2002The Courier Mail

The Australian government has stepped up immigration and we continue our generous intake of genuine...

PNG in need for much more than money
Helen HughesAugust 14, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Papua New Guinea has become a dysfunctional state.  Per capita income is falling, public services...

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