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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.

Simon Cowan on ABC’s The Drum, 9 July 2013 – Cost of Living
July 22, 2013
Workplace rights taken to the extreme
Alexander PhilipatosJuly 19, 2013

When the Fair Work Act was unveiled it took a while for the effects of...

Government is the cause of the aged care crisis
Jeremy SammutJuly 19, 2013

Lateline's report this week on the aged care crisis has sparked an understandably emotional debate...

Australians want opportunity, not equality
Benjamin HerscovitchJuly 19, 2013

In an article about Labor MP Andrew Leigh's latest book, Battlers and Billionaires, economics editor...

Interview with Andrew Robb on Coalition Economic Policy
July 12, 2013
The Coalition’s Policy Framework with Andrew Robb
July 12, 2013
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)...
The importance of staying single legally
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 12, 2002The Newcastle Herald

The NSW Law Reform Commission proposes that, when unmarried couples who live together break up,...

A new start to the end of history
Francis FukuyamaAugust 3, 2002The Sydney Morning Herald

Francis Fukuyama first gained instant international fame by announcing The End of History in 1989....

The Parent Trap: Will paid maternity leave really lift the birthrate?
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 20, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Heather Ridout, deputy chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, says government-funded basic maternity leave...

Now is the time for fecund thoughts
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 18, 2002The Australian

It's easy to find reasons to put off having a baby. You want to travel...

Our leaders have a responsibility to uphold standards
Nicole BillanteJune 28, 2002The Australian

The name-calling and personal attacks so readily used by Australian politicians—such as Mark Latham's derogatory...

Growth needs basic rules
Wolfgang KasperJune 28, 2002The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand economy is one of the freest in the world. This still holds...

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