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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.

Lies & the unemployment rate – Andrew Baker on ABC The Business
August 30, 2013
Endangered democracy and interest group politics
Benjamin HerscovitchAugust 30, 2013

Seymour Martin Lipsetobservedth 'more cautious''tougher'National Disability Insurance SchemePaid Parental Leave Big Ideas Forum 'budget crisis'$60...

Collapse in youth participation rate
Andrew BakerAugust 30, 2013

Australian Bureau of Statistics bragging A review of the Minister's claim by the website Politifact...

Manufacturing votes and hindering business
Simon CowanAugust 30, 2013Business Spectator
Tepid foreign policy debate sets the right tone
Benjamin HerscovitchAugust 23, 2013

Amidst the posturing and confected outrage of the election campaign, foreign policy stands out as...

A top-heavy public service
Alexander PhilipatosAugust 23, 2013

Over the last two decades, the federal public service has grown top-heavy and expensive. Since...

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)...
Public choice must fashion education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 26, 2002The Age

Dr Boston raises the important question of the kind of schools in which we would...

The poor need trade, not aid
Helen HughesJune 22, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Australia is not alone in its 'asylum seeker' problems. 'Asylum seekers' are putting pressures on...

Who says uni deregulation is politically unpopular?
June 20, 2002The Age

WHAT a difference 2½ years make. In October 1999, after then education minister David Kemp's...

Just give us the figures, we can add
Peter SaundersJune 19, 2002The Australian

THE Australian Bureau of Statistics this week released the latest Census findings. Collecting and publishing...

Poor Approach to the Economy: Claims that poverty is growing in Australia are built on shifting sands
Helen HughesJune 17, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Does Australia have an increasing poverty problem or not? The Centre for Independent Studies' Policy...

Painting by numbers with poor results: Official statistics aren’t to be trusted
Peter SaundersJune 4, 2002The Australian

If you are one of those people who never believes official statistics, you will love...

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