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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.

An economic narrative for re-election
Simon CowanSeptember 15, 2018The Sydney Morning Herald

When he rolled Tony Abbott for the Prime Ministership, one reason Malcolm Turnbull gave was...

Au pair system works for parents
Eugenie JosephSeptember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Au pairs represent one of the last bastions of unregulated childcare. It is therefore unsurprising...

Gender quotas won’t put Liberals back in touch with voters
Jeremy SammutSeptember 13, 2018The Daily Telegraph

AFTER three changes of prime minister in less than six years, some pundits now claim...

When buying votes replaces selling policies
Robert CarlingSeptember 12, 2018Australian Financial Review

The Morrison government’s decision not to lift the pension age above 67 is the last...

Buying votes easier than selling good policies
Robert CarlingSeptember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Does the nature of a democracy change when an increasing majority of its voters receive...

Australia, Brexit, and Populism
Andrew Neil, Tom SwitzerSeptember 7, 2018

Andrew Neil is the presenter of Daily Politics, This Week (the BBC’s leading political television...

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)...
Loud mobs hold democracy hostage
Helen HughesMarch 1, 2002The Australian

The build-up of demonstrations since the 1999 World Trade Organisation debacle in Seattle has a...

Who says we are in the doghouse? There is no such thing as world opinion
Owen HarriesFebruary 4, 2002The Australian

In the eyes of much of the world,  the Australians of today are a relaxed,...

How to win arguments and influence debate
Owen HarriesFebruary 1, 2002The Australian Financial Review

Unlike its regional neighbours, and reflecting its Western origins, Australia has a political culture that...

Free the teachers to help the students: Parental choice in schooling will improve education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 23, 2002The Australian

A systematic comparison of the academic results of state and non-government schools has been a...

Poverty lines tangled: An influential report claiming that one in eight Australians lives in poverty is wrong
Kayoko TsumoriJanuary 17, 2002The Age

Our paper, Poor Arguments: A Response to the Smith Family Report on Poverty in Australia...

For richer or poorer, we’re still a lucky country: Don’t exaggerate the extent of poverty in Australia
Peter SaundersJanuary 16, 2002The Australian

The Australian economy experienced remarkable growth during most of the 1990s.  Yet social researchers are...

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