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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.

Beware unintended consequences, Prime Minister
Tom SwitzerNovember 9, 2019SMH

An important rule of politics is the law of unintended consequences. Implement hasty and radical...

Labor should embrace meritocracy ahead of the next election
Simon CowanOctober 14, 2019The Canberra Times

“The idea that successful people deserve the economic rewards flowing from that success is a...

Australia, the great liberal project
Jeremy SammutSeptember 24, 2019Spectator

The great Australian historian John Hirst once told of a visiting American academic who commented...

Don’t increase Newstart; first use the money to fight long term unemployment
Simon CowanSeptember 19, 2019Spectator

As the government repeatedly says, the best form of welfare is a job, but when...

Industrial relations reform shouldn’t become an obstacle to progress
Simon CowanSeptember 14, 2019The Canberra Times

California passed legislation this week to significantly restrict the ability of businesses to use independent...

Getting the job done: How to resolve the Newstart debate
Simon CowanAugust 31, 2019The Canberra Times

Since the election, we have seen a number of public advocacy campaigns on what might...

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)...
Threshold issues for a tax system that creates jobs
Peter SaundersNovember 30, 2001The Australian Financial Review

An important debate is taking place in Australia about the future of welfare, taxation and...

What’s fair about defining disadvantage?
November 30, 2001Melbourne University Campus Review

Under draft policies, for the first time a ‘low SES’ classification would deliver significant benefits...

What future exists for Afghanistan? Any solution must address the drug trade and the plight of women
Helen HughesNovember 30, 2001The Australian Financial Review

The lands of central Asia have a sorry history of warfare, dating back to the...

Report card for schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 30, 2001

For school funding fetishists who just happen to have eight or 10 hours to spare,...

Why multicultural Australia is less welcome
Helen HughesNovember 29, 2001The Age

Now that the electorate has shown resounding support for a principled approach to asylum seekers,...

Set our unis free
November 21, 2001The Australian

It takes some imagination to describe Australia’s universities as showing ‘clear indications of market failure’,...

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