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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.

Australia’s future fiscal shock
Robert CarlingSeptember 28, 2012

While Treasurer Wayne Swan goes back to the drawing board to conjure up a wafer-thin...

The self perpetuating welfare state
Andrew BakerSeptember 21, 2012

On Thursday, Australia’s 4.6 million welfare recipients received the second of their twice yearly pay...

Literacy gaps exist and socio-economic status
Jennifer Buckingham OAMSeptember 14, 2012

As a result of the Gonski report and the recent budget cuts to NSW schools,...

Government savings driving dole growth
Andrew BakerAugust 31, 2012

The number of people who have been on the $245 per week Newstart Allowance for...

Unions are not always for workers
Alexander PhilipatosAugust 31, 2012

There is a simple lesson to be drawn from this week’s dispute in Melbourne between...

Taxing illusions
Robert CarlingAugust 24, 2012

One of the milestones of the tax year is upon us – the necessity of...

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)...
Building Prosperity
Wolfgang KasperNovember 30, 0001

In this special publication, Wolfgang Kasper reviews Australia’s economic development over the past two decades...

Gulliver Unbound: Can American Rule of World?
Joseph JoffeNovember 30, 0001OP85

Twenty first century America is the Gulliver of our times. It dominates the international sphere...

Swap obstacles for teachers
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 30, 0001The Australian

We need new methods to make maths teaching more appealing to the right type of...

Lessons from across the Tasman where policy strength has brought economic growth
November 30, 0001The National Business Review

A new political leader is promising some radical ideas. Massive tax cuts, reduced government spending...

Not bedfellows, but a political attraction
Tanveer AhmedNovember 30, 0001

As a new year begins, the combination of Saddam Hussein's execution, the annual pilgrimage to...

Why Kevin Rudd’s ‘security community’ will annoy Asia
John LeeNovember 30, 0001National Business Review

New Zealand places a lot of emphasis on multilateralism and a rules-based foreign policy. Last...

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