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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.

Minor parties causing a major stir
Simon CowanMay 23, 2014

In the 2013 Senate election, fully one in every four votes was cast for a...

Tony Shepherd: Towards Responsible Government Q&A
May 22, 2014
Tony Shepherd: Towards Responsible Government
May 22, 2014
Tony Shepherd on government spending
May 21, 2014
‘What’s the Point of the ABC?’ – CIS Forum Q&A
May 20, 2014
Public sector cuts – Alex Philipatos on Business Spectator
May 20, 2014
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)...
Interactive Snapshot – Exposing the stealth tax: the bracket creep rip-off
December 10, 1900

SCROLL DOWN TO ACTIVATE THE GRAPHS Robert Carling and Michael Potter Bracket creep is automatically...

Government is no Santa: the costs of stimulus
John HumphreysNovember 30, 0001Online Opinion

The government stimulus might look good now, but the long term consequence will be upward...

Beyond Romanticism: Questioning the Green Gospel
Samuel GreggNovember 30, 0001

Over the past forty years, environmentalism has emerged as one of the major political movements...

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...

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