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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.

Time for some commonsense in Indigenous affairs
Sara HudsonMarch 1, 2013

In a speech delivered for The Centre for Independent Studies this week, Professor Marcia Langton...

We should avoid an unwarranted Asian Century cultural cringe
Benjamin HerscovitchFebruary 22, 2013

The underlying fixation on cultural politics is a peculiar feature of the debate about Australia’s...

The protectionist field of dreams
Simon CowanFebruary 22, 2013

The Gillard Government recently announced a $1 billion plan to create more jobs and foster...

Outcry ignores role of travellers
Tim PascoeFebruary 20, 2013The Canberra Times

Every year, there is moralistic outcry regarding the general responsibilities of the Australian government to...

Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards
Benjamin HerscovitchFebruary 19, 2013IA137

Australia’s Asian embrace: Australia’s exports to Asia are almost triple its exports to the rest...

NDIS cost blowout has begun
Andrew BakerFebruary 15, 2013

The Senate Inquiry into the government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) legislation is due to...

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)...
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...

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