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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.

Well intentioned but fiscally ludicrous
Alexander PhilipatosFebruary 15, 2013

Well, the fiscal chickens have come home to roost. The government’s Wage Connect policy has...

NSW’s Future Energy Needs – Christopher Hartcher MP Interview
February 13, 2013
CIS Leadership Lunch: Meeting NSW’s Future Energy Needs
February 12, 2013
Justice Reinvestment no ‘panacea’ to prison
Sara HudsonFebruary 1, 2013

The Australian Senate is conducting an inquiry into the value of a Justice Reinvestment approach...

Time to stop the cycle of personal destruction
Peter KurtiFebruary 1, 2013

The first principle of morality, says French philosopher Blaise Pascal, ‘is to work hard at...

Language policy gone loco
Benjamin HerscovitchFebruary 1, 2013

For every story of sovereign debt risks in Europe and US fiscal woes, there is...

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)...
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...

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