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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.

Indigenous Governance At the Crossroads: The Way Forward
John ClearyNovember 29, 2006IA78

A strong governance structure that has the respect of residents is essential for any healthy,...

System break-up
Arti SharmaApril 12, 2006The Courier Mail

The Squid and the Whale, a new independent film, shows the nightmare that divorce can...

Farewell to Liberty, Equality and Fraternity: Is the Left still on the Left?
Dirk Maxeiner, Michael MierschMarch 3, 2006OP103

In this Occasional Paper translated by Wolfgang Kasper, two German analysts, Dirk Maxeiner and Michael...

Political bad habits die hard
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 28, 2006The Australian Financial Review

Will the Australian government ever learn that meddling in markets and political favouritism is politically...

Lightweight response to army’s role
Robyn LimFebruary 16, 2006The Australian Financial Review

The new Defence Minister, Brendan Nelson, is being told the Australian Army should be composed...

Operating at breaking point
Nick CoatsworthJanuary 24, 2006The Courier Mail

No one likes a complaining doctor. Doctors are supposed to cure complaints, not make them....

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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