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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.

Positive non-refoulement
Alex RussellFebruary 6, 2015

A High Court ruling on the detainment of 157 asylum seekers at sea brought Australia's...

Why Greece is the word in Queensland
Robert CarlingFebruary 3, 2015Business Spectator

A three year old government is thrown out for imposing too much fiscal austerity and...

Disaster management, not demand management
Simon CowanJanuary 30, 2015

The global financial crisis re-ignited a division in economics between those who believe governments should...

18C makes us all tongue-tied
Jeremy SammutJanuary 20, 2015The Australian

The Charlie Hebdo massacre has renewed calls for the federal parliament to amend Section 18C...

Federal-state reform should not mean more tax
Robert CarlingJanuary 20, 2015Australian Financial Review

When Tony Abbott said recently that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) should be “looked...

Free speech and the aftermath of Charlie Hebdo
Trisha JhaJanuary 16, 2015Online Opinion

The debate about reform of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act has bubbled up...

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...

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