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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.

What a difference five percent can make
Robert CarlingAugust 16, 2013

Dr Ken Henry, former secretary to the Commonwealth Treasury and father of the Henry tax...

Wise saws and modern instances
Peter KurtiAugust 16, 2013

Don't say it. Better still, don't even think it. President Barack Obama learned that lesson...

Tax reform with smaller government
Robert CarlingAugust 9, 2013

Several tax policy initiatives have sprung out of federal politics in the past week, ranging...

Rudd’s after school care cash splash
Trisha JhaAugust 9, 2013

On Monday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that $450 million would be dedicated to improving...

Not looking for work
Andrew BakerAugust 2, 2013

At present there are around 760,000 people on unemployment benefits like Newstart Allowance (NSA) and...

Rock off, Kevin
Jeremy SammutAugust 2, 2013

At an initial cost of $560 thousand over three years, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has...

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)...
Not bedfellows, but a political attraction
Tanveer AhmedNovember 30, 0001

As a new year begins, the combination of Saddam Hussein's execution, the annual pilgrimage to...

Why Kevin Rudd’s ‘security community’ will annoy Asia
John LeeNovember 30, 0001National Business Review

New Zealand places a lot of emphasis on multilateralism and a rules-based foreign policy. Last...

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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