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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.

With respect…
Simon CowanMay 29, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

‘With respect, that is a nonsense figure that you continue to trot out that you...

Debate we have to have
Jeremy SammutMay 29, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

The new appointments to counter home-grown terrorism are a clever and politically astute move that...

Employer PPL response not a scam
Matthew TaylorMay 22, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

The government’s handling of its Paid Parental Leave (PPL) budget measure shows a determination to...

At last, PPL targeted at those who need it
Matthew TaylorMay 20, 2015SBS

Budget 2015 proposes to do what the Gillard government should have done in 2011: Ensure...

Curious Budget items
Private: William ShrubbMay 15, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

Politics, Weber once said, is the slow boring of hard boards. The debate leading up...

Hits and misses in the youth employment plan
Patrick CarvalhoMay 15, 2015Business Spectator

The Budget’s package to help young jobseekers is a step on the right direction, yet...

Not Looking for Work: The Rise of Non-Jobseekers on Unemployment Benefits
Andrew BakerJuly 31, 2013PM136

Following the global financial crisis, the incumbent Labor government introduced policies that reduced the job...

TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations
David Murray AO, Maurice Newman, Simon CowanJuly 1, 2013PF25

TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30%...

A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction?
Benjamin HerscovitchMay 9, 2013PM135

The ‘fair go’ is a core Australian value. The idea that everyone should have the...

TARGET30: Towards smaller government and future prosperity
Peter Saunders, Robert Carling, Simon CowanMarch 6, 2013T30.01

The size of government in Australia (federal, state and local) has been steadily expanding over...

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...

Back to the Bad Old Days? Industrial Relations Reform in Australia
Alexander PhilipatosDecember 6, 2012PM133

Since the Labor Government replaced WorkChoices with the Fair Work Act, many business leaders have...

Subsidies, safety nets and stagnation: Australia’s new economic model
Michael StutchburyApril 11, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Protecting one industry imposes a burden on the competitive sectors that actually prop up our...
Government meddling means more pump pain
Aidan MorrisonApril 8, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

The truth that no-one wants to hear right now is that fuel prices probably aren’t...

The mental health system may be making us sicker
Steven SchwartzApril 6, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of...

Housing negative gearing tax
Reducing the discount would likely not have any lasting impact in lowering house prices
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 21, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Labor’s capital gains tax myths need busting
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative...

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