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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.

The dangerous idea of abolishing private schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 12, 2012

A few weeks ago I was a panellist at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. The...

Fiscal discipline isn’t austerity but good government
Simon CowanOctober 12, 2012

It was inevitable, given the modern trend of sloganism, that those opposed to small government...

After the Riot: the Meaning for Multicultural Australia
Benjamin Herscovitch, Jeremy Sammut, Peter KurtiOctober 11, 2012IA135

Innocence of Muslims Among thinking Australians, these concerns are not a manifestation of inherent prejudice;...

Simon Cowan on The Drum, ABC News 24
October 5, 2012
A new way to stymie cost reduction
Alexander PhilipatosOctober 5, 2012

Given the problems European governments are having reining in public spending – and given how...

Our right to silence is too important to lose
Suri RatnapalaOctober 1, 2012The Conversation

The move to dilute the right to silence in NSW is unjust, constitutionally questionable and...

Future Submarine Project Should Raise Periscope for Another Look
Simon CowanOctober 24, 2012PM130

The Future Submarine Project – replacement of Australia’s 6 ailing Collins Class submarines with 12...

After the Riot: the Meaning for Multicultural Australia
Benjamin Herscovitch, Jeremy Sammut, Peter KurtiOctober 11, 2012IA135

Innocence of Muslims Among thinking Australians, these concerns are not a manifestation of inherent prejudice;...

Australia’s future fiscal shock
Robert CarlingSeptember 28, 2012

While Treasurer Wayne Swan goes back to the drawing board to conjure up a wafer-thin...

Faraway, So Close: How the Euro Crisis Affects Australia
Oliver Marc HartwichApril 23, 2012IA132

Europe’s economic crisis has been shaking financial markets for the past three years. Countries like...

Flight of the Kiwi: Addressing the Brain Drain
Andrew Patterson, David Kirk, Don Turkington, Luke MalpassMarch 27, 2012PF22

In early 2009, the NZ government established the 2025 Taskforce to provide recommendations on closing...

Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert CarlingNovember 30, 2011PF21

What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial crisis and has now...

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...

Measuring affordability in time, not dollars paints a different inflation picture
Marian L. TupyMarch 9, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Even before new Middle East conflict sparked concern about petrol prices, Australia’s latest CPI release...

Blame diagnostic inflation for the NDIS’ $10b Autism bill
Steven SchwartzMarch 5, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

As recently reported in The Australian Financial Review, autism costs the National Disability Insurance Scheme...

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