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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.

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...

Australian Budget 2015: the panel verdict
Trisha JhaMay 12, 2015The Guardian

How committed is the Abbott government to ‘budget repair’, or to the challenges of a...

Young jobseekers are suffering the ultimate penalty
Patrick CarvalhoMay 11, 2015Business Spectator

Labor’s new plan to tackle youth unemployment with a pilot project to improve core employability...

Nobody knows why Cameron wants to be PM
Peter SaundersMay 1, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

This UK election campaign has been the most tepid and uninspiring I can remember. Everyone...

Pensioners can unlock more income
Matthew TaylorMay 1, 2015Ideas@TheCentre

It is often said that Australians aren’t saving enough for retirement. Only last week the...

Full steam ahead for ship of fools
Peter SaundersApril 17, 2015

At the 2010 UK election, the Conservatives promised to eliminate the government deficit while Labour...

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,...

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...

The Economics of Indigenous Deprivation and Proposals for Reform
Helen HughesSeptember 23, 2005IA63

The 450,000 Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who make up Australia’s Indigenous population fall...

Smothered by the Security Blanket. Risk, Responsibility and the role of Government
Caspar CondeSeptember 19, 2005OP95

To what extent can the government manage risk in our society without smothering self-responsibility and...

The Free Market Case Against Voluntary Student Unionism (But for Voluntary Student Representation)
Andrew NortonAugust 31, 2005IA62

Introducing ‘voluntary student unionism’ (VSU) into Australia’s universities would do two things: It would make...

Papua New Guinea’s Choice: A Tale of Two Nations
Helen HughesMay 31, 2005IA58

Even these small beginnings invited a vigorous opposition. For police supplementing their pay by consorting...

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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