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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.

Curbing Corporate Social Responsibility
Jeremy SammutAugust 24, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

A current school of thought urges a legal approach to stop public companies becoming involved...

Morrison can unite a splintering Liberal Party
Tom SwitzerAugust 24, 2018The Sydney Morning Herald

The Liberal Party, which has produced two of our nation’s greatest prime ministers, this week...

Anning is a Senator because of democratic will, not in spite of it
Simon CowanAugust 18, 2018SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

In all the furore over Fraser Anning’s appalling maiden speech, a number of people have...

Submission to the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service
Simon Cowan, Eugenie JosephAugust 1, 2018
A Test of Maturity: The liberal case for action on religious freedom
Robert ForsythJuly 31, 2018PP8

Australia has long enjoyed religious freedom in practice without robust legal protections. Such protections as...

Caution needed with opt-out schemes
Eugenie JosephJuly 27, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The raging controversy around the automatic creation of e-health records for Australians is a lesson...

In Defence of Secure Property Rights
Wolfgang KasperJune 3, 2003OP84

Secure private property rights are vital to the development of a growing, healthy Australian economy....

The Thinning Blue Line
Nicole BillanteMarch 19, 2003IA31

The likelihood that a criminal will be caught after committing an offence is an important...

Poor Laws (2): The Minimum Wage and Unemployment
Kayoko TsumoriDecember 2, 2002IA28

Many social policy researchers and practitioners in Australia believe that a high minimum wage helps...

Gulliver Unbound: Can American Rule of World?
Joseph JoffeNovember 2, 2002OP85

Twenty first century America is the Gulliver of our times. It dominates the international sphere...

Poor Laws (1): The Unfair Dismissal Laws and Long-term Unemployment
Kayoko TsumoriAugust 20, 2002IA26

Joblessness is a major cause of poverty. Poverty will be alleviated significantly by engaging the...

Whose Progress? A Response to the ABS Report Measuring Australia’s Progress
Peter SaundersAugust 20, 2002IA25

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently launched a report, Measuring Australia’s Progress, which it...

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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