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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.

Australia’s Future in the Balance: Overcoming Antagonism & Reigniting Enterprise & Prosperity
Wolfgang Kasper, Paul KellyJune 25, 2015

Following economic reforms that began in 1983 and petered out around 2003, Australians enjoyed the...

Pension reform: Pensioner against pensioner or old against young?
Matthew TaylorJune 18, 2015SBS

Upon announcing that the opposition would not support the government’s budget measure to move the...

Citizenship and the Rule of Law
Barry MaleyJune 12, 2015ideas@TheCentre

The hideous 30 Years War in the 17th century ended with the Treaty of Westphalia...

ASIC new funding model is backdoor taxation
Patrick CarvalhoJune 5, 2015Independent Financial Advisor

In response to the Financial System Inquiry, the government is set on a course to...

A market-oriented solution for the too-big-to-fail problem
Patrick CarvalhoJune 1, 2015Business Spectator

As APRA moves to tighten rules on bank capital levels, a new class of convertible...

Work for the dole encore: will it work?
Patrick CarvalhoMay 30, 2015Canberra Times

The National Work Experience Programme plan to allow jobseekers to do a part-time month of...

Family and Marriage in Australia
Barry MaleyJune 25, 2002PM53

  The growing instability of the nuclear family is a fundamental cause behind a great...

Ten Advantages of a Federal Constitution: And How to Make the Most of Them
Geoffrey de Quincey WalkerApril 4, 2001PM49

Executive Summary Worldwide interest in federalism is greater than ever before and more countries are...

Restoring the Fragile Family: Children and the Lost Meaning of Marriage
Barry MaleyJanuary 1, 2001PM53

In the last 30 years a revolution in marriage and family life has overtaken Western...

Beyond Romanticism: Questioning the Green Gospel
Samuel GreggJuly 2, 2000OP73

In this occasinal Paper, Samuel Gregg raises questions about the adequacy of many Christian pronouncements...

Principles for a Free Society
Richard EpsteinAugust 2, 1999OP69

The need for a principled reconciliation between the prerogatives of individual liberty and social order...

Children’s rights. Where the law is heading and what it means for families
Barry MaleyJanuary 1, 1999PM43

Children’s rights have become an important topic of public policy and one of particular interest...

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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