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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 spectacular descent of Kevin Rudd
June 25, 2010The National Business Review

Deposed Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd choked back the tears in his press conference...

Ken Henry should get a new career – as a pollie
Oliver Marc HartwichJune 23, 2010Sydney Morning Herald

Telling other people to shut up is never a particularly strong argument for your own...

Policy debate isn’t helped when the Left descends into hatred
May 14, 2010The Dominion Post

Last year, Conservative member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan described Britain's National Health Service...

UK election report
Peter SaundersMay 14, 2010

Professor Peter Saunders is a Senior Fellow at The Centre for Independent Studies. This article...

Flat Champagne from a Poisoned Chalice – early UK election report
Peter SaundersMay 7, 2010

Professor Peter Saunders is a senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies. This article...

Students are bound to be the biggest losers
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 1, 2010The Australian

Trouble has been brewing between the Australian Education Union and federal Education Minister Julia Gillard...

Criminal Choice. The Economic Theory of Crime
Cathy BuchananNovember 1, 1992PM24

In the past 20 years, crime has increased dramatically in Australia. Burglary rates are higher...

From Welfare State to Welfare Society
Michael JamesJuly 1, 1992OP38

The legitimacy of the welfare state has survived the shift in recent years towards smaller...

Cut! Protection of Australia’s Film and Television Industries
Ross JonesJuly 7, 1991PM18

The Australian film and television industry has received large subsidies over the last 20 years...

No Waiting. Ideas for Improving Sydney’s Bus Services
Tony SorensenJuly 1, 1991PM20

A battle is being waged on a landscape that is much closer to home than...

Contestable Funding: A New Deal for Research and Development in New Zealand
Veronica JacobsenJuly 1, 1991PM19

One of the first substantive measures of public sector reform undertaken by the 1984-1990 Labour...

The Fraternal Conceit: Individualist versus Collectivist Ideas of Community
Chandran KukathasMay 6, 1991OP33

Socialists frequently argue that liberals in emphasising the autonomy of the individual neglect the values...

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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