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Welfare reform beyond decades of dependence, ‘dole bludgers’ and ‘double dipping’
Simon CowanMay 31, 2017OP156

Recent attempts to reform welfare have focused on the wrong elements of the system. In...

Submission to IPART Review of Social and Affordable Housing Rent Models
Michael PotterMay 15, 2017CIS Submission

In April, IPART released a draft report into models for setting social and affordable housing...

Reforming Social Housing: financing and tenant autonomy
Michael PotterApril 27, 2017RR25

Around 400,000 Australians live in social housing, which includes public and community housing. This sector...

Trump Voters and Greyhound Bans: Meet the Real ‘Deplorables’ of the US and OZ
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOMarch 28, 2017

Most explanations offered for Donald Trump’s ‘inexplicable’ victory in the American Presidential election have resorted...

Captured Courts and Tribunals: A Threat to Democracy
Graeme WatsonMarch 22, 2017

The independence of the Fair Work Commission has suffered multiple assaults and been grossly compromised,...

Trump Voters and Greyhound Bans: Meet the Real ‘Deplorables’ of the US and OZ
March 16, 2017
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