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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.

Budget surplus?
Simon CowanNovember 30, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The government has announced that the next Budget will deliver a surplus: the first in...

Why we should defend capitalism
Eugenie JosephNovember 28, 2018PP12

Capitalism has become a controversial idea in recent years; yet economic markets and free enterprise...

Should the government have control over the ABC’s budget?
Simon CowanNovember 24, 2018

One unfortunate trait of the past five years of Coalition government has been its tendency...

Beware the shifting winds in Australia
Tom SwitzerNovember 23, 2018The Sydney Morning Herald

When prime ministers leave office, they usually write their autobiographies – or, in Kevin Rudd’s...

Bill McMahon, an eccentric economic reformer?
John Howard OM AC, Paul Kelly, Patrick MullinsNovember 20, 2018

William McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics. Was...

Blue wave not a wipeout
Tom SwitzerNovember 9, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

This week was the American electorate’s first opportunity to render a national verdict on Trump’s...

Liberty, Justice and the Market
Lauchlan ChipmanSeptember 26, 1981OP6

Professor Chipman challenges some views which have become orthodox in academic and intellectual circles and...

Taxation, Inflation and the Role of the Government
Milton FriedmanJune 5, 1981OP4

Milton Friedman is one of the most authoritative and independent figures in the fields of...

On Buying a Job: The Regulation of a Taxicab in Canberra
Peter Swan AODecember 12, 1979PM1

Almost without exception, the licensing power is used to restrict the number of taxis to...

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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