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Labor’s path to joining the worst welfare states

Oped by ROBERT CARLING in the Australian Financial Review

Deficit is a worry and right-wing governments aren’t going to fix it

Oped by SIMON COWAN in the Canberra Times

Early Numbers, Big Ideas. Fostering Number Sense in Young Children

Paper by NANCY C JORDAN and NANCY DYSON

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Productivity stakes couldn’t be higher at roundtable

Oped by GENE TUNNY in The Australian

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Economic challenges ahead for the government

Paper by ROBERT CARLING, GENE TUNNY and PETER TULIP

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Government’s spending surge a threat to productivity

Simon Cowan · 26 July 2025

Leviathan on the Rampage: Government spending growth a threat to Australia’s economic future

Robert Carling · 23 July 2025

How to vandalise savings: the new superannuation tax | Robert Carling

Robert Carling · 25 July 2025

Dharma Democracy: How India Built the Third World’s First Democracy

Salvatore Babones · 24 July 2025

Political Upheaval: Why Nothing is Permanent

Michael Stutchbury · 13 August 2025

Beyond Phonics: Building Knowledge-Rich Literacy

Lorraine Hammond · 30 October 2025