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VIDEO CIS Crisis Commentary
Asset Price Bubbles and Financial Markets Thursday 10 September 2009

VIDEO Dr David Kilcullen interviewed by Dr John Lee Friday 4 September 2009

VIDEO Stern Hu and Stern China: Why Beijing did it and what it means for Australia-China Political Relations Paul Kelly and Dr John Lee, Tuesday, 25 August 2009

VIDEO Big Ideas Forum 2009: Enemies of Progress? Monday, 10 August 2009

VIDEO Big Ideas Forum 2008: Protecting the Legacy of Freedom

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NEW AUDIO Professor Helen Hughes discusses foreign aid on The World Today [click here for the mp3 file] and ABC Brisbane [click here for the mp3 file].

AUDIO Luke Malpass discusses why so many New Zealanders now call Australia home with Deborah Cameron on ABC 702 Sydney. [click here for the mp3 file]

AUDIO The two economists Dr Oliver Hartwich of CIS and David Hetherington from Per Capita talk about productivity, tax and interest rates on ABC's Life Matters on 1 February. [click here for audio]

AUDIO Elise Parham discusses her new report Behind the Moral Curtain: The Politics of a Charter of Rights on ABC Mornings Tasmania
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REPORT RELEASED THURSDAY 28/01
Behind the Moral Curtain: The Politics of a Charter of Rights by Elise Parham
Australian evidence shows that a national charter of rights would hinder democracy.
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John Lee discusses the implications for business due to the recent China-Google dispute with ABC Business Today

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