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NEW! In Defence of Non-Government Schools
Non-government schools provide public education and deserve adequate public funding. The freedom to choose a school, whether it is a government or non-government school, is a moral and social equity imperative, says Jennifer Buckingham in her new report. [read more]

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NEW! Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses federalism and whether we should abolish state governments on Radio National’s Australia Talks program on Tuesday 30th June. [listen here]
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NEW! Jeremy Sammut speaks to ABC Radio’s PM program about the
new CIS report Fatally Flawed which looks at the child protection crisis
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NEW! Fatally Flawed: The Child Protection Crisis in Australia
It is not underfunding or an overwhelming workload that has caused child protection services to fail the vulnerable children they exist to protect, it is the failure to investigate reports and remove children in danger, says a new report being released by Jeremy Sammut. [read more]

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The 2009 John Bonython Lecture with PJ O'Rourke is now online. To watch click here
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Better protection is needed for vulnerable children
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